News

general

SPOT FLUX 2025

29. April 2025

Greta Eacott, Kirstine Lindemann, Mette Nielsen and Niels Rønsholdt are represented at SPOT Festival 2-3 May.

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Mads Emil Dreyer's music presented at artistic research festival

25. April 2025

On 3 May, the Royal Danish Academy of Music presents the FOKU Festival, presenting a wide range of projects by the Academy's teachers. On that occasion, Lorenzo Colombo performs Dreyer's Repeater, quietus.

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Talk with Christian Winther Christensen, Christina Åstrand and Henrik Friis

25. April 2025

On 6 may, Musikklubben hosts a conversation about classical music today.

reviews

Praise for Ghost Flower Ritual

24. April 2025

The performance of Ghost Flower Ritual by Cecilia Fiona & Sophie Søs Meyer, receives a beautiful review from Seismograf.

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Bára Gísladóttir represents Denmark at International Rostrum of Composers

23. April 2025

Bára Gísladóttir has been selected for the International Rostrum of Composers 2025. She will represent Denmark together with composer Athanasia Kotronia.

reviews

Great reviews for Mads Emil Dreyer's Figure Pieces

22. April 2025

Figure Pieces receives words of praise from 5:4 and is included in list of recommended new recordings by Passive/Aggressive.

releases

Rønsholdt Album Release

18. April 2025

Niels Rønsholdt's solo project Aftermath describes cities and landscapes in decay along the American highway.

interviews

Works by Sophie Søs Meyer published by Edition·S

10. April 2025

Edition·S is excited to share the news that we are publishing works by composer Sophie Søs Meyer. She is currently presenting the work Ghost Flower Ritual, which will be performed at Copenhagen Contemporary April 10 - April 19.

nominations / awards

Bára Gísladóttir receives honorary award

31. March 2025

Bára Gísladóttir receives the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen honorary award 2025.

nominations / awards

Kirstine Lindemann receives honorary award – and initiates collaboration with Edition·S

31. March 2025

Kirstine Lindemann receives the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen honorary award 2025. On that same occasion we are thrilled to announce the beginning of a new collaboration publishing her works.

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Ejnar Kanding Turns 60 – Pioneer in the Fusion of Acoustic and Electronic Music

28. March 2025

With a musical palette that unites complexity and delicate simplicity, composer Ejnar Kanding is a unique voice in contemporary art music, both nationally and internationally. On March 29, Kanding turns 60.

interviews

Ejnar Kanding: Autobiographical Statement

28. March 2025

As Ejnar Kanding now turns 60, he stands as an artist who continues to reinvent himself and challenge our perception of music. In this Autobiographical Statement he looks back on 60 years in music.

nominations / awards

Rønsholdt & Kubica-Cypek nominated for Carl Prisen

20. March 2025

Adrianna Kubica-Cypek and Niels Rønsholdt are both nominated for Carl Prisen 2025 in the category Classical Composer of the Year - Large Ensemble.

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Polish premiere of Adrianna Kubica-Cypek's Reflection Nebulae

14. March 2025

Adrianna Kubica-Cypek's Reflection Nebulae is performed by NOSPR at the Festival of Premieres on 16 March.

interviews

The Horn as a Pathfinder – Eva Noer Kondrup on Her New Concert

10. March 2025

When Eva Noer Kondrup’s new horn concerto premieres with Copenhagen Phil on 27 March, it will not only be a celebration of the instrument’s unique sound but also a musical reflection on larger themes.

nominations / awards

Bára Gísladóttir nominated for four Icelandic Music Awards

4. March 2025

No less than 4 nominations for the Icelandic Music Awards have Bára Gísladóttir's name on them.

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Hilda Sehested's Lygtemænd revisited

18. February 2025

Hilda Sehested's miniature for orchestra, Lygtemænd, was premiered in 1915 and besides from a studio performance broadcast in 1929 no further performances are known. Now, Copenhagen Phil revives the work in a performance on 28 February.

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World Premiere: SORG by Line Tjørnhøj

17. February 2025

On 8 March, Aarhus Chamber Orchestra and Johanne Sofie Bech Madsen will premiere Line Tjørnhøj's SORG, a lament for soprano and orchestra.