solo works

• Orgeldrømme, 35’ / 2023 / for organ solo. Commissioned by David Bendix Nielsen

• U, 26’ / 2022 / for organ solo, both acoustic and amplified, performed w. 4+ speakers. Commissioned by KoncertKirken and Organ Sound Art Festival

• Lysbrud - flydende substans i langsom bevægelse, 12’ / 2021 / for solo organ. Commissioned by Jens Rossel and Working Group Gunnar Berg

• .relation.manipulation.mutation., 16’ / 2020 / for solo vln. and audio track (part of the exploring plants cycle)

• Windborne, 8’ / 2020 / for solo acc.

• The Beginning - The Devil - The End and a new Beginning, 14’ / 2020 / for solo vln. Commissioned by Kuno Kjærbye

• Dance of the Seagulls, 18’ / 2019 / for solo fl.

• Folium Movement, 16’ / 2019 / for solo cl. (part of the exploring plants cycle)

• Mycelium Movement, 12’ / 2018 / for solo pno. (part of the exploring plants cycle)

small ensemble (2-6 players)

• Dreaming in Colors, 10’ / 2023 / duo for cello and piano. Commissioned by Marianna Shirinyan and Torleif Thedéen

• Længsel, 5’ / 2023 / quartet for Stundom + Jonas Frølund (open instrumentation), leadsheet w. suggestions for arrangement and open passages for improvisation. Commissioned by Stundom + Jonas Frølund

• Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?, 7’ / 2023 / duo for violin and piano. Commissioned by Helge Slaatto and Anne Mette Stæhr

• Tribute to the Craft of Time, 13’ / 2022/ trio for basset clarinet in A, cello and piano. Commissioned by Oremandsgaard Kammermusikfest

• Sonic Architecture, 15’ / 2022/ for brass quintet (tpt. I, tpt. II, hn., tbn., tba.). Commissioned by Københavns Messingkvintet

• Havgus, 14´/ 2022 / duo for flute and acoustic guitar, both amplified and w. effect pedals. Commissioned by Hav Duo, Jens Rossel and Working Group Gunnar Berg

• JÖRÐ, 25’ / 2022 / for manipulated field recordings, string quartet and drum set, film and performers - collective production

• Las Mariposas Perdidas, 10’ / 2021 / duo for flute and clarinet in Bb. Commissioned by Aulos Duo

• liberté, égalité, fraternité, 11’ / 2021 / for fl., cl. in Bb, acc. Commissioned by Duo Ventus

• reflections, 13’ / 2021 / for ob., pno., vln., vla., vlc. Commissioned by Aarhus Kammermusikfestival

• la petite vignette, 1’ / 2021 / commissioned by Østerbro Kammermusikfestival, for different instrumentations:

  • 2 hn.

  • pno., voc.

  • b.cl., bsn.

  • vln., vla., vc.

  • fl., cl., bsn., hn.

  • cl., pno., vln., vc.

• Plant Native, 11’ / 2020 / for trio; vln., cl. and pno.

• play pause #4, 4’ / 2019 / for any quintet constellation - visual notation video-score for improvisation

• #4 TRANSFORMATION, 4’ / 2019 / for vla. and vlc. (part of Concert for a Space and Time)

• Disturbance / Balance, 25’ / 2018 / for trio: vln., vc., cb. and 8 speakers in collaboration with electronic composer
  Svend Ejnar Fisker Langkjer

• play pause #3, 4’ / 2018 / for any trio constellation - visual notation video-score for improvisation

• play pause #2, 4’ / 2018 / for any trio constellation - visual notation video-score for improvisation

• play pause #1, 4’ / 2018 / for any trio constellation - visual notation video-score for improvisation

• Plant blindness / 10’ / 2018 / for tbn, (baroque tbn,), gtr., pno. and perc. (part of the exploring plants cycle)

• Thin Air, 6’ / 2016 / for string quartet and film

large ensemble (7+ players)

• Morild, 12’ / 2023 / for fl., ob., cl. in Bb, bsn., hn., vln., vla., cb. Commissioned by Randers Kammerorkester. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

• The Wave, 16’ / 2022 / for hn., perc., hp., cel., vln., vla., vlc., performed as an audiovisual installation. Commissioned by Vertigo and presented at Ofelia Plads from December 3rd 2023 to February 25th 2024

