Mjekoe
- Born
- 1979. · Oslo.
- Nationality
- Norway.
- Occupation
- composer and musician.
- Fields
- film score, opera, symphony and chamber music.
- Education
- Oslo Waldorf School, Musicians Institute, Norwegian Academy of Music and Manhattan School of Music.
- Teachers
- Richard Danielpour, Trygve Madsen and Olav Anton Thommessen.
- Languages
- Norwegian.
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Biography
Mjekoe studied at Oslo Waldorf School, Musicians Institute and Norwegian Academy of Music. Training under Richard Danielpour, Trygve Madsen and Olav Anton Thommessen is recorded. The recorded working language is Norwegian. The field of work recorded is film score, opera and symphony.
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Mjekoe (born 14 October 1979) is recorded as a musician. The birth of Mjekoe is recorded on 14 October 1979.
Compositions, 2008–2022
Catalogued output
Compositions, 2008–2022
The entries below are works composed by the subject, as the institutional registers catalogue them; later performances and commercial recordings of the same music are listed separately. The 2010s are the densest part of the run, with 5 titles, and that concentration is a fact about what the registers have catalogued rather than a judgement on the work itself. They belong to a run of 25 titles in all, from 2008 to 2022.
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Recorded period of activity: 2009.
9 compositions carry dates between 2008 and 2022
The run opens with The Witches and closes with Slava Ukraini!
Compositions without a settled date
Catalogued output
Compositions without a settled date
16 further compositions are catalogued under Mjekoe's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it. Concerto for Tympani and Orchestra — 3 catalogued parts. The Beauty That Still Remains.
Hate Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra
The War Cross (Paus)
The World Transformed II. Intimations of Love
A Portrait of Anne
The Stolen Child
Prescription for Gunfire Jitters
The World Transformed I
Where the work is held
Institutional memberships
Mjekoe is recorded as a member of Frie Kunster and Riksmål Society. Membership is stated by the bodies' own records and is not read here as evidence of office or of any particular role within them.
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- 1.Wegg, S. James. Paus shines brightly. James Wegg Review. 2008-04-08.
- 2.Kvalbein, Astrid. Vakker Marcusmesse. Aftenposten. 2008-03-05.
- 3.Aune, Olav Egil. Messe midt i verden. Vårt Land. 19. 2008-03-05.
- 4.Opera til folket. Marcus Paus.
- 5.Ihle, Ole-Martin. Da He-Man kom til Norge: en fortelling om å vokse opp på 80-tallet. Kagge. 296. 2019.
- 6.Green, Edward. Interview with Composer Marcus Paus. Iconi. 2. 3. 56–67. 2020. 10.33779/2658-4824.2020.3.056-067.
- 7.Nordal, Ola. Marcus Paus. Store norske leksikon. 20 December 2021.
- 8.Røyseland, Halstein. Marcus Paus: – Det er mye kreativt DNA. VG Nett. 25 August 2009.
- 9.Oslo-komponist Marcus (41) nominert til tre priser: – Veldig forløsende. Avisa Oslo. 2 February 2021.
- 10.August Stein. Vienna History Wiki.
- 11.Staudacher, Anna. '. meldet den Austritt aus dem mosaischen Glauben': 18000 Austritte aus dem Judentum in Wien, 1868–1914: Namen – Quellen – Daten. Peter Lang. 8. 2009. 9783631558324.
- 12."Fører tradisjonen videre," Familien, May 2019
- 13.Ole Paus jr. verdens raskeste gitarist. Arbeiderbladet. 1996-12-31.
- 14.Marcus Paus klar for Musikkhøyskolen: Tenker musikk 20 timer i døgnet. Aftenposten. 1998-04-02.
- 15."Marcus Paus, composer," Meet the Artist, 1 November 2017
- 16.Norsk musikforlag. Komponister i Norge. 194–195. 2016.
- 17.Norwegian Society of Composers. Årsberetning 2019. 2020.
- 18.Legacy Conversations: Marcus Paus. The Legacy of John Williams. 2020-06-09.
- 19.Bjørnskau, Erik. – Musikk er språk. Aftenposten. 2008-01-02.
- 20.Ibsen, Alexander Z. Brøt med klisjeene. Minerva. 11 October 2013.
- 21.Erikson, Trond. Marcus Paus: Lyrisk modernisme. NRK. 2015-04-30.
- 22.Baden, Torkil. Komponistportrett Marcus Paus. YouTube.
- 23.Skancke-Knutsen, Arvid. Om å delta i verden. Kontekst. 11 March 2022.
