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interviews
Simon Steen-Andersen: Danish premiere of Walk the Walk
10. June 2022
Simon Steen-Andersen’s Walk the Walk is performed for the first time in Denmark, when Ensemble This Ensemble That takes the stage in Takkelloftet at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen at KLANG Festival with performances on June 17th and 18th.
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interviews
Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen World premiere
10. June 2022
Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen has written Piano Sonata for the acclaimed British pianist, Rolf Hind. We asked the composer a few questions about the piece which will be premiered at KLANG Festival Thursday 16 June.
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Line Tjørnhøj World premiere
9. June 2022
Tjørnhøj's SPRING is at once a work of sound art, a musical drama, a ritual feast, an act of activism, a virtual 3D experience, an NFT, a tribute to nature and a portrait of Secretary-General of DanChurchAid, Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen.
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interviews
Educate·S at KLANG festival
9. June 2022
Traditionen tro danner årets KLANG i KU.BE rammen om en koncert, hvor unge musikere opfører værker fra nodeserien Educate·S. Læs eller genlæs vores interview med initiativtageren til serien, komponist og underviser Østen Mikal Ore.
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interviews
James Black: 'Colossi'
7. June 2022
James Black's work Colossi will be performed by Duo Dan/Nie at KLANG Festival 2022. We asked the composer a few questions about the work.
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Edition·S at KLANG Festival
7. June 2022
KLANG Festival 2022 takes place in Copenhagen 9-18 June. The programme overflows with works by composers collaborating with Edition·S.
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Mads Emil Dreyer World Premiere
6. June 2022
HAV Duo will premiere Mads Emil Dreyer's piece 'Miniature 4' Thursday 9 May in Copenhagen.
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interviews
Ejnar Kanding World Premiere
31. May 2022
Kanding is known for his colourful music, uniting electronic and acoustic sound. This week, his work Nordic Extractions is premiered and Stillstehen is released. Edition·S asked him a few questions about his work.
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nominations / awards
Nicolai Worsaae selected for International Rostrum of Composers
30. May 2022
Every year at the International Rostrum of Composers, national radio networks from all across the world get together to point out the best contemporary music works. In 2022 Nicolai Worsaae represents Denmark with the piece 'PUSH'.
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releases
New publications: 12 studies by Bo Gunge
21. May 2022
A new series of pieces by Bo Gunge is published by Edition·S. 12 Studies for solo piano, 12 Studies for violin & accordion and 8 Studies for saxophone & harp. The pieces all invite the musicians to engage with a great degree of freedom of interpretation
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Work Grants from the Danish Arts Foundation
19. May 2022
The Danish Arts Foundation has given out 230 work grants to composers, songwriters and sound artists.
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Allan Gravgaard Madsen: Concerto Grosso World Premiere
10. May 2022
On 19 May 2022 JACK Quartet and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra will premiere Allan Gravgaard Madsen's Concerto Grosso, a work that contains the epic, the romantic and quite a few surprises.
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nominations / awards
Gísladóttir and Tjørnhøj nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize
10. May 2022
Among the nominated composer for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2022 are Line Tjørnhøj with the work enTmenschT and Bára Gísladóttir nominated for the work VÍDDIR.
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releases
Album release of Horneman's Aladdin
6. May 2022
The opera Aladdin is a cornerstone in Danish music history, a problem child and C.F.E. Horneman's life's work. He worked on the score through 40 years. Now the opera has been recorded in full for the first time
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nominations / awards
Gísladóttir & Stauning nominated for Carl Prisen 2022
26. April 2022
Carl Prisen has announced the nominated composers for this year's awards and Edition·S is the proud publisher of works nominated in two classical music categories.
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Edition·S at SPOR festival
21. April 2022
We are counting down to the annual SPOR festival taking place in Aarhus 27 April - 1 May 2022. The festival presents a great selection of contemporary music including works by Bára Gísladóttir, James Black and Jeppe Just Christensen.
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releases
Works by Greta Eacott published by Edition·S
20. April 2022
We are very happy to announce the beginning of a new collaboration with Greta Eacott - a British percussionist and composer living on the island of Morsø in Denmark.
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Kasper Rofelt · 40 years today
17. April 2022
The works of Kasper Rofelt span from experimental orchestra works to virtuoso solo pieces and spheric chamber music. On 17 April the accomplished composer turns 40 and a few days later, a portrait album containing his chamber music is released.