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World premiere of Simon Steen-Andersen's 'no Concerto'

25. January 2024

In a distant future with no awareness of music and concerts as we know it, archaeologists have excavated a tape machine and a number of tape rolls, one of them with a live recording of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto.

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Bára Gísladóttir receives the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize

25. January 2024

The Danish-based Icelandic composer and double bassist Bára Gísladóttir receives the prestigious, international Composer Prize 2024 from the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.

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New publication: Choral works by Antonio Mortaro

19. January 2024

A new selection of works in the Monuments series has been published: Four volumes of choral works by Antonio Mortaro.

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Steingrímur Rohloff at Kaustinen Chamber Music Week

19. January 2024

Three chamber music works by Rohloff will be performed at the Chamber Music Week in Kaustinen, Finland 25-26 January.

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Rønsholdt: Den Sidste Olie album release

11. January 2024

On 12 January, Dacapo Records is releasing a recording of Niels Rønsholdt's innovative chamber opera Den Sidste Olie (The Last Rites) which depicts human exploitation of each other and our surroundings in the pursuit of progress and prosperity.

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Danish Diction in Art Song - New publication

9. January 2024

Danish Diction in Art Song is a special anthology of 55 Danish songs that combines scores with IPA transcriptions and translations (lyric and word-to-word), and biographies of the composers.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

20. December 2023

Edition·S wishes you all a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Before we truly close down 2023 we want to take a moment to dwell on the musical year and look back at some of the past year's premieres, prizes and publications.

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World premiere of Bára Gísladóttir's NĀT

7. December 2023

The Danish National Vocal Ensemble will premiere Bára Gísladóttir's 'NĀT' at the choir's traditional Christmas concert on 14 December.

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Tekla Griebel Wandall kicks off new publication series

6. December 2023

A hidden treasure from Danish music history once again sees the light of day. The first edition in the publication series, Danish Classical Music (DCM) is now available: Tekla Griebel Wandall's Collected Songs, Volume 1.

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World premieres by Mads Emil Dreyer and Jexper Holmen

4. December 2023

On Sunday 10 December, Ensemble K!ART begins a new Christmas tradition with the concert K!ART TIL JUL (Ready for Christmas). The concert features works by Mads Emil Dreyer, Jexper Holmen, Alexandra Hallén and Lasse Schwanenflügel Piasecki.

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Else Marie Pade: The Orchestral Album named Album of the Year

28. November 2023

'The Orchestral Album' presenting world premiere recordings of works by Else Marie Pade is named Album of the Year 2023 by Danish Radio P2.

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Gísladóttir World Premiere at HCMF// 2023

16. November 2023

The World Premiere of a new, extensive work from Bára Gísladóttir is presented by Riot Ensemble at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival on 26 November.

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James Black: Nya Låtar World Premiere

14. November 2023

MINU festival presents a new piece by James Black, 'Nya Låtar', performed by NJYD . The piece is described as equal parts office comedy, new music, horror B-movie, performance art, and cabaret.

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Matias Vestergård World Premiere by Royal Danish Orchestra

14. November 2023

Matias Vestegård has composed a new chamber music piece commissioned by the Royal Danish Orchestra on occasion of its 575 year anniversary.

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Else Marie Pade release

10. November 2023

In the fourth part of the EMP series, Dacapo Records releases four electronic compositions by Else Marie Pade, originating from the late 1950s and continuing into the following years.

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Edition·S at November Music

6. November 2023

November Music takes place 1-12 November in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, and presents more than 100 concerts, including works by Simon Steen-Andersen, Christian Winther Christensen and Simon Løffler.

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New edition of Renaissance masterpiece: Pratum Spirituale

23. October 2023

Edition·S and the vocal ensemble Musica Ficta join forces for a new publishing series. The first publication will be a new edition of one of the main works of Danish church music of the Renaissance: Mogens Pedersøn's Pratum Spirituale.

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Extreme percussion tour

15. October 2023

Jexper Holmen and Simon Christensen are featured in a percussion concert presenting uncompromising contemporary works.