As with all of our colleagues, the current situation is affecting us drastically, with a lot of upcoming events / concerts being cancelled for our artists. We have ongoing contact with all [...]
”Hans Ek’s orchestration [performed by the New York Philharmonic] showed off the rich colors of Björk’s music, and the orchestra seemed equally infused with a quiet energy, bringing out a [...]
Our CEO Noomi Hedlund is now back from the ISPA | International Society for the Performing Arts conference 2020 and a week in NYC, that has awakened many thoughts and led to many new meetings! [...]
Jenny Wilson‘s album ”TRAUMA” has been nominated for Nordic Album of the Year at the Nordic Music Prize! Hans has done all the arrangements in close collaboration with Jenny, [...]
FINALLY OFFICIAL! Molly Sandén meets Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a concert that gives her songs a sultry, symphonic sound. ”It will be so [...]
Our Hans Ek – arranger & conductor has just concluded the recording of the vocal parts of the upcoming ”Bowie in Berlin” album! The recordings took place at Nilento Studio [...]
Our general manager Noomi Hedlund is currently in NYC, as a delegate for the international ISPA | International Society for the Performing Arts Conference! We wish you all the best for networking [...]
”Emilia Amper started playing the key violin when she was a kid, and according to her own words, she fell so deeply in love with her instrument that she even slept beside it. Hard practice [...]
We’re delighted to announce that the divertissement at the Nobel Banquet 2019 is created, arranged and conducted by Hans Ek – arranger & conductor and co-produced by our manager [...]
Yesterday the swedish minister for culture Amanda Lind met with Noomi Hedlund for an onstage talk about national, regional and local music policies. Amongst other things they discussed the [...]
On a Boat Productions AB founder Noomi Hedlund writes today with Unga tankar om musik‘s Max Orm Låke about music’s potential to shape a better and more cultivated future. “Perhaps music and other [...]
Noomi Hedlund, founder of On a Boat, has been chosen to take part of the International Society for the Performing Art’s Swedish Fellowship Program! Together with fellow Swede Maria [...]
School concerts with Jaerv’s new show; Leo och uppfinnarna!
We are delighted to announce that dramatic soprano Åsa Jäger will make her role debut as ”The Mother” in Norrlandsoperan’s staging of ”Hansel and Gretel”. She will [...]
Violinist Sueye Park recently released her second album on BIS; this time with pianist Love Derwinger. Charlotte Gardner from Gramophone listened to it, and was ”taken”, praising [...]
Soprano Renée Fleming will join the Philharmonic, led by Jaap van Zweden, in songs by Icelandic singer / songwriter Björk,orchestrated by Hans Ek – Virus, Joga, All Is Full of Love, and [...]
We are delighted and thrilled to announce that dramatic soprano Åsa Jäger has made it to the semi-finals in ”Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” singing competition! She is the only Swede [...]
In memory of the late South African dramatic soprano Elizabeth Connell, the Elizabeth Connell Prize for Aspiring Dramatic Sopranos is to help assist the aspiring dramatic sopranos of the world. [...]
Peter Friis Johansson recieved beautiful praise after the world premiere of Andrea Tarrodi’s piano concerto ”Stellar Clouds” with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra two [...]
2018 års Jussi Bjärling-stipendium på 100.000 kronor tilldelas operasångaren Karl-Magnus Fredriksson. Stipendiet kommer att delas ut vid en galaföreställning med sångare ur den svenska [...]
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Markku Johansson competition in composition and arrangement Vantaa Pops Orchestra (Finland) organizes the first competition in composition and arrangement bearing the name of Markku Johansson in [...]
We’re happy and proud to present a new member of our artist team, the wonderful violinst Sueye Park! Sueye (born in 2000) is one of the uprising talents of her generation. Winning first [...]
Yesterday Hans Ek, Ane Brun and Copenhagen Phil performed a sold out concert in Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatoriums Koncertsal (Copenhagen), as a part of the mini festival ”60 [...]
In case you missed the beautiful concert E.S.T. Symphony with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Hans Ek and some amazing soloists: here’s a new chance! The concert is recorded live by GSO [...]
Update of Jaerv’s current US tour. Second stop was Cambridge IL. In the Cambridge Highschool they met an enthusiastic crowd who even were up to try some Swedish långdans. After that a house [...]
This weekend, our Manager Håkan is spendingen two days in Berlin, having exciting meetings (we promise to tell more soon!) and – of course – listening to the Berliner Philharmonie. On [...]
On December 30 and 31, Åsa Jäger was this year’s soloist in three sold out (!) concerts with the Swedish Wind Ensemble in Stockholm. The audience loved her and it was a great way to end [...]
Opus Magazine has announced its annual list of the most important musicians and organizations in the field of classical music in Sweden. You will find Hans Ek in the ninth place. We are grateful [...]
Last Weekend, Åsa Jäger made her debut as soloist with the NorrlandsOperan Symphony Orchestra in Umeå. It was also the premiere performance of the Wesendonck-lieder in Swedish, translation made [...]
Jaerv just returned from their fourth tour in the US, playing a total of nine concerts! They enjoyed meeting new audiencees at several sold out concerts, and was well appreciated. Meet Jaerv! An [...]
Last week, Emil Jonason performed the world premiere (two concerts) of Emmy Lindström’s Clarinet Concerto “At the Hills of Hampstead Heath” together with the Helsingborg [...]
Two days ago, pianist Peter Friis Johansson visited the Eskilstuna Symphony Orchestra to perform Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, under the baton of Bo Johansson. The audience and the [...]
Yesterday, Hans Ek performed his praised ”Bowie in Berlin” concert together with the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and soloists Magnus Carlson, Jennie Abrahamson and Moto Boy. Several [...]
This summer, the Orchestre National de Lorraine in France will perform the full Dance Music Symphony in Metz and Strasbourg. Also, on May 31st 2017, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra will [...]
Experience what it’s like to stand on stage at Berwaldhallen with conductor Hans Ek, the singer Ane Brun and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Travel through a sea of strings during the [...]
Yesterday, On a Boat attended the world premiere of Sven-David Sandström’s piano concerto “Five pieces for piano and orchestra”, with soloist Peter Friis Johansson and [...]
Great reviews of Karl-Magnus Fredriksson’s new album ”Songs of life” and Jaerv’s latest album ”Under den linden”! The Swedish Magazine Opera calls Songs of [...]
Finally the Big Day has arrived – the day when you can pre-order Emil’s brand new album! Released on BIS, and recorded with Vamlingbo Quartet and Norrköping Symphony Orchestra under [...]
Last Saturday, Patrik Ringborg premiered Strauss’ Elektra with the Staatsorchester Kassel, recieving great reviews in German newspapers. This was Ringborgs last premiere as GMD in Kassel, [...]
Three days ago, clarinetist Emil Jonason performed the Finland premiere of Christian Lindberg’s clarinet concerto ”The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt”. The critic was amazed, [...]
Det är med stor glädje som vi kan hälsa en av Sveriges främsta barytonsångare, Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, välkommen till On a Boat Productions AB! Noomi Hedlund, General Manager på On a Boat, [...]
Last week, Renée Fleming’s latest album – ”Distant Light” – was released at DECCA. The album features music by Samuel Barber, Swedish composer Anders Hillborg and [...]
A couple of days ago, Renée Fleming’s latest album – ”Distant Light” – was released at DECCA. The album features music by Samuel Barber, Swedish composer Anders [...]
Clarinetist Emil Jonason has been performing two concerts with Die Düsseldorfer Symphoniker the last few days, and will perform the last one tonight! The critics love him and the clarinet [...]
We are very proud to announce that the opera singer Åsa JÄger has been appointed the first ”Alumnus Musica” at the School of Music at Örebro University. On Monday, December 19, she [...]
Jazzwise Magazine just put the ”E.S.T Symphony” album on their list of Top 20 jazz albums of 2016. Super fun news! Arranged and adapted for symphony orchestra by Hans Ek, his writing [...]
At Saturday morning’s Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Patti Smith performed Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” orchestrated by Hans Ek. The performance has [...]
With short notice, Emil will fly to Düsseldorf next week to perform three concertos (December 16, 18 and 19) with Die Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, under the baton of Christian Lindberg. Emil will [...]
[In Swedish] Igår prisades Hans Eks mångåriga musikaliska insatser med SKAP:s stipendium! SKAP (Sveriges kompositörer och textförfattare) är Sveriges intresseorganisation för Sveriges [...]
Last weekend, Hans Ek performed 4 sold out (!) concerts of his concept ”Bowie – The Berlin Trilogy” at Berwaldhallen Stockholm, together with the Swedish Radio Symphony [...]
Last week, pianist Peter Friis Johansson performed the Clara Schumann piano concerto together with the Uppsala Chamber Orchestra. Uppsala Nya Tidning described Peter’s playing as sensitive, [...]
Yesterday, Patrik Ringborg was officially presented as a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, together with Hans Davidsson (professor), Britta Byström (composer), Svante Henryson [...]
Last thursday, Hans Ek performed his ”Made by Björk” concert concept again, this time at Malmö Live with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and soloists Edda Magnason, Jenny Wilson and Moto [...]
