Articles written by: Dag Rosenqvist

Additional live stream!

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-10-14

We are very happy to be able to add Rising Stars, the collaboration between Göteborg Wind Orchesstra and singer/composer Lena Willemark, to this year’s online program. The concert, which features no less…

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In the sofa with Lena Willemark and Anders Hagberg

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-10-13

On Wednesday and Thursday October 14-15 we present two very special live concerts. On Wednesday, Gothenburg based flautist Anders Hagberg present the project Spaces where he gather twelve musicians for a unique…

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Online program 2020

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-10-08

This year’s festival is different in many ways, where parts of the festival will take place on digital platforms. The online program presents artists in spaces that are, as always, meticulously chosen.…

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Andreas Lindahl, Photo: Anna Hult

Andreas Lindahl – our guide through the festival

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-10-07

During this rather special edition of the festival, where the majority of the participating artists are spread out across the world, we wanted to make sure that our audience feel well taken…

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GAS 2020 – Opening!

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-10-03

Welcome to an evening of exploratory music at Högskolan för Scen och Musik, Sunday October 11th 2020. During the evening we will present one live concert, two pre-recorded concerts from Canada and…

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The final artists announced

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-09-30

The line-up for this year’s festival is now complete! Musically just as disparate as we want it to be, the artists’ expressions move from solo violin and voice explorations, to a drone performance captured at an old mine building and a collaboration around brand new orchestral works. Some of it performed live, some as pre-recorded stream-only performances.

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More artists for GAS 2020!

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-09-16

Last week we shared some of the artists that make up the program for this years edition of the festival. And now it’s time to announce the some more. Just like the last batch, the artists below represent a wide variety of genres in sounding art – from transatlantic online concerts to contemporary music to chamber opera – both live and online!

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First artists announced

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-09-10

This year’s edition of the festival will be a different one for sure. But just like always, artistically the festival will feature a wide variety of genres and artistic expressions, and we are very happy with how the program turned out!

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The 2020 GAS-Festival

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-06-25

As some of you may have guessed by now, the 2020 edition of the festival will be different from previous years. But after much thought and long discussions within the working group and with our partners, we have decided to go ahead with the festival that’s set for October 10th-16th!

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New presentation forms in Contemporary Music

By Dag Rosenqvist / 2020-04-07

The re-thinking of the traditional presentation forms and our work with new/experimental presentations forms involves a very diverse field with many elements to consider – like how we work with audience segments, how we choose the spaces to present the artistic works in, how we communicate with the audience and the society, how we choose artists etc.

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