The new release When She Awakens is one of four nominees for Spellemannsprisen 2025 (the Norwegian Grammy Award) in the category for contemporary music! The nominations were announced the 12th of February and the winners will be announced the 22nd of March, in a show celebrating the Norwegian music scene. The show will be broadcasted […]
When She Awakens “Sunniva Rødland’s solo album When She Awakens is here! A sonic dreamscape featuring works by Takemitsu, Cage, Birtwistle, Sciarrino, Saariaho, and R.Murray Schafer’s mythic The Crown of Ariadne. From whispered harmonics to theatrical percussion, this is the harp like you’ve never heard it before! Listen now on all platforms!” LAWO Classics Innspillingen […]
Concert: History of My Instrument in Belgium spring 2024. Rødland will be performing music using harp and electronics in the Concertzaal, De Bijloke, May 9 – 20:00. Composers: Steen-Andersen, Saariaho, Takemitsu, Fongaard, Barrett. More info: https://www.bijloke.be/nl/programma/2914/sunniva-rodland/history-of-my-instrument https://www.bijloke.be/nl/programma/2914/sunniva-rodland/history-of-my-instrument
Dendrophilia received its world premiere @ Biermannsgården, Oslo in August 2021. The piece was commissioned by Birgitte Volan Håvik and Sunniva Rødland in 2020 and the world premiere was postponed due to the pandemic. Birgitte and I love the piece, a duo in four movements, approx.20 minutes in duration, in which the second harp is […]
Receiving the Norwegian Government Grants for Artists 2020-2022 has made it possible for me to develop new repertoire for the harp in the last few years. I have been working on multiple fronts; continuing to develop projects and focusing on climate challenges through the topics Permaculture and Rewilding. Currently, I am collaborating with the composers […]