Age Veeroos is currently completing her doctoral research on the role of sul ponticello (a bowing technique) in sound processes at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Recording & Production
This album features recordings made in various locations across Europe, including Tallinn, Stockholm, Cologne, and Tartu, with different engineers for each track.
Composition History
The piece 'Fantasia 'A Threadbare Chant'' by Age Veeroos was a response to Russia's war against Ukraine, expressing grief and suffering.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Age Veeroos' music is characterized by an elusive and intangible mode of expression, creating a unique tension between focus and ambiguity.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Age Veeroos often draws inspiration from Estonian surrealist poet Ilmar Laaban, using lines from his poems as titles for her works, such as 'Ich sehe Federn wachsen im Sand der Wüsten…'.
Composer Biography
Age Veeroos earned her MA cum laude in composition from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2006 and studied with Wolfgang Rihm at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.
Compositional Technique
The work 'Vaatenurk' (Estonian for 'point of view') for ensemble, can be played in over 5,000 permutations, as its seven sections can be arranged in any order.
You might also enjoy...
Gardens
Schleiermacher: Ensemble Music
Qian & Yan
Gubaidulina: Seven Words / Silenzio / In Croce
Mahnkopf Edition, Vol. 6: Hommage à Daniel Libeskind, Vols. I-III
Sofia Gubaidulina: Seven Words, Rubaiyat, Vivente - Non Vivente
José M. Sánchez-Verdú: KHÔRA. Cycle for Saxophone Quartet and Microtonal Accordion
Didier Rotella: Zone Grise
John Cage: Music For Three
Magister Ludi
Experimentalstudio: 40 Years Anthology, Vol. 2
Christian Wolff: Trio IX and Exercises
Cage: Variations II / Eight Whiskus / Music for two / Ryoanji