Konichiwa! After a total of 11 concerts in Tokyo, Yokohama and Iwaki, Jaerv has now returned home to Sweden. Japan was incredibly welcoming and a great musical (and gastronomical) injection to [...]
The praise of the new album ”E.S.T Symphony” keep pouring in from all over the world! Here are some of the latest quotes: ”žAn honourable postscript, executed with style. / * * [...]
Yesterday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music announced the first elected members of their new youth academy ”Unga Tankar om Musik” (UTOM), and we’re very happy and proud that [...]
The first reviews from the premiere of Laleh’s ”Kristaller” tour yesterday have already been published (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter wrote: Och Hans Ek, ja, ständigt denna Hans [...]
The new album ”E.S.T. Symphony” was officially released today, and the reviews are already pouring in from all over Eurpoe. Moreover, the album is album of the week in the weekly [...]
There’s a lot attention these days surrounding Hans Ek and late Esbjörn Svensson (founder and former member om Esbjörn Svensson Trio, a k a E.S.T.). No less than 2 pieces in Dagens [...]
The Hans Ek / EST album ”EST Symphony (feat The Royal Stockholm Filharmonics) hasn’t even been released yet, but has already gain a lot of attention! Here are some of the great [...]
Last Thursday, Hans Ek and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, premiered his concert project ”Bowie – The Berlin Trilogy” with Magnus Carlson, Jennie Abrahamson and Moto Boy. It [...]
Yesterday, Emil Jonason replaced Martin Fröst at a concert with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. He performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto under the baton of Norwegian conductor Eivind Gullberg [...]
Jaerv’s third studio album – ”Under den linden” was released only days ago on Spotify, and will be officially released during at a concert in Gothenburg on November 6. But [...]
With short notice (due to illness) Emil Jonason will replace Martin Fröst at a concert with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra this Thursday! He will play the Mozart Clarinet Concerto under the [...]
JAERV – RELEASE CONCERT FOR ”UNDER DEN LINDEN” Sjöströmsalen Artisten, Fågelsången 1, Gothenburg Sunday, November 6, 6 pm Jaerv and On a Productions are proud to present [...]
This weekend, conductor Patrik Ringborg premiered no less than 2 productions with the Staatsorchester Kassel; The Marriage of Figaro and Swing in Concert – the Reunion! The first review has [...]
Well established Swedish Folk High School Lunnevad has invited clarinetist Emil Jonason to be their Artist in Residence in 2016-2017. Emil will give master classes and concerts during the year, [...]
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Magnus Carlson, Moto Boy, Jennie Abrahamson, Gothenburg Symphonic Choir and conductor / arranger Hans Ek will perform music from Bowie’s Berlin Trilogy, [...]
Jaerv’s US tour is approaching. September 3-17, they will give no less than 12 concerts and workshops from New Jersey up to Minnesota. They will also play at the US’ largest [...]
”Strax efter det att försommarens debatt i Svenska Dagbladet om den klassiska musikens relevans hade klingat ut, där anmärkningsvärt nog en hel konstform ifrågasattes, kom en replik från [...]
I helgen är det dags för operatrion Divines årligen återkommande operakonserter i Fårhuset, strax utanför Umeå. Detta år har Åsa Jäger och Anton Eriksson bjudits in för att medverka i de tre [...]
I helgen är det dags för Åsa Jäger att framföra tre föreställningar i konceptet ”Opera i Fårhuset” tillsammans med operatrion Divine och Anton Eriksson (baryton). [...]
On June 24, Hans Ek’s new album ”Dance Music Symphony” was released, and it’s already been praised by several music magazine and newspapers! The album was recorded last [...]
Det är med stor glädje som vi kan hälsa sopranen Åsa Jäger välkommen till On a Boat Productions AB! Åsa Jäger en av de nya och starkt lysande stjärnorna på den svenska sångarhimlen, och vi är [...]
I torsdags var det återigen dags för en av våra största musikhändelser; utdelningen av det prestigefylla ”Polar Music Prize”! Detta år var det koloratursopranen Cecilia Bartoli och [...]
Kungliga Svenska Musikaliska Akademien har vid sitt möte den 19 maj beslutat att välja in dirigenten Patrik Ringborg som medlem. Patrik kommer formellt att väljas in vid en ceremoni i november. [...]
Våren 2017 uruppför Göteborgssymfonikerna en ny pianokonsert av Sven-David Sandström. Verket är tillägnat den framstående pianisten Peter Friis Johansson och har finansierats av Anders Walls [...]
It’s finally official! This summer – on July 2 – Hans Ek and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra will perform on the main stage at Bråvalla Festival! This will be the first time [...]
