Ensemble neoN is a

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included seria ...

ensemble.

History

The ensemble was founded by

Julian Skar Julian Skar (born 1981) is a Norwegian composer and multi-media artist. Career Skar studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Asbjørn Schaathun, Rolf Wallin and Ivar Frounberg. Skar has also studied composition at the Universi ...

and Jan Martin Smørdal in 2008.

Members

Members include conductor Magnus Loddgard, dancer-soprano Silje Aker Johnsen who was awarded the 2013 Performer of the Year award by the Norwegian Society of Composers, and violinist Karin Hellqvist who was awarded the Interpreter's prize from the

Swedish Society of Composers The Swedish Society of Composers ('Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare', 'FST') is a professional organization based in Stockholm, Sweden, representing Swedish composers of contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1918 and today has 370 members ...

in January 2016.

Awards

Ensemble neoN was awarded the '' Spellemannprisen'' for their albums '' The Forester'' (2013, with Susanna Wallumrød) and ''Neon'' (2016). The ensemble was further awarded the 2017 "Performer of the year" award by the Norwegian Society of Composers. They were also awarded the

Pauline Hall Pauline Hall (born Pauline Fredrika Schmidgall;Browne, Walter and Frederick Arnold Austin. Who's who on the stage: the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre, Volume 1' (1906), p. 120. February 26, 1860 – December ...

prize in 2011.

List of recordings

* 2013: ''The Forester'' (with Susanna) * 2016: ''Neon'' * 2019: ''Through a network of illuminated streets'' (composed by Martin Rane Bauck) * 2019: ''Niblock / Lamb'' (composed by Phill Niblock and Catherine Lamb)

References

External links

Official site
{{Authority control Contemporary classical music ensembles