• Sakura, 12’ / 2021 / for fl., ob., cl., bsn., perc., pno., vln., vla., vc. Commissioned by Ensemble MidtVest and Esbjerg Ensemble

• la petite vignette, 1’ / 2021 / for cl., alto sax., tbn., pno., vln.1, vln.2, vla., vc., cb. / commissioned by Østerbro Kammermusikfestival

• Portrait of a Forest, 9’ / 2017 / for big band

• Agua Seco, 8’ / 2017 / for fl., cl., sax (soprano/tenor), tbn., perc., pno., vln., vc. and film - and salt installation

soloist and large ensemble (7+ players)

• Aliento del mar, 9’ / 2021 / for acc. soloist and ensemble: fl., cl. (b.cl.) , bsn., hp., pno., vln., vla., vc. (two players also perform on plastic bags). Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

• you’re somehow connected, 80’ / 2020 / for acc. soloist and ensemble (cl. 1, cl. 2 (b.cl.), bsn. (cbsn), tbn., hn., 2 perc., hp., pno. (cel.), 3 vla., 2 cb. (some players also perform on claves, triangles and granite stones) and electronic composition
  - by Lil Lacy and Tobias Sejersdahl in collaboration

  • Prelude, 6’ / 2020 / for electronics

  • #1 Cloud Wandering, 15’ / 2020 / for full ensemble & electronics

  • #2 Earth & Language, 11’ / 2020 / for winds & electronics

  • #3 Agnes & Mercury, 16’ / 2020 / for full ensemble & electronics

  • #4 This is no Paradise, 15’ / 2020 / for full ensemble (voice) & electronics

  • #5 Song of the Beholder, 9’ / 2020 / for acc., strings, cel. & tbn.

  • #6 The last words…, 4’ / 2020 / for full ensemble & electronics

  • #7 The Conch & the Chrysanthemum, 10’ / 2020 / for full ensemble & electronics

  • Postlude, 2’ / 2020 / for electronics

orchestra

• Di drømm dæ bringe vos sammel, 10’ / 2023 / for orchestra; 3(afl:pic).3(ca).2(bcl).2/4.3.3(btbn).1/1timp.1perc./ 1hp/str. Commissioned by Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

• Aurōra, 10’ / 2023 / for orchestra; 2(afl).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbsn)/4.3.2.1/1timp.1perc./str. Commissioned by Gävle Symphony Orchestra. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

  
  

soloist and orchestra

• Aliento del mar, 9’ / 2020 / for acc. soloist and orchestra; 2.2.2(bcl).2(cbsn)/4.2.2.1/2perc./acn/str. (some players also perform on plastic bags). Commissioned by Bjarke Mogensen. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen

chorus a cappella / and ensemble

• Det der spirer, 15’ / 2023 / for piano and 8 individual voices. Commissioned by Dopplers // Tagmose and Musikforeningen UTZON

• Den dybe tid, stenen og mennesket, 10’ / 2023 / for choir (SATB), bells, 2+ triangles and conductor. Commissioned by Vor Frue Kirke, Aarhus

• CRAWL CRAWL CRAWL, 60’ /2022 / for 12 singers (SATB) staged in a swimming pool. Commissioned by Convoi Exceptionnel

• Forvent, 6’ / 2022 / for girls’ choir (SSAA) and string quartet. Commissioned by DR Pigekoret (The Danish National Girls’ Choir)

• Vokse sammen, 14’ / 2022 / for girls’ choir (SSA) and large ensemble (1111-1000 /1 perc. / 1 hp. / strings: 33221). Commissioned by Sankt Annæ Pigekor

• Concert for a space and time, 59’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella and with strings in 9 movements:

  • #1 ENTRANCE, 5’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella

  • #2 PASSAGE, 16’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella

  • #3 TRANSITION, 4’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella

  • #4 TRANSFORMATION, 4’ / 2019 / for vla. and vlc.

  • #5 GLAS BAGLÆNS, 6’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella

  • #6 LUFT I SVINGNINGER, 5’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella

  • #7 REN DØD, 4’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella and string duo (vla., vc.)

  • #7 REN DØD, 4’ / 2020 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella and string quintet (vln., 2 vla., vc., cb.)

  • #8 LØFTET AF VINDEN, 6’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella

  • #9 LYS I KRAFT AF MØRKET, 9’ / 2019 / for 12-36 singers (SATB) a cappella

• I Brønshøj står et vandtårn, 23’ / 2019 / a cappella choir piece by Cæcilie Trier and Lil Lacy, written for Brønshøj Kirkes Pigekor, for the opening event of Brønshøj Water Tower, February 2019

solo voice(s) and ensemble (1-10 players)

• ONE WORLD ABOVE, ANOTHER BELOW, 17’ - revised version / 2020 / for 1 soprano,and electronics made by composer Lil Lacy and Tobias Sejersdahl. Libretto by Lil Lacy. Choreography by Katinka Fogh Vindelev, Marlene Smith and Lil Lacy.

• ONE WORLD ABOVE, ANOTHER BELOW, 45’ / 2019 / chamber opera for 1 soprano, ensemble (fl. (a.fl.), ob. (o.da.), cl. (b.cl.), bsn. (cbsn.), hn., perc., 2 vln., vla, vc.) and 6 speakers in collaboration with electronic composer Tobias Sejersdahl.
  Libretto by Lil Lacy. Commissioned by Århus Sinfonietta.

• Watching Small Animals Appear in Silence, 7’ / 2018 / for voice, 2 vc. and hichiriki (Japanese traditional oboe)

• PNEUMATICKS, 55’ / 2017 / A concert in movement / music composed by Signe Lykke and Lil Lacy, for 3 vocalists (soprano, alto, tenor), b.cl., 2 vc. / film by visual artists Ann Sophie von Bülow and Ulrik Heltoft. Commissioned by CLICK festival 2017

• Sicilian Mafia, 4’ / 2016 / for voice and vc.

• suite for breathing, 4’ / 2016 / written for SUK, concert exploring breathing, by Signe Lykke and Lil Lacy / for 2 voices

• RESPIRATION, 60’ / 2014 / A concert in movement / music by Soma Allpass and Lil Lacy / for 4 voices, 2 vc. and light

opera, dance and music theater

• CRAWL CRAWL CRAWL, 60’ /2022 / for 12 singers (SATB) staged in a swimming pool. Commissioned by Convoi Exceptionnel

• ONE WORLD ABOVE, ANOTHER BELOW, 17’ - revised version / 2020 / chamber opera for 1 soprano,and electronics made by composer Lil Lacy and Tobias Sejersdahl. Libretto by Lil Lacy. Choreography by Katinka Fogh Vindelev, Marlene Smith and Lil Lacy.

• For Ever Four Seasons, 45’ / 2019 / dance performance for 2 dancers and tape (2 vc. and electronics). Artistic leader and concept Jon R. Skulberg. Produced by Convoi Exceptionnel. Premiere at BoraBora 04.09.19

• ONE WORLD ABOVE, ANOTHER BELOW, 45’ / 2019 / chamber opera for 1 soprano, ensemble (fl. (a.fl.), ob. (o.da.), cl. (b.cl.), bsn. (cbsn.), hn., perc., 2 vln., vla, vc.) and 6 speakers in collaboration with electronic composer Tobias Sejersdahl.
  Libretto by Lil Lacy. Commissioned by Århus Sinfonietta and SPOT festival 2019

• No Serenity Here, 30’ / 2019 / dance performance for cello, voice and speaker, concept and performance by visual artist Mohau Modisakeng in collaboration with dancer Aphiwe Livi and musician/composer Lil Lacy. Commissioned by CLICK festival 2019

• RESPIRATION, 60’ / 2014 / A concert in movement / dance and theater performance with music by Soma Allpass and Lil Lacy for 4 voices and 2 vc.

• Everything Remains, 50’ / 2015 / dance performance for 1 performer and tape (pno., vc.), produced by JULI/JON

• Faderen & Sønnen (The Father and the Son), 20’ / 2015 and 2016 / music theater performance for 6 voices and organ

• Everything Ends With Flowers, 35’ / 2012 /  dance performance for 1 performer and tape (pno., vc.), produced by JULI/JON

• Debut, 45’ / 2012 / music theater for 6 voices, piano and electronics

• Trunte, 30’ / 2010 and 2011 / music theater for 4 voices and electronics

film, installation and visual concert

• JÖRÐ, 45’ / 2023 / for manipulated field recordings, string quartet and drum set, film and performers - collective production between: Vár Bech Árting, Lisen Pousette & Tiia Kasurinen (choreography and performance), Maria Guldbrandsø Tórgarð (director) and Lil Lacy (composer and sound designer)

• Organs, 28’ / 2023 / a quadrophonic piece for recorded organs in Denmark and the Faroe Islands, created in collaboration w. Malthe Madsen. Commissioned by Organ Sound Art Festival 2023

• Orgeldrømme #4, 40’ / 2023 / for organ solo, cello, vocals and light scenography by Vertigo. Commissioned by David Bendix Nielsen

• The Wave, 16’ / 2022 / for hn., perc., hp., cel., vln., vla., vlc., performed as an audiovisual installation. Commissioned by Vertigo and presented at Ofelia Plads from December 3rd 2023 to February 25th 2024

• metamorf, 12 hours / 2023 / audiovisual installation for 4 speakers and a 10 meter long LED-screen, created in collaboration with visual artist Magnus Pind. Commissioned by Vor Frue Kirke, Aarhus as part of Aarhus Festuge 2023

• Epidemiens Ekko, 59’ / 2020 / documentary film by Niels Frandsen about post polio premiered on national Danish television via DR / the music is composed, performed and recorded in collaobration between Anders Lauge Meldgaard, Anja Jacobsen and Lil Lacy

• ZANJ, 7’ / 2019 / short film by Mohau Modisakeng, music composed and recorded by Lil Lacy

• Bølger af Tid & Rum, 50’ / 2018 / visual concert by Valby Vokalgruppe (Anja Jacobsen, Cæcilie Trier, Sonja LaBianca and Lil Lacy) / for 4 voices (SSAA), 2 cellos, 1 alto sax and percussion - to be performed in darkness. Commissioned by CLICK festival 2018

• What World To Come Back To, 15’ / 2018 / visual sound installation by Lil Lacy and Kristian Byskov / for manipulated cello and voice

• Soma & Lil, 11’ / 2017 / award winning short documentary about Soma & Lil by Nicolas Iordanou & Sylvia Nicolaides

• ANYBODY, 20’ / 2017 / sound and fashion installation + performance for solo cello and voice. Commissioned by Aarhus 2017 and Femmes Regionales

• PNEUMATICKS, 55’ / 2017 / A concert in movement /visual concert; film and performers film made by visual artists Ann Sophie von Bülow and Ulrik Heltoft, music composed by Signe Lykke and Lil Lacy, for 3 vocalists (soprano, alto, tenor), b.cl., 2 vc. Commissioned by CLICK festival 2017 (www.projektrespiration.dk)

• Agua Seco, 8’ / 2017 / film, salt installation and music written for fl., cl., sax (soprano/tenor), tbn., perc., pno., vln., vc.

• Thin Air, 6’ / 2016 / film and music written for string quartet

• HOC COH, 19’ / 2016 / film by visual artist Ulrik Heltoft, music by Soma Allpass and Lil Lacy, for 2 celli

• Harmony of the Exospheres, 53’ / 2016 / Visual concert by Valby Vokalgruppe (Anja Jacobsen, Cæcilie Trier, Sonja LaBianca and Lil Lacy) / for 4 classical voices (SATB), 3 keyboards, piano, percussion, 4 experimental voices, saxophone and dance. Commissioned by CLICK festival 2016

• DADA, 40’ / 2014 / Visual concert by Valby Vokalgruppe (Anja Jacobsen, Cæcilie Trier, Sonja LaBianca and Lil Lacy) / for 4 voices, saxophone, 4 keyboards and percussion. Commissioned by Arken

• Dødskoret (The Choir of the Dead), 60’ / 2012 / Performance installation for 8 voices by Lil Lacy (part of the exhibition Day of the Dead by Bertram)

discography

Lil Lacy, Aase Nielsen, Rune Kielsgaard // 20_14 trio 1 // released through 20_14 2024

19 female artists curated by Maria Dybbroe // MEUF volume 2 // released through Barefoot Records 2024 (the song eevee is by Jenny Berger Myhre and Lil Lacy in collaboration)

Stundon + Jonas Frølund // Fragmenter af en dans // Ö Records 2024 (the song Længsel is composed by Lil Lacy)

Frk. Jacobsen // I HAVEN // released through eget værelse 2023

William Kudahl & Lil Lacy // Under overgang - et auditivt aftryk // released as sound track and publication through Antipyrine 2021

Bjarke Mogensen (accordion solo) // Windborne // released through Orchid Classics 2020

Soma & Lil // Live in Japan // released through Gateway 2020

Frk. Jacobsen // Thin dry sticks // released through eget værelse 2018

William Kudahl & Lil Lacy // Båndmagasignet #2 // released through resonans 2018 

Soma & Lil // LANDET / RUMMET // released though Gateway 2016 

Klimaforandringer // Ånder // released through Mom Eat Dad Records 2015

Frisk Frugt // The original soundtrack for: Den Europæiske Spejlbue – the movie // released through Tambourhinoceros 2015

Travelling Tribes // Artificial Moonlights // released through ILK 2014 (received a Danish Music Awards world 2015) 

Valby Vokalgruppe // Bah New Era // released through eget værelse 2012 

Travelling Tribes // Everything seems to change // released through ILK 2012 (received a Danish Music Awards world 2013)

curation and facilitation

• Komponistkollektivet (in English: The Composer Collective) is an inclusive community for composers across all genres of music and sound art, generations and experiences.

• KompositionsCamp is an intense workshop in modern composition for composers of all genres.

• GÁTT Nordic Arts Festival is a new biannual multidisciplinary art festival that happened for the first time at KoncertKirken in Copenhagen Nov. 11 - 13, 2022. GÁTT is an artist-led festival presenting voices of young Nordic artists, the program consists of nine events containing art installations, performances, experimental music as well as discussions and workshops.

• Exploring Plants Tour 2020; a concert exploring a plant’s-eye view of the world experienced through science, light and sound, in collaboration with the audiovisual artist collective VERTIGO, a biologist, an electronic musician and three classical musicians.

• Personalized concerts developed for people with dementia is developed in collaboration with and support of DemensCentrum Aarhus, The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus / Aalborg and Aarhus Municipality. Since 2017 we have performed approx. 50 personalized concerts developed for people with dementia. The project is still active with support from DJBFA.

• Exchange 2017 - between artists from Kimonos Art Center in Cyprus and artists in Denmark. Sylvia Nicolaides, Nicolas Iordanou and Charalambos Margaritis visited Denmark in November 2016, February 2017 and August 2017 to network, develop collaborations, teach and get inspirations. During the visits collaborations was created with Fish-á-deli Circus, Soma & Lil, The European Film College (EFC), JazzDenmark / JazzStrings and many others. The project is supported by Aarhus2017 - European Capital of Culture 2017. My role in this was to fundraise, create the contacts and facilitate the exchange visits.

• During Ulrik Heltoft's solo exhibition 7 FILM, ET FOTO OG EN NÆSE AF SØLV at Gl. Holtegaard April - July 2016, we developed 4 experimental concerts that explored the string instruments in abstract parallel to Heltoft's working methods.

• PROJEKT RESPIRATION is a music and theater platform for production of performances, concerts, talks and research in relation to exploring respiration. PROJEKT RESPIRATION has been involved in 3 productions of performances, dance, new music and film that explore respiration since 2014:

  • RESPIRATION 2014

  • SUK 2016

  • PNEUMATICKS 2017

  • Furthermore PROJEKT RESPIRATION has held workshops gathering researchers and professionals from different areas such as among others medicine, phycology, singing, neuroscience and physical training, to explore the differences and equalities in between the use and understanding of respiration across our society.

• Den Lydhøre Have; concert program of new and experimental music out side the major cities @Smag, Ebeltoft (2014-2016)

• Det Grænseløse Køkken / The Boundless Kitchen, Around the world the process of people gathering to share a meal is a social instinct based on love, mutuality and friendship. A set table means the same in Denmark as anywhere else: 'Værsgo'!' or 'Please start!' – Welcome to 'Det Grænseløse Køkken', or in English 'The Boundless Kitchen'.
  The Boundless Kitchen explores the meal as a social tool that can break down boundaries. My role in this unique social project was as a collaborator with project leader Jakob Vinkler from Smag, Ebeltoft. I helped him develop the idea, apply for funding, promote the project and get the project rolling with organizing, communication and practical help
  The Boundless Kitchen is a part of European Region of Gastronomy 2017
  Presented by Jakob Vinkler, Smag, Aarhus 2017 and OFF TRACK 2017