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Artist Anne La Berge joins Edition·S this October
6. October 2011
During the month of October, the Dutch-American flutist/improviser/composer Anne La Berge joins Edition·S as artist-in-residence.
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Rank Ensemble performs Simon Steen-Andersen in Helsinki
4. October 2011
On October 4 Rank Ensemble will perform works by Simon Steen-Andersen at the Helsinki Music Centre, Musiikkitalo.The Finnish ensemble, Rank Ensemble, has taken as its mandate to explore the grey area of contemporary music, which lies between improvisation and composition, seeking out contexts, which range from free improvisation, to contemporary works, which involve elements of improvisation, or which grant otherwise expanded roles to the performers. Simon Steen-Andersen’s music fits perfectly into that.
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Turning point in Iceland
30. September 2011
Iceland is hosting the Nordic Music Days 2011 in its capital city Reykjavik on October 6-9. As always the annual festival has challenged the Nordic composers with a specific subject, and this time it is A Turning Point.Opening on the three years ‘anniversary’ day for the Icelandic financial collapse, the Nordic Music Days nevertheless wants to celebrate this day as a new beginning for a rise in culture and art by gathering the most outstanding contemporary art music from the five Nordic countries and playing it in the newly built concert house Harpa in Reykjavik.
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Edition·S at Music China in October
30. September 2011
In October 2011 Edition·S participates in Music China, Asia-Pacific’s largest and most prestigious international music event. At the Chinese exhibition we will be showcasing 62 compositions by 27 composers from our catalogue.
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Hymnia Chamber Choir premieres Jesper Koch's work
30. September 2011
During the month of October, Hymnia Chamber Choir holds a range of concerts in churches around Zealand, Denmark where Jesper Koch is on the programme. The choir is premiering Jesper’s new work Danmarks Drømme, which is still in preparation.Catch them at the nearest church:2/10 at 4 pm Engholm Kirke, Allerød 5/10 at 8 pm Vestkirken, Ballerup 7/10 at 8 pm Vor Frelser Kirke, Copenhagen 9/10 at 3 pm Gl. Holte Kirke, Holte 30/10 at 4 pm Vejleå Kirke, Ishøj
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Simon Steen-Andersen’s On & Off and To & Fro at Helsinki Klang Concert Series
27. September 2011
On October 3, 2011 the renowned Finnish chamber ensemble, Uusinta, performs a selection of three contemporary composers as part of their Klang “Kohu” concert series.
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Simon Steen-Andersen’s portrait CD nominated for the P2 award
20. September 2011
Every year P2 organises an award event to celebrate the best CDs of Danish composers and practitioners. This year it is up to the P2 listeners to choose the four winners, who will be celebrated at a gala concert in the DR Concert Hall September 30 at 7.30 pm.Simon Steen-Andersen is one of the nominees and will be competing to get a P2 ”Listen to New” award 2011 with his album “Pretty Sound” performed by Norwegian Ensemble Asamisamasa and released by Dacapo Records.
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Simon Steen-Andersen at Kämmer Klang in London!
19. September 2011
This Wednesday evening the Cafe OTO located in London welcomes you to Kämmer Klang’s 25th concert presenting music by Simon Steen-Andersen.Lucy Railton (cello) and Aisha Orazbayeva (violin) will perform Simon’s work Study for String Instrument #2 for two string instruments and whammy pedal.
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New film from the creation process of SPLIT the Opera
5. September 2011
The creators of the documentary opera monologue SPLIT have just released another film from the process. Again Jürgen Diemer has produced a short film based on the material he filmed at the four-day workshop at Kvindemuseet in Århus in February 2011.
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Ilja Bergh performs at Møstings hus
2. September 2011
8 pm Saturday night, Ilja Bergh, the German born Danish-Russian pianist and composer, performs at Møstings hus in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. This performance is a part of a two-day open house event called Sensommer Solo that features everything from poetry slam to photo collages to jazz music.Bergh will perform his own compositions on piano, while telling stories from his memoirs “an egocentric’s escapades”.Visit the house this weekend and experience exciting live performances with music, art and words.Free admission.
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Steingrimur Rohloff at Louisiana
2. September 2011
On September 7 the Danish ensemble FIGURA is performing Steingrimur Rohloff at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk.Through the last 17 years FIGURA has unfolded creativity in many ways and month after month you can find them in various combinations in Denmark as well as abroad. In the recent years, FIGURA established itself as a central and vital ensemble for drama and contemporary music on the Danish music scene.
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Danish Composers at Ultima Festival 2011
1. September 2011
Ultima festival is the leading festival for contemporary music in the Nordic countries. One of Ultima’s primary objectives is to contribute to offering a broad representation of the contemporary music genre, combining a keen interest in innovation and an awareness of tradition. Since the first festival took place in 1991, Ultima has developed into a well-known and respected European festival.
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”Passion - Liszt and Langgaard” at Rued Langgaard Festival 2011
30. August 2011
This weekend the big Rued Langgaard Festival 2011 takes place in the medieval town of Ribe and focuses on the musical and spiritual fellowship between the composer and piano virtuoso Franz Liszt and Rued Langgaard. This year’s festival celebrates Liszt’s 200-year anniversary by offering his music in interaction with Langgaard’s and even though they lived in different centuries, Liszt and Langgaard were brothers in spirit and each in their own way, demonstrated how music can be a magical medium and a source of spiritual experiences.
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Three late summer days of art music at Suså festival
26. August 2011
This year’s Suså Festival welcomes you to three late summer days of art music running from September 2-4, 2011 in Næstved.It is an annual meeting place for serious contemporary music; a "golden meeting" of composers, audiences and players; three intense days featuring seven prominent soloists and ensembles from Denmark and abroad, a lyrics, drama, ballet and music show, and a fascinating meet-the-composer event.
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Danish composers mark the trend at Huddersfield Festival 2011
23. August 2011
Denmark’s vibrant art music scene is about to enter Britain’s leading contemporary music festival, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//). Edition·S represents four of the Danish composers in the festival programme, Jexper Holmen, Simon Steen-Andersen, Nicolai Worsaae and Steingrimur Rohloff.
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Edition·S Twitter account launched!
22. August 2011
We are pleased to announce that we have launched our new Twitter profile. We have recently created Twitter profile for sharing updated information on a social media channel. Please visit our profile and let us know what do you think about it.Twitter is giving us an excellent opportunity to open discussions and we hope it will help us to communicate more with our composers and customers on this informal social platform.
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Tasteful Sounds with Lars Kynde
19. August 2011
Lars Kynde is inviting you to taste 6 dishes inspired by traditional Japanese gastronomy, and composed into a musical flow.Japan has a food tradition that cares for the holistic integration of the four senses: taste, sight, touch and smell. With this project, Kynde aims at expanding this tradition through integration of sound.
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Young composers at the UNM festival
18. August 2011
Ung Nordisk Musik (Young Nordic Music) is a unique festival for young nordic composer held every year, alternating between five countries; Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. A jury chooses seven composers under the age of 30 or still studying from each of the five countries. This year Denmark will be the honourable host of this festival!
