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Simon Steen-Andersen Receives Prestigious Art Award

29. January 2013

Akademie der Künste in Berlin, Germany has just announced the winners of the art award Berlin Jubilee Foundation 1848/1948 and Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composer Simon Steen-Andersen is on the list.

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Flashback Friday January 25

25. January 2013

The past few Flashback Fridays have been talking about jumping into a new year, getting out of “holiday mode” and having a ”fresh start” and that is what January is famous for. This time of year is full of plans, schedules, and new ideas, excel spreadsheets and so on. Working at a publishing house doesn’t change that!Whilst we’re waiting for the new CEO to begin her job, we’ve slowly begun to plan what is going to happen in 2013. The first #photodiary picture of the year was of marketing & communication plans:

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Gothenburg Burning

23. January 2013

This weekend the great international film festival in Gothenburg kicks off with wide variety of films from all over the world on the programme. In the middle of this intense festival, the Swedish ensemble Pearls Before Swine Experience performs an Edition·S – music¬sound¬art work.

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Flashback Friday January 18

18. January 2013

This week has been filled with Edition·S – music¬sound¬art superstar Simon Steen-Andersen. Yesterday he did a rare performance in Denmark with Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and Canadian conductor Julian Kuerti.

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Flashback Friday January 11

11. January 2013

This week we have returned to reality after a nice long Christmas holiday. We can no longer use the excuse of being in ”holiday mode”. It’s January, it’s cold and it’s hard work.But it also means that we say hello to a brand new year with lots of performances and exciting news. The second edition of the Edition·S – music¬sound¬art newsletter has just been sent out with carefully selected scores of the month, latest news and upcoming performances. This month’s E·xclusive revealed a Spotify playlist full of music that has inspired some of our composers in their work as artists.

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Andrew Mellor on Rued Langgaard

10. January 2013

The past few years have been kind to Rued Langgaard. Two major BBC Proms performances and a spurt of CD releases have been contributing to telling and sharing the extraordinary story of Langgaard. Author Andrew Mellor has written an article about the Rued Langgaard Edition’s (RLE) rehabilitation of his works.

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Symphonic Concert in Aarhus

10. January 2013

It is an international meeting of culture when the American symphony, the Chinese Chairman Mao and Danish Simon Steen-Andersen all are represented at a symphonic concert in Aarhus next week.The Canadian conductor Julian Kuerti will lead the audience through a concert performed by Aarhus Symphony Orchestra with works by John Adams, Simon Steen-Andersen and Aron Copland. The composers and works have been chosen carefully in order to connect them in one way or the other.

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Edition·S at VinterJazz

8. January 2013

February 1 to 17, 2013 Copenhagen transforms into a Mecca of jazz music when the annual VinterJazz (Copenhagen Winter Jazz) festival kicks off. This year Edition·S – music¬sound¬art is on the programme as part of the official ILK Music line-up at 5e in the meatpacking district.

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Kanding & Bretschneider Concert & Release Party at VEGA

8. January 2013

VEGA and EarUnit presents a different, unique concert experience, where electronica and ambient meets classical music. This happens when Frank Bretschneider (DE) and Ejnar Kanding (DK) together with the ensemble Contemporánea enter the stage at Lille VEGA February 28, 2013.

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Flashback Friday January 4

4. January 2013

Welcome to the first Flashback Friday of 2013! Lots have happened since the last post. Our Christmas Calendar series ”The Composer of Christmas” came to an end – luckily with a happy ending (Alfie managed to find his special note!), we survived the End of the World, we celebrated Christmas and New Years Eve.

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Lunch Concert w/Lars Hegaard

4. January 2013

Attend a lunch concert at Utzon Centre in Aalborg and experience Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composer Lars Hegaard’s Figures in wood and metal (2012).

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Welcome to the New CEO of Edition·S

3. January 2013

The English-born Rebecca Jane Dawson, who previous has been “Head of Repertoire Promotion” at Oxford University Press and Universal Edition, has filled the post as Edition·S’ new CEO. Rebecca has great knowledge of contemporary music (she wrote her dissertation about Arvo Pärt’s church music) as well as management, communications, promotion and marketing. In addition to that she has great knowledge of the Danish music scene and its composers, a knowledge she will extend by moving here in the beginning of 2013 when her contract begins.

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Flashback Friday December 21

21. December 2012

Suddenly it is Friday again and it is not just an ordinary Friday. It is the last Friday before Christmas and that means that we here at Edition·S–music¬sound¬art give you the last episode of our handmade Christmas-cartoon “the Composer of Christmas”. ENJOY & merry Christmas.                      

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Flashback Friday December 14

14. December 2012

So this is the second last Flashback Friday before we are going to dedicate ourselves to all the Christmas-madness. This week Edition·S – music¬sound¬art has been in snow mode. The city of  Copenhagen is filled with white snow and cold air. Despite this Simon Steen-Andersen is still hot and had two pieces performed last evening.

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Me Quitte Granted 50,000 DKKr.

13. December 2012

Yesterday December 12, 2012 it was announced that Niels Rønsholdt’s Me Quitte was granted 50,000 DKkr. from the Danish Arts Foundation.The Danish Arts Foundation writes about the work:“In Me Quitte Rønsholdt turns Jaques Brel’s famous love song Ne Me Quitte Pas inside out in every way. When Brel’s song begs his loved one to stay, Rønsholdt’s songs command the opposite – leave me!

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Flashback Friday December 7

7. December 2012

Friday equals Flashback and December equals Christmas. So, welcome to a very merry Flashback Friday at Edition·S – music¬sound¬art.Hopefully you have already noticed that we have a Christmas Calendar every day on our Twitter profile. We have picked out some wonderful pieces with great care and amusement to inspire you and hopefully bring you in the right mood for Christmas.

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Thinking Inside a Box

6. December 2012

Interview with Simon Steen-Andersen – a composer who is not scared of thinking inside the box.

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Jan Maegaard (1926-2012)

6. December 2012

Jan Maegaard past away Tuesday November 27, 2012. He was 86 years old.