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Contemporary Composers at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

20. March 2026

Intimate concerts featuring Denmark’s most prominent names in contemporary composition can be experienced at the Boat House, where Louisiana Museum of Modern Art has invited Dacapo Records and Edition·S to curate a series of contemporary music concerts.

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Guitar Cards - A new piece - and card game - by Mette Nielsen

18. March 2026

On 22 March CRAS Guitar Ensemble will premiere Mette Nielsen's Guitar Cards which is as much a card game as it is a piece of music.

nominations / awards

Nominations for Carl Prisen 2026

18. March 2026

Mette Nielsen and Mads Emil Dreyer are both nominated for Carl Prisen 2026 in the category Classical Composer of the Year - Small Ensemble. Dreamers' Circus are nominated as Composer of the Year - Roots.

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Educate·S Concert in Holstebro

16. March 2026

On Saturday 21 March, students from OrkesterEfterskolen in Holstebro present a special concert at the school’s Chamber Music Festival, featuring music from our Educate·S series.

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Staring at the Sun – Morten Olsen Writes a Requiem Without God

13. March 2026

On March 20, the Copenhagen Boys’ Choir premieres a new requiem by Morten Olsen, transforming the traditional text and music into a secular reflection on life’s end.

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John Frandsen 70 years today

13. March 2026

The Danish composer John Frandsen turns 70 today, 13 March. Over several decades he has established himself as a central figure in Danish musical life – not only as a composer, but also as an organiser and cultural leader.

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Edition·S at Historiske Dage 2026

9. March 2026

Once again this year, Edition·S will be there when Historiske Dage / Historical Days opens its doors at Øksnehallen on 14–15 March for a weekend celebrating and communicating history in all its diversity.

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Traces of Else Marie Pade A Conversation on Women Artists in Experimental Electronic Music

9. March 2026

On occasion of the exhibition Partitur at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, this conversation digs into groundbreaking artistic practices that expanded the possibilities of electronic music across generations and cultural contexts.

releases

Rediscovery of a forgotten voice: Tekla Griebel Wandall's songs

6. March 2026

A superb line-up of rising Danish singers breathes new life into Tekla Griebel Wandall's unknown songs on a new album and reveal a composer with a special sense for dramatic music.

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Graphic Scores Exhibition and Concert

5. March 2026

On Saturday 14 March, The Venue room at Steel House in Copenhagen will be transformed into a meeting point between sound and image as Gothenburg-based composer Mansoor Hosseini presents the Nordic Composer’s Exhibition & Concert.

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Danish Premiere of DÆGRIN

4. March 2026

When Bára Gísladóttir's DÆGRIN was premiered at Iceland's Dark Music Days in January, it was praised as a standout of the festival. On 5 March, audiences in Denmark get the chance to experience the work when it is performed by Odense Symphony Orchestra.

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Løffler's F.O.W.L. premiered in new version

27. February 2026

On 7 March, Ensemble Musikfabrik premieres Simon Løffler's work F.O.W.L. with an unusual array of instruments including a tuning fork piano, duct-taped shoes, swung whistles and a battery driven drill.

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Adrianna Kubica-Cypek turns 30

21. February 2026

On February 21, Adrianna Kubica-Cypek celebrates her 30th birthday. In recent years, she has established herself as a distinctive voice in both Danish and international contemporary music.

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RO PÅ - meditation concert with 10 World Premieres

20. February 2026

On 21 February, the Danish National Chamber Orchestra invites audiences to the concert RO PÅ, where ten new works will receive their world premieres in a program centered on care, calm and harmony.

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Cello album featuring Hodkinson, Holmen, Løffler and Winther Christensen

13. February 2026

Alexandra Hallén is pushing the boundaries of cello playing and herself as a performer on the solo album Jounce in works marked by memory, physicality, and fever hallucinations.

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Birgitte Alsted and Mette Nielsen World Premieres

10. February 2026

On Wednesday, February 11, clarinetist Jonas Frølund will give the world premiere of works by Mette Nielsen and Birgitte Alsted. The works take childhood memories and the city of Odense as their focal point.

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Partitur - Else Marie Pade Exhibition

30. January 2026

Partitur - the first international exhibition dedicated to Else Marie Pade opens at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin on 21 February.

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Line Tjørnhøj - Opacité World Premiere

26. January 2026

Line Tjørnhøj’s new work Opacité will be premiered by Athelas Sinfonietta on 7 February. The piece is inspired by Else Marie Pade, paradoxes and a longing for enchantment