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Martin Stauning 40 years today

23. June 2022

"It is important to me that you are touched. Music is not only something to reflect on, music should also move you," Martin Stauning has stated. His own music is known for being intense and evocative. Today, 24 June, he turns 40.

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Hans-Henrik Nordstrøm 75 years

23. June 2022

Hans-Henrik Nordstrøm started composing at the age of 12. His 75th birthday is celebrated on 25 June with a concert in Copenhagen, presenting no less than 3 world premieres.

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Birgitte Alsted 80 years today

15. June 2022

Throughout her career as a composer, Birgitte Alsted has maintained her curiosity and desire to experiment. Today, June 15, is Birgitte Alsted’s 80th birthday.

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Kasper Rofelt World Premiere

14. June 2022

Kasper Rofelt's new organ work 'Trichotomy' is premiered at KLANG Festival Thursday 16 June at a concert celebrating Per Nørgård's 90th birthday. We asked the composer a couple a questions about the work.

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Simon Steen-Andersen: Danish premiere of Walk the Walk

10. June 2022

Simon Steen-Andersen’s Walk the Walk is performed for the first time in Denmark, when Ensemble This Ensemble That takes the stage in Takkelloftet at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen at KLANG Festival with performances on June 17th and 18th.

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Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen World premiere

10. June 2022

Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen has written Piano Sonata for the acclaimed British pianist, Rolf Hind. We asked the composer a few questions about the piece which will be premiered at KLANG Festival Thursday 16 June.

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Line Tjørnhøj World premiere

9. June 2022

Tjørnhøj's SPRING is at once a work of sound art, a musical drama, a ritual feast, an act of activism, a virtual 3D experience, an NFT, a tribute to nature and a portrait of Secretary-General of DanChurchAid, Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen.

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Educate·S at KLANG festival

9. June 2022

Traditionen tro danner årets KLANG i KU.BE rammen om en koncert, hvor unge musikere opfører værker fra nodeserien Educate·S. Læs eller genlæs vores interview med initiativtageren til serien, komponist og underviser Østen Mikal Ore.

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James Black: 'Colossi'

7. June 2022

James Black's work Colossi will be performed by Duo Dan/Nie at KLANG Festival 2022. We asked the composer a few questions about the work.

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Edition·S at KLANG Festival

7. June 2022

KLANG Festival 2022 takes place in Copenhagen 9-18 June. The programme overflows with works by composers collaborating with Edition·S.

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Mads Emil Dreyer World Premiere

6. June 2022

HAV Duo will premiere Mads Emil Dreyer's piece 'Miniature 4' Thursday 9 May in Copenhagen.

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Ejnar Kanding World Premiere

31. May 2022

Kanding is known for his colourful music, uniting electronic and acoustic sound. This week, his work Nordic Extractions is premiered and Stillstehen is released. Edition·S asked him a few questions about his work.

nominations / awards

Nicolai Worsaae selected for International Rostrum of Composers

30. May 2022

Every year at the International Rostrum of Composers, national radio networks from all across the world get together to point out the best contemporary music works. In 2022 Nicolai Worsaae represents Denmark with the piece 'PUSH'.

releases

New publications: 12 studies by Bo Gunge

21. May 2022

A new series of pieces by Bo Gunge is published by Edition·S. 12 Studies for solo piano, 12 Studies for violin & accordion and 8 Studies for saxophone & harp. The pieces all invite the musicians to engage with a great degree of freedom of interpretation

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Work Grants from the Danish Arts Foundation

19. May 2022

The Danish Arts Foundation has given out 230 work grants to composers, songwriters and sound artists.

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Allan Gravgaard Madsen: Concerto Grosso World Premiere

10. May 2022

On 19 May 2022 JACK Quartet and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra will premiere Allan Gravgaard Madsen's Concerto Grosso, a work that contains the epic, the romantic and quite a few surprises.

nominations / awards

Gísladóttir and Tjørnhøj nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize

10. May 2022

Among the nominated composer for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2022 are Line Tjørnhøj with the work enTmenschT and Bára Gísladóttir nominated for the work VÍDDIR.

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Album release of Horneman's Aladdin

6. May 2022

The opera Aladdin is a cornerstone in Danish music history, a problem child and C.F.E. Horneman's life's work. He worked on the score through 40 years. Now the opera has been recorded in full for the first time