…looking back at 2011, the month of March stands out. Two premieres, both of them in Bergen. Yet The Sea Is Never Full was beautifully rendered by Bergen Domkantori and the fantastic Raschér Saxophone Quartet on March 11. 

Fra nettsiden til Lindemans Legat:  Lindemanprisen for 2011 går til komponisten, organisten og pianisten Nils Henrik Asheim (51). Prisen er på 150.000 kroner, og den er den største i sitt slag i Norge. Ifølge juryen har prisvinneren helt siden han var svært ung ytt viktige bidrag til norsk musikkliv. Først og fremst som komponist, men også som en betydelig utøver og organisator.

A new piece for trio (violin, cello and piano) GAME OF THREE is commissioned by Trondheim Chamber Music festival for their international Chamber Music Competition. Nine trios are rehearsing the piece and the performances take place on Sept.23.

"Skremmende aktuell", Bergens Tidende comments before the premiere of Venezia which is a piece about a city over and under water. FMKV wind orchestra is playing under Peter Szilvay. In the stage setup the orchestra is divided in two facing halves, which should create a monumental stereo effect in the medieval Håkonshallen.

The prize (Norwegian equivalent to "Grammy") was given to Nils Henrik Asheim as a composer, for the CD Mazurka - remaking Chopin.

... a quick look back on this year ... when I had the pleasure to work with so many excellent musicians, as the 22 solo string players that premiered my Concerto Grosso in Bergen on June 2 ... the strings of Oslo Philharmonic performing Chase ... and the Norwegian/British ensemble Paulus Barokk that together with Nordic Voices presented my new Interludes for Buxtehude.

Intervjuer med Nils Henrik Asheim, Maja Ratkje, Lasse Thoresen, Eivind Buene m.fl. Opptak fra bl.a. Resonans på Domkirkeplassen i Stavanger (innledning) og Tou Scene.

Soundclips from concert with Paal Nilssen-Love and Nils Henrik Asheim, drums and organ duo, at Kongsberg Jazz festival, July 08 2010.