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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.
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Premiere of Simon Steen-Andersen's TRIO extended and postponed
13. January 2017
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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.
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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.
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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
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Christmas at Edition·S
30. November 2016
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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.
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New composer portraits
18. November 2016
In the portrait of Christian Winther Christensen you can hear him tell about his interest in the smallest details and the way the details end up becoming quite important for the work. He also describes his aim to create something that the audience hasn’t quite expected.
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World premiere of piece by Nordstrøm
15. November 2016
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Great Reviews of Rune Glerup’s Symphony
8. November 2016
The critic from Politiken reflected on the weight of tradition, when a young composer gives a new work the title “Symphony”:
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Great Review of Me Quitte
8. November 2016
The Danish newspaper Information brings a review of the CD release of Niels Rønsholdt's song cycle "Me Quitte" praising it for its uncompromising and beautiful representation of the dark sides of love.
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Steen-Andersen writes large work for DR
1. November 2016
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World premiere of solo piece by Rachel Yatzkan
1. November 2016
The piece is written for clarinettist Giovanni Punzi as a part of 4’33 Phil – a collaboration between Edition·S and Copenhagen Phil.
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Arditti Quartet plays Nicolai Worsaae
31. October 2016
The Arditti Quartet enjoys a world-wide reputation for their interpretations of contemporary music. They have premiered and performed many works that have left a permanent mark on 20th century repertoire including works by John Cage, Helmuth Lachenmann and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
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Premiere of Symphony by Rune Glerup
25. October 2016
Read the interview in Danish.You don’t often see the large Danish orchestras playing new music. What are your thoughts about composing a whole symphony for The Danish National Symphony Orchestra?
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Quatour Diotima plays Rune Glerup
25. October 2016
Quatour Diotima premiered Glerup’s electro acoustic piece in 2015 in Paris at the IRCAM Festival ManiFeste and played it again at the Hindsgavl Festival in Denmark. The French clarinet player Rémi Delangle will join the quartet for the Copenhagen performance.
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Niels Rønsholdt in Hong Kong
20. October 2016
“Me Quitte” (2013) is a song cycle based on a classic love song by Jacques Brel: “Ne Me Quitte Pas” from 1959.
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Great reviews of Piano Concerto
11. October 2016
“Piano Concerto” was performed by Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Friday 7 October at a concert celebrating AUT – Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere’s 50 years anniversary.The concert received a number of great reviews, and regarding “Piano Concerto”, the critics wrote:
