Cinematic & Contemporary Classical Music

Polar Suite

Soundscapes of Alaska

Funded by the prestigious Rasmuson Foundation, Polar Suite was conceived high above the Arctic, during a flight from Alaska—over Greenland—to Europe. Looking down from the window, the composer encountered an unbroken field of ice and snow, extending for thousands of miles. In that moment came the realization that much of the world below had rarely if ever known human presence.

What emerged was not merely a sense of isolation, but an encounter with vastness itself—an emptiness so complete that it ceased to feel vacant. Instead, it became a blank canvas: a space of pure potential, where meaning had not yet been assigned, where identity could dissolve and be reimagined. This confrontation with openness and self-reflection became the emotional and philosophical core of the work. Read More