News
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Edition·S at KLANG 2023
1. June 2023
KLANG Festival 2023 takes place in Copenhagen 1-10 June. The programme overflows with works by composers collaborating with Edition·S.
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Danish premiere of Pernille Louise Sejlund’s Stringing the Beads
31. May 2023
The Danish guitar sextet, CRAS Ensemble, invited a composer from each of the Nordic countries to create a joint work. The resulting work is performed at KLANG Festival on 2 June. Pernille Louise Sejlund tells about her part of the work.
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World premiere of F.O.W.L. by Simon Løffler
30. May 2023
During KLANG Festival 2023, the Oslo Sinfonietta premieres Simon Løffler's work F.O.W.L. with an unusual array of instruments that includes, among other things, swung whistles, double bass, gaffa-taped shoes, saxophone and a battery driven drill.
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World premiere of Sinfonella by Jexper Holmen
23. May 2023
Jexper Holmen's 'Sinfonella' is premiered by Athelas Sinfonietta at the opening concert of KLANG festival on 1 June. We asked the composer a few questions about the work.
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Jeppe Ernst world premiere: Nocturnes (for a human body)
15. May 2023
On Wednesday 17 May, Kalle Hakosalo and Erica Giacoletto will premiere Jeppe Ernst's work Nocturnes (for a human body).
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Rohloff composer in residence at Båstad Chamber Music Festival
12. May 2023
Steingrimur Rohloff will be composer in residence at Båstad Chamber Music Festival with five works performed in June and July 2023.
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releases
Watch Anatomisk Sangbog online
12. May 2023
Anatomisk Sangbog (Anatomical Songbook) is a work that examines the body’s movements from a musical perspective. Now, the work is available in full length online.
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Come along to the international network meeting during KLANG Festival
12. May 2023
This year KLANG Festival, along with Edition·S, Edition Wilhelm Hansen and Art Music Denmark, will be hosting an international guest programme, where we will welcome a number of European professionals from the new music industry.
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World premiere of choir work by Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen
10. May 2023
Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen's Kærlighedens Højsang is premiered 17 May by the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, Signe Madsen and Frederik Munk Larsen conducted by Carsten Seyer-Hansen.
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nominations / awards
Work Grants from the Danish Arts Foundation 2023
9. May 2023
The Danish Arts Foundation has given out 224 work grants to composers, songwriters and sound artists.
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nominations / awards
Reumert nominations for Matias Vestergård and Niels Rønsholdt
3. May 2023
Matias Vestergård's 'LISBON FLOOR' and Niels Rønsholdt's 'Den Sidste Olie' are both nominated for Årets Reumert in the category 'Opera of the Year'
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World Premiere of Li-Ying Wu's concerto, Flamboyer
1. May 2023
On 11 May the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Twincussion will premiere Li-Ying Wu's percussion concerto 'Flamboyer', which combines French and Asian timbres.
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World premiere of War Requiem by Steingrímur Rohloff
30. April 2023
Steingrímur Rohloff's War Requiem is a current, universal and personal journey into the darkness of war. The work is premiered 4 May.
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Hans-Henrik Nordstrøm World Premiere
27. April 2023
On 5 May, Copenhagen Chamber Performance presents an evening dedicated to Morten Nielsen (1922-1944), a Danish poet and active member of the Danish resistance movement in World War II.
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Winther Christensen receives Carl Prisen 2023
25. April 2023
Christian Winther Christensen receives Carl Prisen 2023 in the category 'Classical Composer of the Year - Small Ensemble' for his work Children’s Songs
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World premiere of Line Tjørnhøj's HIMMEL
20. April 2023
Line Tjørnhøj's HIMMEL explores the breath with heavenly Mahler references, fragmented existential poetry and a headbanging soprano. The work was written for Ensemble Pluma and will be premiered on Tuesday 25 April.
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World Premiere of Bára Gísladóttir's COR
16. April 2023
In COR, Bára Gísladóttir takes her starting point in an etymological curiosity and lets a multitude of meanings and textures melt together in a dark unity complete with an improvised climax and growling musicians. The work is premiered on 23 April.
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Dramatic monologue with music by Matias Vestergård
16. April 2023
Matias Vestergård has composed the music for HYPER SWITCH ULTRA FAGGOT wich is premiered by actor Ludvig Brostrup 19 April at Momentum Theatre.
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Works by Frej Wedlund published by Edition·S
13. April 2023
We are excited to share the great news of our new collaboration with Frej Wedlund.