- 24.Paus, Marcus. Why melody matters. Gramophone. 2017-11-06.
- 25.Hugill, Robert. An appealing surface with friction underneath: composer Marcus Paus on the music on his new disc. Planet Hugill. 2017-11-11.
- 26.Christiansen, Ann. Alltid med på notene. Aftenposten. 2002-08-17.
- 27.Borowsky, Frances. When the Cello Speaks Alone: Cello Cadenzas in Chamber Music Duos. University of Maryland. 29. 2019. 10.13016/ilrw-6lt4.
- 28.Riley, Danny. Nordic uproar: The Guide to contemporary Norwegian music. Bachtrack. 2017-11-21.
- 29.Nordal, Ola. Eriksmoen med en av årets beste plater – hvisking, hvesing og brøling – og en oppsiktsvekkende debut. Ballade.
- 30.Eddins, Stephen. Kind. AllMusic Review. 2011.
- 31.McElhearn, Kirk. Kind. Musicweb. 2011.
- 32.Nordal, Ola. Sepiatoner og sanglek. Ballade. 2020-03-26.
- 33.Rickards, Guy. Paus – The Beauty That Still Remains. Gramophone. 2020.
- 34.Clements, Dominy. Marcus Paus (b. 1979): The Beauty That Still Remains (2015, text by Anne Frank). Musicweb. 2020.
- 35.The Norwegian Girl Choir – The Beauty That Still Remains – Blu-ray Auro 3D and Dolby Atmos surround release. HiRes Edition. 2020-01-14.
- 36.Clarke, Colin. Marcus Paus: Odes & Elegies. Rhinegold. 2017.
- 37.Clements, Dominy. Marcus Paus (b. 1979): Odes and Elegies. Musicweb. 2017.
- 38.Rickards, Guy. Paus – Odes & Elegies. Gramophone. 2017.
- 39.Locke, Ralph P. Die sieben Todsünden and other works. Kurt Weill Newsletter. 37. 1. 18.
- 40."Hun har sagt at hennes nye plate er en 40-årsgave til henne selv. Men det er også en vakker julegave til oss lyttere," Bergens Tidende, 6 December 2019
- 41.Locke, Ralph P. Locke's List: Best Opera and Vocal Music of 2019. The Boston Musical Intelligencer. 2019-12-13.
- 42.Thiemann, Albrecht. Einfach hinreissend. Opernwelt. February 2019.
- 43.Children of Ginko: A China-Norway children’s opera about the superpowers of seeds, Ibsen International
- 44.Brachmann, Jan. Musik zum Advent: Der Ochse küsst des Kindes Fuß. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2020-12-10.
- 45.To kjettere imellom. Vårt Land.
- 46.– Det er når det er som aller mørkest, at det går mot lysere tider. Vårt Land.
- 47.Ørstavik, Maren. Samtidsmusikk er ikke samtidsmusikk. Ballade.
- 48.Broxton, Jonathan. Mortal – Marcus Paus. Movie Music UK. 22 January 2021.
- 49.Movie Music UK Awards 2020. 26 January 2021.
- 50.Nordic Film Music Days. Marcus Paus.
- 51.Schweiger, Daniel. Mortal. Film Music Magazine. 1 March 2021.
- 52.Paus med Paus åpner ny musikkserie på Gjøvik. OA.no.
- 53.To urfremførelser i Tromsø. Klassisk musikk.
- 54.Marcus Paus: Tuba Mirum: Konsert for tuba og orkester. Oslo Philharmonic.
- 55.Forsvaret vil ha musikalsk storverk som beskriver Krigskorset – og historiene bak. Dagsavisen. 2 February 2022.
- 56.Musikkstykke skal fortelle historiene bak Krigskorset. Forsvarets forum. 2022-02-03.
- 57.Marcus Paus om sitt nye verk: – Jeg skrev 'Slava Ukraini!' fordi jeg ikke kunne la være. Kulturplot. Norwegian News Agency. 4 March 2022.
- 58.Paus, Marcus. Slava Ukraini!. Facebook.
- 59.Norsk Musikforlag. Marcus Paus: Slava Ukraini!.
- 60.Syrrist-Gelgota, Povilas. Marcus Paus "Slava Ukraini" for viola solo. YouTube.
- 61.Urfremfører Paus-opera i Kilden
- 62.Knut Stiklestad ga stemme til Hamsun
- 63.Dette er vinnerne av Musikkforleggerprisen, Music Norway
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