Swedish composer Mika Pelo writes music for soloists, chamber ensembles, and orchestras, with or without electronics. He holds a doctorate in composition from Columbia University and is currently Associate Professor of Composition at UC Davis. His principal composition teachers include Tristan Murail, Bent Sørensen, and Sven-David Sandström.
Pelo is inspired by the French so-called spectral composers and Scandinavian lyricism and describes his method of composition as “controlled dreaming.” The Strad magazine thinks that Pelo’s music “fashions a fascinating mosaic of sonorities,” and the Irish Times writes that Pelo’s music is built by “gestures that were once the province of the avant-garde . . . here pliably exploited by a sensibility that sounded decidedly romantic.”
Pelo’s music is published by Edition Peters, Germany.
Contact: Mika
NEXT CONCERT: November 24, Splintered Second for Clarinet, Violin, Percussion and Piano at the Audio Art Festival in Krakow, Poland
RECENT PERFORMANCES:
Nov 11, 2016 in Davis, CA: Seagram Murals – new saxophone quartet for the Mana Saxophone Quartet.
Nov 8, 2016 in Vallejo, CA: Vallejo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christian Baldini: Satellite for Orchestra
Oct 18, 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden: Cecilia Zilliacus, Violin, and the Royal Swedish Army Band under the baton of Christian Lindberg: Violin Concerto No. 2
Sep 19 in Sacramento, CA: Camellia Symphony conducted by Christian Baldini: Satellite for Orchestra
Jul 13, 2016 in Strasbourg, France: Mana Saxophone Quartet: Saxophone Quartet
Oct 29, 2014 in York, UK: Magnus Andersson, Pascal Gallois and Rohan De Saram: In Silent Ways for Guitar, Bassoon and Cello
Nov 9, 2014 in Sacramento, CA: Mayumi Hama and Chris Froh: Broken Wings for two marimbas (part of the FENAM festival.)
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