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07/20/2026 - 13:56
2026

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!

02/14/2026 - 19:36
Tampere and Hamburg

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!

01/12/2026 - 12:49
The new year starts with a bang!

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
Enjoy! 

12/03/2025 - 19:01
Two new albums on Bandcamp!

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!

03/17/2025 - 11:59
Jubilee in Hamburg, Premieres in Switzerland and Spain!

What a year! On February 13, I was on stage at “30 Years of LaLeLu” in the sold-out Laeiszhalle Hamburg, and the six of us sang my arrangement of "Perfect Day". A perfect day! On February 15 and 16, the Arbon Symphony Orchestra performed the world premiere of my piece TIMKAT - AN AFRICAN CELEBRATION three times at the sold-out Presswerk. And on March 12, the children's choir and orchestra of the Cuenca Conservatory performed my FA WO DO YI MAME for choir and orchestra - the official world premiere is in Cuenca on April 9. I will of course be there! Also: My second piano solo album WHITE NILE is now also available on spotify& co at https://listen.music-hub.com/J1Auay!

11/11/2023 - 20:24
Cadiz is out!

CADIZ is finished! This CD, which I recorded in June 2022 with the recorder genius Chris Orton from Barcelona, contains my most important works for recorder and piano: Imibala yenjabulo, Tell them I've had a wonderful life, Three Sad Songs - and the eponymous suite CADIZ! CADIZ will cost 15 euros, the official sale starts on December 1st. From today until November 30th you can get the CD together with the newly released sheet music for THREE SAD SONGS for 25 Euro! Just click on the offer on the CD or the sheet music page :-)

02/25/2019 - 13:07
Sören in the FAZ

I am very pleased that the long-standing German ambassador to Cameroon, Volker Seitz, has now published a detailed review of "Oh, how beautiful is Africa!": https://www.achgut.com/artikel/oh_wie_schoen_ist_afrika. Volker Seitz himself published his 40 years of experience in Africa in the very good book "Afrika wird armregiert" (dtv). His review is therefore a special honor for me! Before this I was able to report on the absurdities of the so-called "sensitivity reading" in the FAZ from 28.1. and in the Swiss WELTWOCHE from 17.2. (https://weltwoche.ch/story/sie-reproduzieren-kolonial-rassistische-macht...). The Hamburger Abendblatt published a large portrait (https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article236657777/couchsurfing-trip...) and WELT has printed the first chapter (https://www.welt.de/reise/staedtereisen/plus241191741/Couchsurfing-in-Af... Eine-unvergessliche-Nacht-in-Kenia.html). Although Randomhouse really didn't do anything for the book, it has now become my book with the greatest public resonance - which makes me happy, because I have put so much work, time, love and research into my twelfth book! I look forward to all feedback to mail@soerensieg.de. You can also order the book OH WIE SCHÖN IST AFRIKA right here on the site. My CD AMAZING AFRICA is now available on all streaming platforms:
https://listen.music-hub.com/nVJpM0

02/21/2019 - 23:11
Double Saturday

On February 23 there will be two Premieres on one day: On the Recorder Day Itzehoe the commissioned work UXOLO for recorder orchestra will be played for the very first time. And nearly at the same time Liesbeth Schlumberger and Claudia Leibovitz will play the Premiere of my African Suite No. 27 TELL THEM I'VE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE for organ and recorder in the Église Protestante Unie de Étoile in Paris, just a few steps from the Arc de Triomphe. I am very happy, but I can only attend the Premiere in Paris! Besides I am proud to announce that the new CD of iFlautisti DOUCE DAMES JOLIE contains my African Suite No.15 WAKATI NJEMA in a wonderful recording. The marvelous CD is available in every CD-shop, on Spotify and soon also on this homepage!

01/11/2019 - 12:00
Kampala Circus

I am looking forward to the Premiere of my African Suite No. 23 KAMPALA CIRCUS by the fabulous Hanke Brothers tomorrow in Böblingen! The concert is sold out - if you already have a ticket, I am very much looking forward to meet you there! The instrumentation piano, tuba, viola and recorder is as unique as the four brothers and the whole family. This will be great fun!

11/30/2018 - 07:32
Seldom Sene

Many Thanks to Katharine Rawdon (flute), Raj Bhimani (piano) und António Carrhilo (recorder) for the fantastic Premiere of my 22th African Suite INSIDE KAMPALA in the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Bombay on November 27! Now I am looking forward to the recording of my African Suite No. 24, MATHONGO AMNANDI (sweet dreams) on the 14th and 15th of December in Amsterdam by the fantastic quintet SELDOM SENE, who commissioned the piece!