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There’s a new CD out: RITUALS with Tom Beets and Joris Van Goethem! All my pieces for piano and two recorders – you can order it right here on the website! So far this year, there have been three new albums on Spotify: HEART OF AFRICA with Maciej Łukowski on the djembe and the brilliant guest musicians Andrew Hrysenko, Borys Janczarski, Marcin Oleś and Natalie Bernadette. Then there’s *Cádiz*, featuring all my works for solo recorder and piano with Chris Orton. And available online since May: *FOREVER AND EVER*, 16 instrumental love songs with the Finnish recorder player Juho Myllylä. Concerts: Following the fantastic world premieres in Australia in January (THE BIG BELOW), in Tampere, Finland, in February (Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life for string quintet and solo recorder, featuring Juho Myllylä and Tampere Raw), in Hamburg in March (Ukuzingela for recorder trio with Flutes en bloc), in April in Spain (JOURNEY OF THE SOUL with José Maria Saperas Lafarga and Jimena Villegas), in May in Linz, Austria (HYMN TO LIFE for recorder orchestra and the Linz Music School’s guitar orchestra) and in June in Tokyo (Tales of the 12 Zodiac with the Meguro Recorder Orchestra), followed by the premiere of September Sunday in September in Hainstadt near Frankfurt am Main (Flauto Dolce) – and on 3 October, the saxophone ensemble EQUINOX will give the world premiere of three of my pieces in England! Finally, on 4 November, the last world premiere of the year will take place: Eero Saunamäki and his pianist will perform PEARL OF AFRICA for saxophone and piano for the first time in Turku, Finland!

My sincere thanks to Eero Saunamäki and TampereRaw for the world premiere of the original version of ‘Tell them I've had a wonderful life’ at the Tampere National Philharmonic on 12 February! Videos of the premiere will soon be available on YouTube, as will a recording of PAINFUL MEMORY by Eero and myself. The next premiere will take place on 1 March in Hamburg: FLUTES EN BLOC will perform the premiere of my new recorder trio UKUZINGELA! Then on 2 April, Josep Maria Sapera Lafargas, Jimena Villegas and I will perform the world premiere of my new work JOURNEY OF THE SOUL in Cuenca!
Finally, on 7 March, CADIZ by Chris Orton and me will finally be released on all streaming platforms!

The new year started with a bang! On the 10th of January, my Australian Suite No. 1 was premiered at the tutor's concert of the Australasian Recorder Festival in Armidale! THE BIG BELOW describes in three movements the famous Urulu (Ayer's Rock), the Kookaburra's song, and an ancient ritual. I will publish the music sheet end of January!
PLUS: On January 17, the album HEART OF AFRICA from Maciej Łukowski and me will be available on all streaming platforms: https://listen.music-hub.com/59VcJN
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I am proud to announce that I have released my first two albums on Bandcamp: CADIZ with Chris Orton brings together recordings of my most important works for recorder and piano: https://soerensieg.bandcamp.com/album/cadiz. 15 tracks, 10 videos and a booklet, €8. And HEART OF AFRICA was recorded with Warsaw-based djembe virtuoso Maciej Łukowski and features many great guest musicians: Borys Janczarski on saxophone, Marcin Oleś on double bass, Andrew Hrysenko on clarinet, and Natalie Bernadette and Krzysztof Ratajski on vocals! https://soerensieg.bandcamp.com/album/heart-of-africa, 12 tracks and 12 videos cost €8 – the money goes directly to the artists!