Lars Åkerlund is a musician, performer and composer working with computers, synthesizers, analog sound and field recordings primarily focusing on the properties of sound, particularly the evolution of sound and texture.
Since the 1980s he has worked both solo and in collaboration with musicians and artists from various disciplines. Over the past ten years Åkerlund has primarily focused on composition, live electronics, touring, collaborations and the publication of works on different record labels.
He got several commissions and grants from EMS, GRM, Art Zoyd, ZKM, Finnish National Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, Gothenburg Opera… and worked with musicians like Zbigniew Karkowski, Lise-Lotte Norelius, Dror Feiler and Kasper T Toeplitz.
* Mixing sessions with Lise-Lotte Norelius at EMS, Stockholm October 2024
* Composing piece for the EMS 60-years celebration CD
* Norberg Festival, Norberg, Sweden, EMS artist, 6 July 2024
* Recording sessions with Reinhold Friedl, Berlin, 21-28 February 2024
* “Elektronmusikstudion –art, technology and politics” exhibiting works at the Swedish Performing arts museum, Stockholm, 1 December 2023- 1 September 2024
* Marché de Noel, Valenciennes, 12 December 2023
* ”Circular”, music for dancer Ana Elena Tejera,Le Non Jazz, Nautes, Paris, 27 November 2023
* With Julien Ottavi at Le Zorba, Paris, 25 November 2023
* With Dror Feiler and George Moraitis, Kummelholmen, Stockholm 28 October 2023
* Electric ChamberChoir, Cité Internationale des arts, Paris, 22 November 2023
* Residency Art Zoyd, Valenciennes, 16-20 October 2023
* Ljusdalsbygdens Museum "Dansa mina verk", Ljusdal, Sweden, 26 June - 12 Augusti 2023
* Loving Memories, Berlin, 8 August 2023
* LÒEK at Cité Internationale des arts, Paris, 24 May 2023
* Lars von Trio at Cité Internationale des arts, Paris, 15 May 2023
* With Óskar Þór Arngrímsson at Cité Internationale des arts, Paris 26 April 2023
*Transformation (music for video), Première Linz, 24 April 2023
* Residency Art Zoyd, Valenciennes, 5-8 March 2023
* Audioblast, Plateforme, Paris, 24 February2023
*Bruit Orchestrale Electronique at Cité Internationale des arts, Paris 21 February 2023
* "Eternal Life” music for the Nobel Prize Foundation/Liljevalchs museum exhibition, Stockholm, 1 October 2022 - 29 January 2023
* FRST, Visby, 27 January 2023
* Filiason #24, Nantes, 13 January 2023
Cover photo Anders Roxenhag
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CDs soon to be released:
*Duo with Reinhold Friedl
*Solo works
*Compilation EMS 60 years
*Solo piece for glissando flute
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