Glorious Percussion
The ensemble Glorious Percussion takes its name from the piece that brought its members together in the first place. In September 2008, they gave the world premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina's Glorious Percussion, written for five percussionists and orchestra, with the Gothenburg Symphony under Gustavo Dudamel. For the members, who hail from three different continents, the name reflects the almost divine ability of their instruments to speak to cultures all over the world and throughout the ages.
The resounding success of the work's world premiere was quickly followed by the German and Swiss premieres with the Dresden Philharmonic under John Axelrod and the Lucerne Symphony under Jonathan Nott, as well as performances in 2009 with the Berlin Philharmonic. In February 2011, the ensemble performed the piece with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Also last season, Glorious Percussion performed enthusiastically received country premieres with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of John Storgårds and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel.
All five musicians are internationally renowned as chamber musicians and soloists and are also active with their own artistic agendas outside the group. Together, they plan to commission a series of new works over the coming years.
Anders Loguin (Sweden)
Anders Loguin studied percussion at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and conducting in Finland with Jorma Panula as well as in Sweden and in the USA. Loguin frequently conducts orchestras and ensembles in Sweden and abroad.
He was a founding member of the percussion ensemble Kroumata, with which he toured over 40 countries and premiered over 200 works. He left the ensemble in 2008, after 30 years. More than 20 CDs document their work together, most of which are available on the BIS label.
Since 1977, he has been a professor and head of the percussion department at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He founded and was Artistic Director of the Nordic Percussion Festival in 1991, and of the Stockholm International Percussion Event in 1998.
Anders Loguin was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2002. In 2008, His Majesty the King of Sweden awarded Anders Loguin the royal medal Litteris et Artibus for his outstanding contribution to the field of music and art in Sweden and abroad.
Anders Haag (Sweden)
Anders Haag studied percussion at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He is currently solo-timpanist with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has held since 2003.
Before joining the RSPO he worked as timpanist and percussionist with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra and the Stockholm Wind Symphony Orchestra.
Anders Haag is also a keen chamber musician. He is engaged in various projects focusing on improvisation and cross-over music, such as with his group Heavy Breeze.
Anders Haag has taught timpani at the Royal College of Music since 2008.
Mika Takehara (Japan)
Mika Takehara made her solo debut with the Kroumata ensemble in 1998. She has since established herself as a soloist, appearing frequently in concerts in Sweden, Japan and all over Europe. Mika also performs regularly with the Saito Kinen Orchestra and the Mito Chamber Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa.
Having graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Music in Tokyo, she moved to Stockholm where she completed her solo diploma at the Royal University College of Music with the highest honours in 2001. She studied under Keiko Abe, Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Kyoichi Sano and Prof. Anders Loguin.
Mika Takehara's solo album Thirteen Drums was released by BIS Records. She has recorded the percussion concerto The Baron in the Trees by Britta Byström for the label Phono Suecia, as well as several CDs for Sony Music and Philips.
Eirik Raude (Norway)
Norwegian percussionist Eirik Raude has premiered more than 50 works and has received multiple prizes for his outstanding work. In 2004, his first solo CD was released to great critical acclaim.
Raude works on many projects involving other forms of art, such as video art, contemporary ballet and theatre, often involving improvisation. He likes to explore new technologies, and is part of a newly formed electro-acoustic ensemble.
Eirik Raude was a resident percussionst with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for 10 years, having now recently resigned in order to maintain his busy schedule of solo performances and chamber music projects. He also teaches percussion at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo.
Robyn Schulkowsky (USA)
Robyn Schulkowsky was born in USA but has been living in Germany for the past 30 years. She has been an innovator and collaborator throughout her life, intensely dedicated to revealing the wonders of percussion to listeners around the world.
Since moving to Germany during the heyday of experimental and adventurous classical composition, she has premiered and recorded some of the most important percussion works of the 20th and 21st centuries.
She is equally renowned as an improviser as she is for her work with composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kevin Volans, John Cage, Morton Feldman and Iannis Xenakis. She has delighted audiences on tour through the Soviet Union, India, Africa, North and South America, Korea, Japan and numerous European music festivals.
