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Sven Erik Werner turns 75

16. February 2012

Composer Sven Erik Werner is this week’s ”Score of the week” on Edition·S – music¬sound¬art’s Twitter profile. The reason for that is that he turns 75 years old next week.Sven Erik Werner is one of our much valued composers and in addition to composing a lot of beautiful music he has written a book about Knudåge Riisager, been an active part of the culture debate in Denmark focusing on music, written a variety of articles about composers, philosophers and authors and much more.

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Successful DYGONG release & P2 Puls review

30. January 2012

Tuesday January 24, 2012 Edition·S – music¬sound¬art and the experimenting composer group DYGONG invited friends, colleagues, professionals, journalists and common interested to the release concert and party of Dygong The E·Sessions at 5e in Kødbyen, Copenhagen.

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TRIBUTES – Pulse screening in Washington DC

26. January 2012

The art film project TRIBUTES – Pulse by composer Simon Christensen and filmmaker Bill Morrison has been selected for a screening at The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in June. The film will be accompanied by a series of Morrison's recent works

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TRIBUTES – Pulse at International Film Festival Rotterdam

20. January 2012

Simon Christensen and Bill Morrison’s art film TRIBUTES – Pulse has been selected for the prestigious film festival in Rotterdam!International Film Festival Rotterdam runs from January 25 to February 5, 2012 and TRIBUTES – Pulse will be shown 3 times during that period of time. First viewing will be Thursday January 26 at 4.15pm and soon after the film will be shown during the course of the weekend January 28-29 at 7.30pm and 5.30pm.The International Film Festival Rotterdam programme is out now!

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Two composers featured on new CD release

16. January 2012

The Swedish art music ensemble Curious Chamber Players releases its debut CD this month with music by young Danish and Swedish composers. Among these are Nicolai Worsaae and Christian Winther Christensen.

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Invitation to DYGONG album release

11. January 2012

The experimenting composer group DYGONG is releasing its debut album at ILK Music, and therefore would like to invite you to the release concert and party!Tuesday January 24, 2012 at 8pm @ 5e in Kødbyen, VesterbroWe’ll kick-off the evening with bubbles and soon after DYGONG will perform 2 tracks from the album.We look forward to seeing you!Best regards,DYGONG(Simon Løffler, Regin Petersen, Nicolai Worsaae and Christian Winther Christensen)&Edition·S – music¬sound¬art  

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

22. December 2011

2011 has been a wonderful year.A lot has happened and we - as a company - have grown and developed both artistically and business wise.

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ISCM 2013: CALL FOR WORKS

20. December 2011

ISCM's World New Music Days Festival calls for works. You can choose either to submit directly to the festival jury or to submit to ISCM's Danish section, SNYK.The former demands a submission fee on 50€, while the latter is free. SNYK's task is to select only six works to stand as the official Danish representatives at the festival.If you choose to submit directly to the festival the deadline is December 31, 2011 at the latest. If you choose to submit to SNYK the deadline is January 3, 2012. Submission to SNYK should go to snyk@snyk.dk

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New direct phone numbers

19. December 2011

It has now become easier to get in touch with the right person at Edition·S – music¬sound¬art!We have recently installed a new phone system and in that connection aquired new phone numbers, so you can contact the right person to help you directly.Our main number is still the same, but if you want to contact someone or a department specificially, here is a list of who to call:

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New exciting blog-montage on seismograf.org

15. December 2011

Niels Rønsholdt works as composer and sound artist across the whole field of media, expression and stylistic choice. He appears as one half of the artist duo Klejs & Rønsholdt that produces highly sophisticated digitally borne opera performances; and also works in collaboration with other composers like e.g. Juliana Hodkinson with whom he has created the super remix Fish & Fowl (Ultraschall 2011 and Huddersfield 2011).

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Modern Gesamtkunstwerk in Münster

13. December 2011

"The Soul has two eyes: One looking through time and one looking into eternity". This ambiguous quote by poet Angelus Silesius could be the motto for the experimental musical theatre performance 'Timeshift... oder Die Zeit ist ein Vogel', which was premiered December 4 on Städtische Bühne Münster featuring music by Steingrimur Rohloff and three other young composers. Text, music, visual projections and motion are here brought into play in a modern Gesamtkunstwerk with the plot creating different imaginary possible memory worlds.

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Podcast Interviews from hcmf// 2011

8. December 2011

Now you can listen to podcast interviews from this year’s Huddersfield festival on Edition·S’ Soundcloud profile!During the ten-day-long Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in November 2011, the CEO of Edition·S – music¬sound¬art, Klaus Ib Jørgensen, recorded podcast interviews (with a little help from SNYK’s Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen) with various guests, composers, musicians, arrangers etc. These interviews are now available as a collected set on the Edition·S Soundcloud profile.

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TRIBUTES - Pulse selected for IFF Rotterdam

5. December 2011

The art music and film project TRIBUTES - Pulse has been selected for The International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012, which is taking place January 25 to February 5. TRIBUTES - Pulse was created in 2010-11 by composer Simon Christensen and filmmaker Bill Morrison as a remix of art film, music and sound production. The title refers to the work as a tribute to the four american composers Charles Ives, Conlon Nancarrow, Steve Reich and Trent Reznor.

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Huddersfield Interviews & Reviews

2. December 2011

The British got to know a new generation in Danish experimental music when Simon Steen-Andersen, Jexper Holmen, Niels Rønsholdt and a bunch of other Danish artists captured The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival a couple of weeks ago.

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Snow Mask Ensemble feat. Line Tjørnhøj

29. November 2011

The group Snow Mask Ensemble will on December 4 be performing a series of works by Line Tjørnhøj, Niels Christian Rasmussen and four other Aarhus based composers. Most of the works are world premieres at this concert and among them is Line Tjørnhøj’s Dies Irae for flute, clarinet and trombone. “Dies Irae” is latin and means “the day of anger” or “day of judgement”, referring to a famous medieval hymn, which has become a central part of the liturgical requiem text.

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Follow our CHRISTMAS CALENDAR on Twitter!

25. November 2011

Edition·S – music¬sound¬art introduces a CHRISTMAS CALENDAR!This December Edition·S will treat our followers on Twitter with a special Christmas Calendar that each day presents a new work, score, video, sound etc.As an extra treat all the scores presented throughout the month will be discounted with 15%, so stay tuned so you don’t miss out on any great deals!

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Ensemble Modern premieres orchestral work by Rohloff

24. November 2011

Frankfurt am Main based Ensemble Modern first premieres Steingrimur Rohloff’s orchestral piece Der erste Mensch on November 27 at their cresc... 2011 concert row. The Ensemble Modern is famous for its special working form, which is unlike any other in the world.

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Hotel Pro Forma calls for artist-in-residence

24. November 2011

Through an international Artists-in-Residence-programme, Hotel Pro Forma wishes to rethink and recreate it’s ways of working and collaborating. The ambition is to create new innovative forms of artwork that both our audiences and we find to be exceptional. The deadline for the receipt of applications is 1 December and 1 June.