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Abrasjon II

for string quartet
Instrumentation:
2vln, vla, vc
Duration:
6'

Abrasjon II (2021) is one of Anna Berg’s most performed pieces and has been performed by a number of great musicians and string quartets. It was premiered by the Edvard Erdal, Guro Kleven Hagen, Eivind Ringstad and Amalie Stalheim at Norsjø Kammermusikkfest, May 1st, 2021. This performance was featured at Norwegian Radio Broadcasting, NRK Spillerom Søndag and NRK Klassisk.


The piece won the 2. prize in the art competition ANSA Juvenarte in 2023. It was selected by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, NRK Spillerom Søndag, as the Norwegian contribution for the festival International Rostrum of Composers in Beograd 2021. The piece was selected as one of five pieces to represent Norway in the Nordic festival for emerging composers Ung Nordisk Musik (UNM) in Reykjavik, Iceland 2022.


Other notable performances are by Horus Quartet at Oslo Quartet Series 2021. The same year, Horus Quartet performed the piece once more at the contemporary music festival Ultima.

Sonoro String Quartet performed Abrasjon II at Arctic Chamber Music Festival in Svalbard 2022, and at the Norwegian new music festival INN:PUST in September 2022.



Performances


1 May 2021 Edvard Erdal, Guro Kleven Hagen, Eivind Ringstad and Amalie Stalheim / Norsjø Kammermusikkfest


1 June 2021 Horus Quartet / Oslo Quartet Series, Norway


21 September 2021 Horus Quartet / Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, Norway


26 February 2022 Sonoro String Quartet / Artica Svalbard, Arctic Chamber Music Festival, Norway


16 August 2022 Laura Liu, Rannveig Marta Sarc, Fidel Atli Quintero Gasparsson & Heiður Lára Bjarnadóttir / Ung Nordisk Musik Reykjavik, Iceland


2 September 2022 Sonoro String Quartet / INN:PUST Festival, Norway


11 September 2022 Sonoro String Quartet / Gamle Svinesund, Norway.


30 November 2023 Quatuor AREV / Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre Paris, France.


29 February 2024 Edvard Erdal, Guro Kleven Hagen, Henninge Landaas, Amalie Stalheim / Ose Kammerspel, Norway.


20 July 2024 Jacob Buur, Anne Skærbæk, Einar Bauge, Theodor Lyngstad / Kolding i Toner, Denmark


10 August 2024 Sofia Manvati, Helga Dijà, Inger Margrethe Furre Thommesen, Birgitta Oftestad / Oslo Chamber Music Festival, Norway

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