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  1. New music theatre by Steen-Andersen

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    New music theatre by Steen-Andersen

    16. September 2025

    Past and present, fiction and reality, opera and life merge in a new dreamlike music theatre piece by Simon Steen-Andersen; Wie du warst! Wie du bist! set to premiere on 20 September at the Bernhard Theater (Opernhaus Zürich).
  2. New piece by Gísladóttir in “hypnotic music marathon”

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    New piece by Gísladóttir in “hypnotic music marathon”

    8. September 2025

    Bára Gísladóttir’s new piece all be, all play, all slaughter is premiered at Ultima Festival at what is described to be a fluid concert experience where daydreams and sonic streams merge.
  3. Mads Emil Dreyer: Entering the Domain of the String Quartet

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    Mads Emil Dreyer: Entering the Domain of the String Quartet

    5. September 2025

    When Dreyer’s new work receives its world premiere on September 24, he steps into the territory of one of the most tradition-laden formats of all: the string quartet. The piece is written for the award-winning American ensemble JACK Quartet.
  4. Skræl og kød (Peel and Flesh) - New choral work by Mette Nielsen

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    Skræl og kød (Peel and Flesh) - New choral work by Mette Nielsen

    4. September 2025

    A new work by Mette Nielsen, Skræl og kød, is premiered by Ars Nova Copenhagen on 25 September.
  5. The Spaces of Power

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    The Spaces of Power

    27. August 2025

    Rønsholdt's three-year opera saga premieres during Aarhus Festival with performances on 4-6 September. We asked the composer to tell us more about the work, the ideas and the process behind it.
  6. Single release from Ejnar Kanding

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    Single release from Ejnar Kanding

    22. August 2025

    A new single by Ejnar Kanding is released on Friday 22 August: A Different Breath recorded by Kirstine Schneider and Rikke Sandberg.
  7. I always like to play with audience confusion, the feeling of 'what the hell is going on?'

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    I always like to play with audience confusion, the feeling of 'what the hell is going on?'

    15. August 2025

    James Ditlevsen Black's 'Songs Old and New' is performed on 20 August at Copenhagen Opera Festival. We asked the composer a few questions about the darkly humorous normcore mockumentary opera.
  8. “Griebel’s incredible willpower is a huge inspiration”

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    “Griebel’s incredible willpower is a huge inspiration”

    13. August 2025

    On 18 August at Copenhagen Opera Festival, soprano Laura Helene Hansen is host and singer at a concert-tribute to Tekla Griebel Wandall. We asked Hansen a few questions about her relationship with the historically overlooked composer.
  9. James Ditlevsen Black's mockumentary at Copenhagen Opera Festival

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    James Ditlevsen Black's mockumentary at Copenhagen Opera Festival

    12. August 2025

    An office landscape holds stories of friendship, anger, love – and running. A darkly humorous mockumentary in the style of ‘The Office’ meets contemporary classical music in "Songs old and new" performed on Wednesday 20 August.
  10. Rønsholdt's three-year opera saga premieres in the Court in Aarhus

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    Rønsholdt's three-year opera saga premieres in the Court in Aarhus

    7. August 2025

    The Court in Aarhus sets the stage for the first part of the ambitious three-year opera The Right of the Strong – The Duty of the Weak, which premieres during Aarhus Festival with performances 4-6 September.
  11. Two new releases in the EMP series

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    Two new releases in the EMP series

    7. August 2025

    On 8 August Dacapo Records releases to new albums: EMP 10 presents Else Marie Pade's experiments with the phenomenon known as beatings on Svævninger, while EMP 11 focuses on her pioneering work with electronic soundscapes for fairy tales and radio plays.
  12. Tekla Griebel Wandall tribute at the Copenhagen Opera Festival

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    Tekla Griebel Wandall tribute at the Copenhagen Opera Festival

    7. August 2025

    The Copenhagen Opera Festival hosts a tribute to Tekla Griebel Wandall and her extraordinary work, as three brilliant soloists perform a potpourri from the opera King Hroar’s Skalds
  13. Concert and Talk

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    Concert and Talk

    4. August 2025

    On 11 August, Edition·S invites you to a special evening marking the (re)release of works by three extraordinary – yet historically overlooked – Danish female composers
  14. Jeppe Ernst turns 40

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    Jeppe Ernst turns 40

    28. July 2025

    Jeppe Ernst has distinguished himself as a unique figure on the contemporary music scene with a radically different approach to music. On July 29 he turns 40.
  15. Simon Steen-Andersen opens TIME:SPANS Festival

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    Simon Steen-Andersen opens TIME:SPANS Festival

    3. July 2025

    On 9 August, the renowned TIME:SPANS festival in New York opens with a spotlight on Danish composer Simon Steen-Andersen.
  16. Nancy Dalberg's Scherzo on summer tour

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    Nancy Dalberg's Scherzo on summer tour

    3. July 2025

    Skallsjö Sommarorkester goes on tour with Nancy Dalberg’s Scherzo for String Orchestra on the concert programme with performances in Sweden, Germany and Luxembourg.
  17. Summer holiday coming up

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    Summer holiday coming up

    26. June 2025

    The Edition·S office and shop will be partly closed in July, and orders may be processed with some delay.
  18. Simon Steen-Andersen at Manifeste

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    Simon Steen-Andersen at Manifeste

    23. June 2025

    On 27 June, Simon Steen-Andersen's grosso is performed at ManiFeste in Paris by Yarn/Wire and Radio France Symphony Orchestra.
  19. Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard celebrates Nemorial Day

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    Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard celebrates Nemorial Day

    20. June 2025

    On June 30, Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard invites everyone to a concert celebrating the anniversary of NemID ceasing to function as a viable login solution.