2025:

* February 02
Fusion for Brass Band, Skogen Sletta (first performance of new version)

* February 08
Fusion for Brass Band, Griegsalen, Bergen

* March 09
November Blue for Orchestra (first performance of new version)
USO, dir: Eirik Gjerdevik, Bergen

* April 12
Seid, Festival "Flicorno d'Oro" (Italian premiere)

* May 11
Four Brief Actions for brass band (wp)
European Brass Band Championship, Fartein Valen, Stavanger

* May 29
Triptych, Alversunddagane
Rune Alver, Radøy Brass, Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

*Spring
Rural illusion for Trio Vest. BrassWind, Bergen (wp)

* Autumn
New piece for string orchestra
Alltagskizzen for Ensemble Kammerklang (wp)
New piece for brass band

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Earlier in 2024:
* February 04 and 09
Abstractions, Griegsalen, Bergen

* February 22
Cornet Concerto
Soloist: Roger Webster. The Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland.
RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester - England

* February 23 and 25
World premiere:
Gespenster, based on Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. Libretto by Malin Kjelsrud Conductor Philippe Bach. Director: Ansgar Haag. 
Opera premiere in Meiningen Theater, Germany
About the music (in Norwegian)

* March 1 and 23
Gespenster, based on Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. Libretto by Malin Kjelsrud Conductor Philippe Bach. Director: Ansgar Haag.

* March 15
Nord for Wind Band, Olavshallen, Trondheim
Dirty Dancing for Large Wind Ensemble, Olavshallen, Trondheim

* March 20
Boreas Blows for Orchestra (German premiere).
Meininger Hofkapelle, Conductor Philippe Bach

* April 1
Rays from a Red Sun for Flute and Clarinet
Roger Arve Vigulf, clarinet and Andrius Radziukynas, flute. Sialuliu Church, Lithuania

* April 7 and 27
Gespenster, based on Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. Libretto by Malin Kjelsrud Conductor Philippe Bach. Director: Ansgar Haag.

* April 27 and 28
Triptych for piano and brass band. Rune Alver, piano (wp), Voss kulturhus and Ålvik. Radøy Brass/Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

* May 1
Triptych for piano and brass band. Rune Alver, piano (wp). Knarvik kyrkje. Radøy Brass/Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

* May 15
Gespenster, based on Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. Libretto by Malin Kjelsrud Conductor Philippe Bach. Director: Ansgar Haag.

* May 25
Dirty Dancing is set test piece for ECWO in Oslo

* June 13
Gespenster, based on Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. Libretto by Malin Kjelsrud Conductor Philippe Bach. Director: Ansgar Haag.

* June 13
Cantilena V - Elegy, Sjøforsvarets Musikkorps (Norwegian Naval Forces Band), Bergen, Kjetil Djønne, cond.
Soloist: Anthony Ringdal, Bassoon.

* June 15
Urd, Trym Andersen, Bass Trombone. Stathelle kirke

* June 28
Excerpts from Arv. NyNorsk Messingkvintett. Tonehimmel, Volda

* August 22
Two movements (1 and 5)  from Five Elements
Edvard Grieg Choir. Håkonshallen, Bergen.

* September 27
Surrounded by memories for trumpet with electronics, 10 trumpets and organ. BrassWind, Johanneskirken, Bergen (wp)
Soloist: Sarah Belle Reid (USA)

* November 17
Blåsebølgen, Damsgård Skoles Musikkorps, dir: Andreas Heier Røe
"Lyden av Bergen". Damsgård skole

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New CD: Klang av Oldtid

New CD! Clare Farr, Bass Trombone. First recording of "The Daughters of Erda" (Urd, Skuld and Verdande). LAWO Classics.

Some of my pieces played by Erlend Aagaard-Nilsen and Jarle Rotevatn. Norwegian Broacasting Company

CD: Professor Robert Benton: Monkey to the Sky Euphonium Concerto (no. 2), version for Euphonium, Piano and Percussion

Dirty Dancing won the Publishers Prize 2016 for best music in the classical/contemporary category.

The piece is published by Norsk Notservice AS

Thanks to Christiania Wind Ensemble and Trond Husebø who did the first performance and conducted the piece in Trondheim when CWE won the Nowegian Champinship for wind band in 2015. Thanks also to concductor Peter S. Szilvay who actually had the initial idea for the piece.

Thanks to my publisher of music for wind- and brass band, Norsk Noteservice AS.

I år skal jeg delta som dirigent i 2. divisjon med Follesø Musikklag, et, for meg nytt og hyggelig bekjentskap.
Vi har valgt å spille The Forest of Dean, et av Derek Bourgeois' mest spilte korpsstykker. Det skiller seg noe fra andre lignende verk ved at det ikke inneholder solistiske innslag og fokuserer utelukkende det på det kollektive.
Det er komponert i variasjonsform, kanskje en av de mest brukte, men også vellykkede musikalske former når det kommer til musikkens evne til å holde på interessen hos både utøvere og publikum.

Jeg skal også delta som komponist - igjen. Det er alltid utrolig stas og få musikk fremført i et NM. Ved flere anledninger har Manger Musikklag valgt å spille min musikk i selvvalgtavdelingen, og de har bestilt musikken selv. Cantigas fra 2005 ble brukt i NM 2006 og 2013, og Old Licks Bluesed Up (verkomtale) var bestilt til NM 2011, og ble også spilt da de vant EM i Montreux samme år. Nå har de plukket stykket frem igjen. Vi får høre det i Grieghallen lørdag 06 Februar kl. 15:45.
Det står mer i en blog jeg skrev her:

God fornøyelse, alle sammen, og lykke til i konkurransen til dere som deltar aktivt!

This autumn, Erlend Aagaard-Nilsen release his debut album "Perpetuum Trompetuum" on the label LAWO Classics.

The CD contains contemporary Norwegian music by Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred, Sigur Fischer-Olsen, Knut Vaage, Eilert Tøsse, Ketil Hvoslef and Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen.

Two of my pieces on the CD, Festoso and Elegy for Broken Hearts are available from Noteservice AS.

The fanfare Kvernhusfanfare is a part of a book containing small pieces for unaccompanied trumpet. Suiteable for students from grade 3 and upwards. The collection of pieces is called Toner fra Kvernhusvegen. Available from Noteservice AS.

The last piece of mine on this CD is Orpheus Lament, for trumpet and electronics. Any questions? Please don´t hesitate to contact me.