Erik Eino Ochsner to Conduct Lord of the Rings Symphony

Erik Eino Ochsner to Conduct Lord of the Rings Symphony

NEW YORK, February 2, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

- Iceland Symphony Orchestra Performances February 16-17 in Reykjavik,
Iceland

New York-based Erik Eino Ochsner will conduct the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in two
nights of performances of The Lord of the Rings Symphony at Harpa Concert Hall in
Reykjavik, Iceland. The Lord of the Rings Symphony is a six-movement piece spanning the
film scores written by Howard Shore for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

In 2011, Erik led successful performances of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the
Ring: Live to Projection (FOTR) with the St. Louis Symphony and Tampere Philharmonic
(Finland). In March 2012, Erik will make his debut in Taiwan conducting FOTR and will also
debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra with live-to-projection performances of
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. Future 2013 engagements include
Adelaide, Athens, Berlin, Indianapolis, Melbourne, Milwaukee, Nurnberg, Ottawa, Stuttgart
and Sydney.

Erik has worked closely with the composer Tan Dun for worldwide productions and
workshops, including Tea: A Mirror of Soul and as assistant conductor and chorus master
for the Shanghai workshop of Tan Dun's The First Emperor, a Metropolitan Opera commission.
He assisted the Boston Symphony Orchestra's world premiere performances of The Map with
Yo-Yo Ma in Boston, Tanglewood, and Carnegie Hall.

Erik is music director and founder of the SONOS Chamber Orchestra. They have performed
six U.S. premieres, and two world premieres. This season Erik will conduct SONOS in the
U.S. premiere of Fredrik Sixten's Requiem, plus works by Jon Leifs, and Johann Christian
Bach. http://www.SONOSchamberorch.org

Howard Shore's score captures the sweeping emotion, thrilling vistas and grand
journeys, and echoes the construction of Tolkien's Middle-earth. Styles, instruments and
performers collected from around the world provide Tolkien's cultures with a unique
musical imprint. In operatic fashion, these musical worlds commingle, sometimes combining
forces for a culminated power, other times violently clashing...and always bending to the
will of the One Ring and its own ominous family of themes.

"This amazing music and fantastic drama have moved me since day one: it is always
thrilling and moving," Ochsner described. "What an amazing satisfaction at the end of each
and every performance!"

HARPA CONCERT HALL - REYKJAVIK ICELAND
Thursday/Friday February 16-17, 8PM
Tickets: http://en.harpa.is/events/orchestra/nr/1112

Source: CineMedia Promotions

Beth Krakower, CineMedia Promotions, +1-212-533-6864, beth@cinemediapromotions.com

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