Karsten Fundal, Composer
Karsten Fundal, Composer
Karsten Fundal, Composer
Karsten Fundal, Composer
News
Featured news from the latest couple of years in the three fields I work within:
Scores for films, compostition, arranging, and co-working.
Music for movies
In 2011 I made music for three movies:
- "Julie" by Linda Wendell
- "Excuse me" (undskyld jeg forstyrrer), by Henrik Ruben Genz (Feature)
- "Canned Dreams" by Katja Gauriloff (Documentary).
The two latter had premiére in january 2012.
Canned dreams was in Berlinale 2012.
For this film I won a Jussi (finnish Academy award), for best film score 2012 february 2013. In 2012 I made music for the documentary "the act of Killing" by Joshua Oppenheimer. This film is one of the most recognized documentaries worldwide in 2012/13. The act of killing was at Berlinale 2013. Both The Act of Killing as well as Canned Dreams are part of the honory program at Guadalajara international Filmfestival in Mexico 2013 (read more on DFI).
Read more about Canned dreams here
Compositions/arranging
In 2012 I made the big project with Efterklang (nominated for Nordic council music Prize 2013). In this project we worked closely together to make a concert version of their new much acclaimed Album "Piramida". This Orchestral project has toured in Europe all autumn as well as New York and the Premiére in Sydney Opera house at the Vivid festival May 2012. The whole concert will result in a new Album of "Piramida" played live with Orchestra, including the added compositions of me. In 2012 I have further made the Childrens concert called "Bamse Komcerten" with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, and with text by Carl Quist Møller. Premiére at Easter 2013. Touring DK for the next couple of years as well as Television version.
Apart from the big Efterklang project which took much space in 2012 I did the Accalimed concert with danish star "Ohland" and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, who did a number of sold out concerts in the Radio concert house, April 2013. Further I worked on two Television shows with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra as well as the Danish Radio Bigband autumn 2012, including a large number of Danish and Nordic stars.
Current and future projects:
September 2013 I have preimiere of a Orchestral piece for Odense Symphony orchestra, with video and light design. It is a total experience for all senses, using the Orchestra in a surround setting, as well as untraditional Audience facilitation.
In April 2014 I will have premiere on a joined venture project with the fantastic Danish Electronic Duo "Den sorte Skole" and the Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
August 2015 will see the premiere of a new Opera for "Copenhagen Summer opera" including collaboration with Efterklang as well as cyber based Elements, also experimenting with time and space and the Audience Facilities.