UmeDuo has performed in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Iran, Russia, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Germany, premiering works by 14 different composers. They have been invited to festivals including Klang Avantgarde Music Festival Copenhagen, Tehran International Contemporary Music Festival, Festspiele Zürich, ReMusik St Petersburg, Sound of Stockholm, Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, GEIGER in Gothenburg, and Meggenhofen in Austria.
UmeDuo is dedicated to expanding the repertoire for cello and percussion and presenting these works internationally. They have commissioned and premiered works in close collaboration with composers such as Malin Bång, André Chini, Jenny Hettne, Esaias Järnegard (Sweden), Anahita Abbasi, Mehdi Khayami (Iran), Ricardo Eizirik (Brazil), Timothy Salter (United Kingdom), Ulrik Mayer-Spohn (Germany), Teresa Carrasco (Spain), Luke Styles (Australia), Leilei Tian (China), and Elena Rykova (Russia).
As a result of winning the Swedish chamber music competition “Ung & Lovande,” the duo undertook two tours in 2014 and 2015 with 20 concerts throughout Sweden and was selected last year by Park Lane Group to perform at Queen Elizabeth Hall and St Martin-in-the-Fields in London. The duo has studied with Anders Loguin (Stockholm), Thomas Grossenbacher (Zürich), and Mike Svoboda (Basel).
UmeDuo also enjoys giving school concerts and workshops.
Frontside has existed since 2019 and is largely driven by volunteer efforts, but we are highly dependent on additional financial sponsors and fundings. All contributions are used to engage fantastic musicians, rents of venues and all other things that make the festival a magical experience.
Welcome as a member of the Frontside Chamber Music Association.
As a member, you will continuously receive our newsletters and advance information about tickets.
If you wish to donate some extra money, it would be greatly appreciated! You will then belong to our Tone-donating members and will continuously receive our newsletters and advance information about tickets, as well as be offered a glass of sparkling wine in a unique meeting with our artists during the festival days.
If you wish to sponsor the festival with larger amounts, we are extremely grateful. You will continuously receive our newsletters and advance information about tickets, as well as be offered a glass of sparkling wine in a unique meeting with our artists during the festival days, and your name will be published (upon agreement) on our website.
Our membership register contains information about names and addresses, in some cases also phone numbers and/or email addresses. The register is used only for sending out membership information. The association will not sell or otherwise share personal information with any other party. Upon leaving the association, the information will be deleted and will only remain in the records that we are required to keep for seven years according to accounting laws. For further information or if you wish to be removed from the register, please contact our treasurer, Catrin Bernsro: catrin@bernsro.se
