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THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
THE INVENTIVE PERIOD 1987-1993
THE MONUMENTAL PEROID, CYBERSYMPHONIC PERIOD 1993-2008
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NEWS:
Eddan premiere opens in Reykjavik/Iceland 2009.
The 28 May to the 28 Aug, Eddan will be displayed in an interactive installation residing in a special pavilion beside Nordens Hus in Reykjavik. It will be possible to view the work and experience the myths through emotions carried by the music. Eddan returning to the source.
Director of Icleand music museum Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson talks with Mats Wendt in a video recording at the premiere opening of Eddan in Reykjavik.
Eddan premiere in the press 2009
Among other papers, Music and Vision the worlds first daily classical global news site had the event in the news.
The US Today picked up the premiere in the "News from the Web "section.
Swedish radio p1 p2
swedens classical music news radio show.
Sydsvenskan
Sydöstran
Blekinge läns tidning
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Eddan finished 2008
The 9 jan 2008 Eddan is finished after 9 years full time work. Eddan - the invincible sword of the elf-smith is 16 hours and 37 sec long. A monumental orchestral suite in 158 parts. This work is available online for free listening in a low quality net version 48kbps at www.eddan.net
Quick facts: Eddan was composed between 1999 and 2008 with preparation from 1993.The first attempt was in 1982 with Voluspa (the norns prophecy), a contemporary piece that failed to tap into the mythological world. Eddan uses themes to represent different beings, situations and reminiscence.
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1999 Mats Wendt's first performance of Euroupe a prophecy in a unique concert at Imax theatre Cosmonova in Stockholm.
Cosmonova is located in museum of natural history and is northern europe's biggest Imax theatre and the theatre was made available for this special concert. The work is based on William Blake's poem and Mats Wendt also showed a computer animated ballet to accompany his music.
This ad for the event was published in Metro, aftonbladet, DN, Svenska dagbladet and Expressen.
Some clippings.
Eddan in Bayreuth/Germany 2003. 5 hours from the work preformed for a week during Wagner festspiele, shown parallel with the Der ring des Nibelung.
Mats Wendt talks about the work in the salon of Wahnfried, that was Richard Wagner's former home. Frans Liszt's piano in the background.
Some coverage from the appearance during the Wagner festspiele in Bayreuth Germany 2003
Swedish radio web site
Sydsvenskan
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