The resounding success of the work's world premiere was quickly followed by the German and Swiss premieres with the Dresden Philharmonic under John Axelrod and the Lucerne Symphony under Jonathan Nott, as well as performances in 2009 with the Berlin Philharmonic. In February 2011, the ensemble performed the piece with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Also last season, Glorious Percussion performed enthusiastically received country premieres with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of John Storgårds and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel.
All five musicians are internationally renowned as chamber musicians and soloists and are also active with their own artistic agendas outside the group. Together, they plan to commission a series of new works over the coming years.
Anders Loguin (Sweden)
Anders Loguin studied percussion at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and conducting in Finland with Jorma Panula as well as in Sweden and in the USA. Loguin frequently conducts orchestras and ensembles in Sweden and abroad.
He was a founding member of the percussion ensemble Kroumata, with which he toured over 40 countries and premiered over 200 works. He left the ensemble in 2008, after 30 years. More than 20 CDs document their work together, most of which are available on the BIS label.
Since 1977, he has been a professor and head of the percussion department at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He founded and was Artistic Director of the Nordic Percussion Festival in 1991, and of the Stockholm International Percussion Event in 1998.
Anders Loguin was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 2002. In 2008, His Majesty the King of Sweden awarded Anders Loguin the royal medal Litteris et Artibus for his outstanding contribution to the field of music and art in Sweden and abroad.
Anders Haag (Sweden)
Anders Haag studied percussion at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He is currently solo-timpanist with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has held since 2003.
Before joining the RSPO he worked as timpanist and percussionist with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra and the Stockholm Wind Symphony Orchestra.
Anders Haag is also a keen chamber musician. He is engaged in various projects focusing on improvisation and cross-over music, such as with his group Heavy Breeze.
Anders Haag has taught timpani at the Royal College of Music since 2008.
Mika Takehara (Japan)
Mika Takehara made her solo debut with the Kroumata ensemble in 1998. She has since established herself as a soloist, appearing frequently in concerts in Sweden, Japan and all over Europe. Mika also performs regularly with the Saito Kinen Orchestra and the Mito Chamber Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa.
Having graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Music in Tokyo, she moved to Stockholm where she completed her solo diploma at the Royal University College of Music with the highest honours in 2001. She studied under Keiko Abe, Yoshitaka Kobayashi, Kyoichi Sano and Prof. Anders Loguin.
Mika Takehara's solo album Thirteen Drums was released by BIS Records. She has recorded the percussion concerto The Baron in the Trees by Britta Byström for the label Phono Suecia, as well as several CDs for Sony Music and Philips.
Eirik Raude (Norway)
Norwegian percussionist Eirik Raude has premiered more than 50 works and has received multiple prizes for his outstanding work. In 2004, his first solo CD was released to great critical acclaim.
Raude works on many projects involving other forms of art, such as video art, contemporary ballet and theatre, often involving improvisation. He likes to explore new technologies, and is part of a newly formed electro-acoustic ensemble.
Eirik Raude was a resident percussionst with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for 10 years, having now recently resigned in order to maintain his busy schedule of solo performances and chamber music projects. He also teaches percussion at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo.
Robyn Schulkowsky (USA)
Robyn Schulkowsky was born in USA but has been living in Germany for the past 30 years. She has been an innovator and collaborator throughout her life, intensely dedicated to revealing the wonders of percussion to listeners around the world.
Since moving to Germany during the heyday of experimental and adventurous classical composition, she has premiered and recorded some of the most important percussion works of the 20th and 21st centuries.
She is equally renowned as an improviser as she is for her work with composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kevin Volans, John Cage, Morton Feldman and Iannis Xenakis. She has delighted audiences on tour through the Soviet Union, India, Africa, North and South America, Korea, Japan and numerous European music festivals.
General Management
Glorious Percussion
Henrik Jordan
Henrik Jordan
Glorious Percussion
Henrik Jordan
Henrik Jordan