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MUSEUM OF SCIENCE STOCKHOLM
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STADSHALLEN LUND
NORDISHE KLANG GERMANY
EUROPEAN ART FESTIVAL ROME ITALY

COSMONOVA IMAX THEATRE STOCKHOLM
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
SWEDISH TELEVISION "MUSIK SPEGELN"
SWEDISH RADIO "MITT I MUSIKEN"
SWEDISH RADIO "KLINGAN"
RADIO STOCKHOLM
RADION BLEKINGE
MARIN MUSEUM SWEDEN
TV GERMANY, DUNKERSKULTURHUS

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THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD 87 and back

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 is 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 Iceland 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.

US Today The US Today picked up the premiere in the "News from the Web "section.	Swedish radio p1 and p2 sweden's classical music news radio show. Even as a child the composer Mats Wendt was captivated by mythology.. READ MORE
Sydsvenskan -Why island? Iceland is close at hand. It was there Snorri wrote down Eddan. I contacted Nordic house in Reykjavik and now there is a special pavilion built to show my work Eddan. READ MORE	Blekinge läns tidning On monday the composer Mats Wendt travel to Reykjavik, There he will premiere open the 16 hour work Eddan - the invincible sword of the elf-smith READ MORE
	Sydöstran Mats Wendt first performs the cyber Edda...

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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.

SOME news paper covering MW:

CENTRO SOCIALE
EXPRESSEN
SVENSKA DAGBLADET
DAGENS NYHETER
SKÅNSKA DAGBLADET
CITY GUIDE SWEDEN
BLEKINGE LÄNS TIDNING
SYDÖSTRAN
SKÅNSKA DAGBLADET
SYDSVENSKAN
HÄLSNINGBORGS DAGBLAD
MUSIC AND VISION
DATORMAGAZIN 1990
PLUS MANY MORE..