I ett samarbete mellan Kulturhuset i Ytterjärna och konsertpianisten Peter Friis Johansson välkomnas nu pianister och ensembler över 15 år till att delta i Ytterjärna Piano Academy som går av [...]
Two days ago, Korngold’s ”Die Tote Stadt” had its premiere at the Staatstheater Kassel. The orchestra and soloists, under the baton of Patrik Ringborg, recieved great reviews, [...]
Nu är det klart att Hans Ek, tillsammans med solisterna Edda Magnason, MotoBoy och Jenny Wilson, kommer att besöka Malmö Live och Örebro Konserthus i höst för att framföra det hyllade [...]
Foto: Dan Hansson Det är med stor glädje som vi kan hälsa dirigenten Patrik Ringborg välkommen till On a Boat Productions AB! Noomi Hedlund, General Manager på On a Boat är väldigt glad över det [...]
I höst ger sig Laleh ut på arenaturné i Sverige tillsammans med sinfoniettan Modern Fantazias under ledning av dirigenten och arrangören Hans Ek. Laleh och Hans har arbetat tillsammans förut, men [...]
Förra veckan gästade Hans Ek Berwaldhallen och Radiosymfonikerna tillsammans med Helen Sjöholm och Magnus Carlson (sångare i Weeping Willows). De gav fyra helt utsålda konserter som har omtalats [...]
Det händer mycket spännande grejer för Hans Ek nu! Under de närmast veckorna kommer vi att presentera en del riktigt roliga nyheter, så stay tuned… Men redan imorgon, på fredag och på [...]
Nu är det klart att Jaerv kommer att besöka bl a ”Piteå Dansar och ler” samt metropolen Korpilombolo under sommarturnén i juli! Kolla på kartan så förstår ni hur exotiskt det är, [...]
I helgen hade On a Boats grundare, Noomi, nöjet att besöka den vackra staden Gent i Belgien för att närvara på premiären av deras Otello. Gents operahus är byggt i gammal klassisk stil, och deras [...]
De senaste veckorna har Hans Ek befunnit sig i Köpenhamn för att repetera och spela in skivor med Copenhagen Phil. Denna gång samarbetar de med bl a ”Den Sorte Skole” och [...]
För ett par dagar sedan gästade Peter Uppsala för att framföra några av Schuberts pianosonater; en del av hans stora satsning på att framföra alla Schuberts 11 (!) fullbordade sonater. Konserten [...]
I helgen som passerade gick nystartade ”Glafsfjordens Musikfestival” av stapeln i vackra Arvika. Festivalen genomfördes för andra året i rad, och denna gång deltog Emil Jonason som [...]
Sedan slutet av november arbetar Noomi Hedlund – On a Boats grundare – som konsult åt festivalorganisationen Sweden Festivals. I uppdraget ingår det bl a att lansera det nya namnet [...]
Peter Friis Johansson har fått strålande recensioner efter sitt uruppförande av konsertkonceptet ”The Final Frontier” i Flen igår! “The Final Frontier” – [...]
Den 18-19 januari spelar Emil Jonason in den andra delen av sin nya skiva på det klassiska skivbolaget BIS, där han efterträder Martins Fröst som deras profilklarinettist. Verket ”Herr [...]
Den 2 januari spelade Peter Friis Johansson en uppskattad konsert i Giresta kyrka, inom ramen för Giresta Kyrkas Musikstiftelses kammarmusikserie. Deltog i konserten gjorde också trumpetaren [...]
Jaerv har blivit mångfaldigt nominerade av publiken till ”Årets grupp” på Folk- och världsmusikgalan! Otroligt kul tycker vi på On a Boat och ser fram emot ännu fler fina verbala [...]
On a Boat Productions börjar så sakteliga få styrfart! Det är otroligt att företaget redan efter ett par månader har fullt upp med att arbeta med våra fem fantastiska artister/grupper – nu [...]
Idag gick Nobelfesten med tillhörande konsert av stapeln, en av årets stora högtider! Vi njöt av Kungliga Filharmonien och med vår fina kollega Anna-Maria Helsing på pulten; den första kvinna [...]
Idag gick Nobelfesten med tillhörande konsert av stapeln, en av årets stora högtider! Vi njöt av Kungliga Filharmonien och med vår fina kollega Anna-Maria Helsing på pulten; den första kvinna [...]
Expressens recensent Gunilla Brodrej besökte en Hans Eks två ”Made by Björk”-konserter i slutet av denna vecka, och gillade skarpt det hon hörde och såg! Hon skriver bl a Björk är en [...]
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