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  1. Edition·S composers portray Copenhagen Phil musicians

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    Edition·S composers portray Copenhagen Phil musicians

    24. August 2016

    The audience will get a chance to come close to the musicians of the orchestra when six composers each dedicate a piece to a musician who will premiere it at one of the concerts throughout the season.
  2. Premiere of Hvidtfelt Nielsen piece

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    Premiere of Hvidtfelt Nielsen piece

    17. August 2016
  3. CD Release with Lykkebo piece

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    CD Release with Lykkebo piece

    16. August 2016
  4. Enigmatic premiere and more at Suså

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    Enigmatic premiere and more at Suså

    4. August 2016

    Friday September 2nd Snow Mask Trio will perform Birgitte Alsted’s “Frosty Hotspots” and TRIO vis-á-vis from Stuttgart performs Nicolai Worsaae’s "Replication #1"
  5. Thousands of works for viola in one place

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    Thousands of works for viola in one place

    4. August 2016

    Currently you can browse through lists of more than 8600 works for viola at Music4Viola, and look into comments, input and links from various viola experts, and still more works are added along the way. 
  6. World Premiere of Martin Stauning piece

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    World Premiere of Martin Stauning piece

    2. August 2016
  7. Edition·S pieces at UNM Festival 2016

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    Edition·S pieces at UNM Festival 2016

    10. July 2016

    One of the pieces chosen by the Danish jury is James Black’s piece for wind quintet: “At night, walking shoes full of blood on the door (or, steam heating a room full of opium)“.
  8. Steingrimur Rohloff North of the Arctic Circle

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    Steingrimur Rohloff North of the Arctic Circle

    6. July 2016

    “Antarctica” is an interactive multi media piece, where live music merges with electronic elements in sound and image completely transforming Harstad Kirke, where the piece was performed. 
  9. Premiere of Winther Christensen piece

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    Premiere of Winther Christensen piece

    4. July 2016

    The piece will be performed as a part of the concept Kommentierte Musik (Commented Music) where the ensemble explores new concert formats and experiments with the staging of music. Selected works are brought into an overall concept, where artists from other art forms contribute to the piece with their own perspectives on its theme, form or some other aspect.
  10. Edition·S composers receive Carl Nielsen Grant

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    Edition·S composers receive Carl Nielsen Grant

    1. July 2016
  11. Mindeord om Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

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    Mindeord om Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

    29. June 2016

    Photo: Hanne Budtz-Jørgensen
  12. Bagpipe, avant-garde for children and more at KLANG

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    Bagpipe, avant-garde for children and more at KLANG

    21. June 2016

    Photo: Alexander Banck-Petersen One of the pieces that stood out – even at an avant-garde festival – was Lars Kynde’s “Pulsing Pipes” created in cooperation with the artists collective Illutron. “Pulsing Pipes” was written for three pulsejet motors and a bagpipe, and was premiered at Fælledparken in Copenhagen.
  13. New composers at Edition·S

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    New composers at Edition·S

    21. June 2016

    Welcome to Jeppe Just Christensen, Lasse Schwanenflügel Piasecki and Ylva Lund Bergner. 
  14. Simon Steen-Andersen joins Akademie der Künste

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    Simon Steen-Andersen joins Akademie der Künste

    21. June 2016

    Akademie der Künste was founded in 1696 and is one of the oldest cultural institutions in Europe. It is an international community of artists with a current total of 400 members covering all art forms. The members are all artists who have made a particular contribution to contemporary art.
  15. Sneak peek of new Edition·S project

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    Sneak peek of new Edition·S project

    13. June 2016

    Bach, Brahms and Bartok did just that in pieces where educational considerations and artistic ambition walked hand in hand and offered brand new musical discoveries and experiences to the young musicians.
  16. Premiere recordings of Gustav Helsted

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    Premiere recordings of Gustav Helsted

    6. June 2016

    Helsted’s “Decet” from 1891 and the dramatic string quintet in F minor, composed in c. 1917 is released on Dacapo Records. The release will be celebrated with a concert and a reception Saturday, June 11th at The Black Diamond.
  17. Christian Winther Christensen receives large grant

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    Christian Winther Christensen receives large grant

    6. June 2016

    “During recent years Christian Winther Christensen has set his mark as one of the most interesting, young composers, with music characterized by great sonic beauty, instrumental imagination and at the same time imbued with a wonderful sense of humour.”
  18. Simon Steen-Andersen at The Munich Biennale

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    Simon Steen-Andersen at The Munich Biennale

    3. June 2016

    The piece is written for eighteen musicians and four actors employing features from theatre, lecture performance, traditional concert, light show, and installation.Politiken’s critic was there for the premiere and gave six hearts to the ambitious, philosophical piece, which, as he points out, however contains a great deal of humour: