Teitur Lassen (b. 1977, Hoyvík) is a Faroese composer whose concert music extends the lyrical clarity of his award‑winning singer‑songwriter career into the classical arena. While the wider public knows him simply as Teitur, he has quietly assembled a catalogue of more than twenty works that fuse narrative impulse with luminous timbral writing.
The newest score, Wind Speeds (2025) for the Nordic Saxophone Collective, fans out Beaufort‑scale data into flickering multiphonics and breath‑noises, framing weather as choreography for reeds. Teens – Question for Teenagers (2024) for Ensemble MidtVest is a song cycle for voice, wind quintet, strings, piano and electronics, made from questions sent out to teenagers in Scandinvia. His miniature Y Arpeggios (2015) was chosen for the 2024 ISCM World New Music Days in Tórshavn, marking his first appearance on the festival’s global stage .
Earlier landmarks include the guitar‑quartet whisper‑game Chinese Whispers (2017) and the choral cycle Weekdays (2011), premiered with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and DR Girls’ Choir . His long‑running collaboration with Nico Muhly produced Confessions (2009/16), a fourteen‑song cycle for baroque instruments and voice that has toured halls from the Concertgebouw to a sold‑out Elbphilharmonie . Works such as Romeo Answers (2016) and the Inger Christensen setting Sommerfugledalen (2013) reveal a storyteller’s instinct, weaving spoken text, electronics and film into chamber textures.
Teitur’s melodic gift remains unmistakable, yet his concert pieces prize spatial imagination, extended techniques and poetic concepts over pop forms. For programmers seeking Nordic repertoire that bridges genres without diluting craft, his recent scores offer a concise, compelling voice—one that complements, rather than repeats, the achievements of his singer‑songwriter life.
Teitur is also a pop/rock composer, please visit this site to view his pop/rock profile: Teitur Lassen – Pop/Rock Composer
Teitur Lassen - Classical Compositions Worklist
| Title | Instument | Year | Duration (min) | Publisher | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Speeds | Saxophone ensemble | 2025 | 10 | ||
| Teens | Voice, wind quintet, strings, piano and electronics | 2024 | |||
| Chinese Whispers (Hviskeleg) | Guitar quartet | 2017 | 20 | ||
| Sangir til Kamarkórið | Full choir | 2017 | 22 | ||
| Y Arpeggios | Piano or percussion | 2016 | 17 | ||
| Romeo Answers | Voice, string quartet and computer voices | 2016 | 60 | ||
| Desert Islands Music | Clarinet, Piano | 2015 | 6 | manus | |
| The Lapidary Song | Cello and viola | 2015 | 7 | ||
| Girl Finds Ring | Harp and flute | 2013 | 5 | ||
| The Swimmer (with Jakob Bro) | Voice, 3 prepared pianos | 2013 | 5 | (Score available upon request) | |
| Monogram songs | Voice, guitar, percussion | 2013 | 10 | ||
| Sommerfugledalen | Full choir, strings and piano | 2013 | 30 | ||
| La Mattina (with Bent Sørensen) | Voice, string, piano | 2012 | 15 | (Score available upon request) | |
| Everyday Song | Voice, wind ensemble, percussion, moving pictures | 2012 | 30 | ||
| Weekdays | Full choir, strings, wind quintet and percussion | 2011 | 35 | ||
| Confessions (with Nico Muhly) | Voice, Baroque ensemble, recorder, lute | 2009 | 60 | (Score available upon request) |
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