News

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Simon Steen-Andersen receives lifelong honorary grant

8. October 2026

"Simon Steen-Andersen consistently achieves what may be considered the ultimate goal for a composer: creating a compelling and innovative sonic world and music that truly draws the listener in."

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Mathias Monrad Møller: blow boys, blow

5. October 2026

Mathias Monrad Møller's new piece 'blow boys, blow' - eight bawdy shanties of male sensitivity for a singing accordionist - is premiered by Andreas Borregaard at the DSQ Festival on Friday 30 October.

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Simon Steen-Andersen: UR!

2. October 2026

UR! is a stage and video performance freely after the work and life of Kurt Schwitters, by Simon Steen-Andersen in collaboration with Michael Schmid. The work will be premiered at Donaueschinger Musiktage on 17 October.

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Adrianna Kubica-Cypek world premiere at Warsaw Autumn

25. September 2026

Adrianna Kubica-Cypek's new piece for chamber orchestra The Library of Disappearing Sounds is premiered 25 September at Warsaw Autumn.

interviews

Loïc Destremau at Warsaw Autumn

18. September 2026

On 20 September, Loïc Destremau's Ad Pedem Litterae is performed at Warsaw Autumn. The work is composed for two performers with computer keyboards, and multimedia. We asked the composer a few questions about the piece.

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Help us improve

9. September 2026

We have started a new improvement research project in collaboration with a master student in Applied Cultural Analysis from Lund University, and we need your feedback to make it happen

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Løffler World Premiere at Ultima

7. September 2026

On Friday, September 11, Oslo’s Ultima Festival features the world premiere of Simon Løffler’s Winged Cello Music.

reviews

Brilliant reviews for Rønsholdt's opera

1. September 2026

The second part of Niels Rønsholdt’s three-year opera saga, Den stærkes ret – Den svages pligt, premiered at the Copenhagen Opera Festival in August and was met with an overwhelmingly positive response from critics and audiences

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Bára Gísladóttir at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

28. August 2026

Experience Icelandic composer and double bassist Bára Gísladóttir in an intimate concert at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art on 19 and 20 September.

interviews

World Premiere - Line Tjørnhøj: MIST

24. August 2026

On September 6, Line Tjørnhøj’s new work MIST will receive its world premiere at Ny Musik in Birkerød. The work is written for marimba and vibraphone, commissioned by the percussion duo Mathias Reumert and Anders Elten.

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Upcoming album release of Nancy Dalberg's Symphony

20. August 2026

Nancy Dalberg entered one of the most demanding musical genres with her 1917 symphony, creating a sensation. Soon, it can finally be heard in a new recording with Copenhagen Phil and Thomas Dausgaard. The second movement is now released as a single.

releases

New single release - Enjar Kanding: VENVS

13. August 2026

A new single from Ejnar Kanding is released 14 August. The single VENVS is a part of CAELESTIA CORPORA, an upcoming 13-movement work recorded by Rudersdal Chamber Players.

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Voetmann composer in residence at Rudersdal Summer Concerts

10. August 2026

Veronika Voetmann is composer in residence at Rudersdal Summer Concerts, where her works are performed at five concerts - including the world premiere of her new work for Piano Quartet - Mind Bourne.

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Rønsholdt's Opera saga unfolds at Copenhagen Opera Festival

8. August 2026

The second part of Niels Rønsholdt's opera trilogy The Right of the Strong – The Duty of the Weak is premiered at Copenhagen Opera Festival.

nominations / awards

Premio Abbiati del disco for Simon Steen-Andersen album

7. August 2026

Simon Steen-Andersen’s recording “Chambered Music” won the 2026 Premio Abbiati del Disco for contemporary music awarded by the Italian Associazione Nazionale Critici Musicali

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Juliana Hodkinson World Premiere in Berlin

6. July 2026

A new piece by Juliana Hodkinson - we pass so slowly, it seems - is premiered at a memorial concert in remembrance of flautist Bettina Junge, founding member and long-time artistic director of ensemble mosaik.

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Veronika Voetmann published by Edition·S

2. July 2026

We are very excited to share the news that Edition·S is now publishing works by Veronika Voetmann. In the coming months, her music is performed at a number of summer festivals and concerts in Denmark and abroad.

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Die Seherin - World Premiere by Rohloff

1. July 2026

Steingrímur Rohloff's Die Seherin for soprano and piano quintet is premiered at the Nordic Chamber Music Festival in Hillerød on 23 July