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  1. Simon Christensen's 'Octet' at ISCM 2018

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    Simon Christensen's 'Octet' at ISCM 2018

    8. March 2018

    'Octet' is written for Flute, Clarinet, Percussion, Piano and String Quartet.The festival is an annual event organised by the International Society for Contemporary Music. Since its first edition in 1923 the ISCM World New Music Days have been hosted by nations worldwide – three times by Denmark (1964, 1983, 1996).
  2. Female composers overlooked in Danish concert programmes

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    Female composers overlooked in Danish concert programmes

    6. March 2018
  3. Eva Noer Kondrup Podcast Portrait

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    Eva Noer Kondrup Podcast Portrait

    1. March 2018

    Eva Noer Kondrup. Foto: Anne Vibeke LethEva Noer Kondrup was the first woman to study composition at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where she started her studies in 1991 with Niels Rosing-Schow and Ivar Frounberg as her teachers.She tells about her fascination with notes as signs, about composing by throwing a dice and about interpreting laces as the unwritten music of women.
  4. Interview: Kasper Rofelt's new cello concert

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    Interview: Kasper Rofelt's new cello concert

    27. February 2018

    Kasper Rofelt during rehersals for 'Night Phase' with Odense Symphony Orchestra. Foto: Trine Lai, Odense Symphony Orchestra.Read the article in Danish
  5. Timothy Baxter Portrait Concert

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    Timothy Baxter Portrait Concert

    25. February 2018

    The 82-year-old composer has a long career behind him, writing his first choral work at the age of 15, and he is still busy writing music. Thus the upcoming concert also presents a world premiere.The concert is accompanied by an exhibition "A life in Music" presenting various items, stories and images from the composer's life. The concert takes place in Steengård Kirke, and is arranged by Komvest.
  6. PULSAR: Interview with three composition students

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    PULSAR: Interview with three composition students

    23. February 2018

    Finnur Karlsson
  7. SOUND X SOUND film available online

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    SOUND X SOUND film available online

    15. February 2018

    Photo: Mike HøjgaardNiels Lyhne Løkkegaard's project SOUND X SOUND consists of a series of compositions where one instrument is multiplied over and over again: Music for 9 pianos, 16 triangles, 18 clarinets and so on.
  8. James Black debut

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    James Black debut

    14. February 2018
  9. Lenio Liatsou premieres Winther Christensen pieces

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    Lenio Liatsou premieres Winther Christensen pieces

    13. February 2018

    Photo: Mette Kramer Kristensen
  10. Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen turns 60

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    Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen turns 60

    13. February 2018

    Read the interview in Danish here.Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen. Photo: Susanne Hvidtfelt Hansen
  11. American Record Guide praises Rovsing Olsen songs

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    American Record Guide praises Rovsing Olsen songs

    12. February 2018

    Design: Denise BurtThe critic apparently was not familiar with Rovsing Olsen's work before receiving the record for review, and begins with this statement:"What a pleasure it is to make his musical acquaintance!"
  12. Christensen and Steen-Andersen at Kontraklang

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    Christensen and Steen-Andersen at Kontraklang

    30. January 2018

    Black Box Music performed in Darmstadt. Photo: Daniel Pufe

  13. New opera by Eva Noer Kondrup

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    New opera by Eva Noer Kondrup

    29. January 2018

    Photo: Anne-Vibeke Leth'The Traveller' is an opera, which combines political statements and recent international events with the opera genre’s drama, while mirroring emotions of flight, war and hatred.
  14. Excerpt of Rohloff’s ’Lysistrate’ in concert featuring female voices

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    Excerpt of Rohloff’s ’Lysistrate’ in concert featuring female voices

    25. January 2018

    Tuva Semmingsen as Lysistrate. Photo: Skovdal & Skovdal for Den Fynske OperaThe history of music is – as much of our history in general – written by men. And previously performed only by men. None the less, the stories told are most often stories about women.
  15. World premiere of Simon Christensen’s solo piece

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    World premiere of Simon Christensen’s solo piece

    25. January 2018

    Simon Christensen. Photo: Jens SvankjærThe ongoing collaboration between Edition·S and Copenhagen Phil – 4’33 Phil – continues with the English horn solo piece ‘Fluctuate only’ written by Simon Christensen. The piece will be premiered January 25th and performed again on January 26th. 
  16. Ensemble Intercontemporain premieres Glerup concerto

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    Ensemble Intercontemporain premieres Glerup concerto

    23. January 2018

    Rune Glerup. Photo: Caroline Bittencourt‘Concerto for Piano and Small Orchestra’ is commissioned by Ensemble Intercontemporain. The French ensemble was founded by the legendary Pierre Boulez in 1976, and specialises in contemporary music.
  17. Songs by Poul Schierbeck published for the first time

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    Songs by Poul Schierbeck published for the first time

    23. January 2018

    Poul Schierbeck © Det Kgl. Biblioteks billedsamling
  18. Premiere of Morten Olsen's ‘Scream the Color Red’

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    Premiere of Morten Olsen's ‘Scream the Color Red’

    19. January 2018

    Morten Olsen. Photo: Morten RasmussenMorten Olsen is composer-in-residence at Athelas Sinfonietta from 2016 to 2018, and this collaboration has set the scene for the creation of ‘Scream the Color Red’.