News

general

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.”

general

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:

general

TUSK turned the street into an opera stage

10. May 2016

Foto: Anders Bigum"TUSK" is written by Line Tjørnhøj and was performed by Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Concert Clemens and the vocal soloists Anna Ottertun, Daniel Carlsson og Truike van der Poel. Musicians and singers were all spread out in shops, private apartments, on terraces and in the street. 

general

World premiere of new piece by Simon Steen-Andersen at the Munich Biennale

10. May 2016

Photo: Lars Svankjær

general

Welcome to Solveig Lindeskov Andersen

8. May 2016

We are happy to welcome Solveig Lindeskov Andersen who as of April has been employed to carry out communication at Edition·S through social media, news on our website, press contact etc.The employment reflects the ambition to boost the awareness of the many projects initiated by Edition·S and our composers, and in general to increase the public attention to the works of our composers.

general

KLANG announces festival programme

5. May 2016

general

Great reviews of BEINTA

2. May 2016

Foto: Anne Aaby/SPOT Festival The piece is written by Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð and Allan Gravgaard Madsen, who explore and combine sonorities from contemporary classical music and alternative pop accompanied by the raw, atmospheric work of Faroese film duo RAMMATIK.

general

Simon Steen-Andersen turns 40

25. April 2016

In his pieces, Simon Steen-Andersen integrates instrumental music along with electronics, video and performative elements to create groundbreaking new musical works where sight and narrative is not just an added layer, but a fundamental part of the cross-media experience.

general

Martin Stauning selected for The International Rostrum of Composers

19. April 2016

IRC is an annual forum organized by the International Music Council where broadcasting representatives from more than thirty national radio networks meet to exchange pieces of contemporary classical music.

general

World premiere of Squawk by Nicolai Worsaae

18. April 2016

“Squawk” by Nicolai Worsaae is written for string quartet, video and electronics, and explores the tensions between live performance and fragmented replays.

general

Danish premiere of Songs of Doubt by Niels Rønsholdt

18. April 2016

“Songs of Doubt” is a piece about the moments of important decision and the elements of doubt that inevitably goes with them.Confronted with big decisions, we tend to look back and forth from that point to see our world in the light of the contexts and consequences of the decision we are about to make – weighing the prospects against the retrospect.

general

World premiere of TUSK by Line Tjørnhøj

15. April 2016

Through a montage of quotes spanning from ancient philosophy to contemporary daily life scenarios, the opera tells a fundamental tale of life, love and death.

general

Interview with Jesper Buhl about Lysistrate

11. April 2016

In an interview for Fyens Stiftstidende the artistic director of The Funen Opera, Jesper Buhl tells about the new opera Lysistrate with music by Steingrimur Rohloff.Lysistrate will be the last large production with Jesper Buhl as artistic director. He leaves his position at The Funen Opera later this year. He describes Lysistrate as the ideal swan song.

general

Five star review of Rohloff’s children’s opera

8. April 2016

Politiken’s Henrik Friis writes: "Rohloff’s music is discrete, but still he manages to accentuate and support the plot and text so everything comes together."

general

PULSAR concerts praised by critics

8. April 2016

general

World premiere of BEINTA – symphonic song cycle

5. April 2016

BEINTA will be given its first performance on Saturday 30 April at 15:00 by the Aarhus Sym­phony Orchestra with composer/singer Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð, conductor Jesper Nordin and RAMMATIK, who have created visuals for the work. 

general

Niels Rønsholdt writes music for The Fool

5. April 2016

In collaboration with the stage director and mezzo-soprano Lore Lixenberg, the trio and the two British composers Rolf Hind and Richard Thomas, German Helmut Oehring and Danish Niels Rønsholdt have created a production in two parts with reflections on the archetypal figure of ‘the Fool’ with references to Shakespeare, Hindu culture and modern stand-up comedy. Read more.

general

Nicolai Worsaae at MATA in NY

3. April 2016

The New York-based festival MATA was founded by Philip Glass, Eleonor Sandresky and Lisa Bielawa in 1996. The festival commissions, presents and supports young composers from all over the world.