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  1. Upcoming Performances

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    Upcoming Performances

    5. January 2016

  2. New Recordings of Works by Axel Borup-Jørgensen

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    New Recordings of Works by Axel Borup-Jørgensen

    30. November 2015

    A number of works by Axel Borup-Jørgensen has just been released on Dacapo Records.

  3. Simon Steen-Andersen's Piano Concerto

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    Simon Steen-Andersen's Piano Concerto

    26. November 2015

    Simon Steen-Andersen’s Piano Concertowas premiered during Donaueschinger Musiktage 2014 where it was also awarded SWR’s Orchestra Prize.

  4. Progressive students

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    Progressive students

    24. November 2015

  5. Martin Stauning awarded

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    Martin Stauning awarded

    20. November 2015

    Martin Stauning has been awarded the Axel Borup-Jorgensen prize 2015 with the following motivation: “The prize is awarded to a promising young Danish composer who through his/her works has demonstrated

  6. Danish Music in St Petersburg

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    Danish Music in St Petersburg

    11. November 2015

  7. Rønsholdt and Kynde featured at November Music

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    Rønsholdt and Kynde featured at November Music

    3. November 2015

  8. Hear the Darkness

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    Hear the Darkness

    1. November 2015

    ‘Concert in darkness’ is organized every year in collaboration with Danish Society for the Blind. This year’s theme was consolation, and that is also the title of Line Tjørnhøj’s new work ‘TRØST’ written for DR Girls Choir to a text by Lotte Kofod Ludvigsen. TRØST’/Consolation was first performed at this concert.

  9. DYGONG Mass in Copenhagen Cathedral

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    DYGONG Mass in Copenhagen Cathedral

    27. October 2015

    On Tuesday the 27th at 8 pm DYGONG celebrates their anniversary in Vor Frue Kirke. The concert is designed as a free musical interpretation of a secular church service. There will be psalms, music and more …!

  10. Premiere on Morten Olsen's new piece

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    Premiere on Morten Olsen's new piece "Nico"

    22. October 2015

    About his composition Morten Olsen says:”Nico” is a broader interpretation or continuation of the artist Nico’s musical universe. In my research for this piece, I was completely overwhelmed by her album The Marble Index (1969). The musical universe on here has become the starting point for my work. Amongst other things this album draws several connections from the 20th (and indeed the 21st) century art music. 

  11. Ejnar Kanding · from Copenhagen to New York

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    Ejnar Kanding · from Copenhagen to New York

    8. October 2015

    October sees performances of music by Ejnar Kanding in both Denmark and abroad. On Sunday 11 the pieces Texture 4, “Mosaic 4” and “Mosaic 5” will be performed at LiteraturHaus in Copenhagen.

  12. Piece by Martin Stauning on...

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    Piece by Martin Stauning on...

    8. October 2015

    Between October 12–18 the yearly Carl Nielsen Chamber Music Competition takes place in Copenhagen. In addition to Nielsen and other repertoire pieces, the participating ensembles will perform newly written works by British composer James Black and Martin Stauning for the second round.

  13. Klejs & Rønsholdt to Shanghai

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    Klejs & Rønsholdt to Shanghai

    28. September 2015

    The performance, which has the subtitle “A Show About Rediscovering Courage”, has been brought to life as an interdisciplinary artistic collaboration counting, among others, the director Charlotte Munksø, the writer Camilla Hübbe and Klejs & Rønsholdt.

  14. World Premiere of Niels Rønsholdt's New Piece

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    World Premiere of Niels Rønsholdt's New Piece

    16. September 2015

    Rønsholdt's piece is written for solo voice, ondes martenot, choir, and electronics and has as its central topic the act of making decisions and the doubts that follow them. The music is constructed as a number of simple songs that are all exposed to the complications born from this doubt.

  15. Simon Steen-Andersen: Portrait Concert in New York

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    Simon Steen-Andersen: Portrait Concert in New York

    10. September 2015

    Simon Steen-Andersen. Photo: Lars Svankjær The programme will include works for strings and video along with a new version of the multimedia piece Run Time Error.

  16. Ilja Bergh 1927-2015

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    Ilja Bergh 1927-2015

    9. September 2015

  17. Welcome to Else Torp

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    Welcome to Else Torp

    6. September 2015

    In addition to this Else will be working on the development of joint projects between Edition·S and Dacapo Records.

  18. Simon Christensen in musical dialogue with the Italian Baroque

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    Simon Christensen in musical dialogue with the Italian Baroque

    15. August 2015

    Simon Christensen, who himself will perform on percussion, Zither and electronics has the following to say about the music: