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  1. Carl Prize nominations for BEINTA and Stauning

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    Carl Prize nominations for BEINTA and Stauning

    23. March 2017

    Photo: Ditte M. Joensen"I compose in order to survive in this world. I need to be able to shut everything out and just zoom in on a single note."
  2. New Holmen piece premiered at Copenhagen Phil concert

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    New Holmen piece premiered at Copenhagen Phil concert

    22. March 2017

    The fifth and final installment in this season's 4'33 Phil series sees the world premiere of a new Jexper Holmen piece for solo viola.
  3. New Rønsholdt works are

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    New Rønsholdt works are "hypnotically beautiful"

    21. March 2017

    "I left the concert in a state of wonder and excitement."
  4. Gravgaard Madsen receives Léonie Sonning talent prize

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    Gravgaard Madsen receives Léonie Sonning talent prize

    19. March 2017

    Photo: Stine Vejen
  5. Worsaae at sea in new piece premiered this Sunday

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    Worsaae at sea in new piece premiered this Sunday

    17. March 2017

    You might call it a church opera. On Sunday, March 19, the stunning setting of Our Savior’s Church sees the world premiere of A shipwreck, Nicolai Worsaae’s imaginative new piece for bass-baritone and organ.
  6. 5-star review of Pulsar opening concert

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    5-star review of Pulsar opening concert

    16. March 2017

    “A must for all adventurous listeners.” In a 5-star review of the opening concert at this year’s Pulsar Festival, Danish newspaper Berlingske recently praised the 9-day event for highlighting young talents of contemporary and new music.
  7. New Rønsholdt opera premiering in the dark

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    New Rønsholdt opera premiering in the dark

    9. March 2017

    Photo: Marc FluriIt’s a love story. But other than that, the resemblance to traditional opera is sparse in Gaze for Gaze (Blik for Blik), Niels Rønsholdt’s new performance opera premiering March 17 in Copenhagen.
  8. PULSAR: Interviews with three composition students

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    PULSAR: Interviews with three composition students

    2. March 2017

    How has it been working with the orchestral format?Bára Gísladóttir: Working with the orchestral format is both wonderful and challenging at the same time. The format is a universe on its own, carrying endless possibilities.
  9. Simon Steen-Andersen Receives Composers’ Prize

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    Simon Steen-Andersen Receives Composers’ Prize

    22. February 2017

    Photo: Christian Vium

  10. American premiere of Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen piece

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    American premiere of Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen piece

    7. February 2017
  11. World premiere of new piece by Morten Olsen

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    World premiere of new piece by Morten Olsen

    3. February 2017

    Tuesday, February 7th Morten Olsen's piece Frenzy for piano quintet and electric guitar will be world premiering at LiteraturHaus. The concert also marks his first piece as composer-in-residence at Athelas Sinfonietta.
  12. The world’s first opera app is launched

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    The world’s first opera app is launched

    25. January 2017

    Breathless Moment is an app based on the antique story about Iphis and Anaxarete as told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It challenges the 500-year-old classical form of opera both in terms of media, format, and scale – in which it differs strongly from a ‘regular’ opera.
  13. Premiere of Simon Steen-Andersen's TRIO extended and postponed

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    Premiere of Simon Steen-Andersen's TRIO extended and postponed

    13. January 2017
  14. Simon Steen-Andersen receives top recognition in Classic Voice

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    Simon Steen-Andersen receives top recognition in Classic Voice

    10. January 2017

    In the survey more than 130 European music experts, festival directors, musicologists, critics and others give their take on the great pieces composed in the new millenium.

  15. Educate·S - New Music for Music Schools

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    Educate·S - New Music for Music Schools

    5. January 2017

    The series consists of collections of pieces composed by 10 contemporary composers. In order to ensure that the pieces fit in with the intended user-group, the composers have been working in close dialogue with an editorial team. The first two volumes, one for piano and one for violin, was published early January 2016.
  16. Edition·S composers awarded by The Danish Arts Foundation

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    Edition·S composers awarded by The Danish Arts Foundation

    13. December 2016

     BEINTA by Allan Gravgaard Madsen and Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð 
  17. Christmas at Edition·S

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    Christmas at Edition·S

    30. November 2016
  18. Edition·S composers nominated for ISCM World New Music Days

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    Edition·S composers nominated for ISCM World New Music Days

    18. November 2016

    SNYK represents the Danish section of ISCM and have chosen six works by Danish composers which will be passed on to the ISCM jury.