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Rune Glerup Nominated for Carl Prisen

1. April 2016

On 18 April the Danish Music Publishers’ Society will award the yearly Carl Prize, for which Rune Glerup has been nominated for his piece Clarinet Quintet - Still leaning toward this Machine in the category “Classical Compose

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Royal Danish Theatre commissions ...

30. March 2016

The libretto has been written by the author and musician Kristian Leth (b. 1980). The opera, with the title Dark Matters, will be premiered in the spring of 2018 on the Old Stage of the Royal Theatre by the opera soloists of the Royal Theatre, the Royal Danish Orches­tra and the Chorus of the Royal Opera.

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Steingrimur Rohloff's Music Drama

14. March 2016

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Chromatische Weltmusik at PULSAR

9. March 2016

Christian Winther Christensen’s double concerto Chromatische Weltmusik [Ohne Fremde Elemente] should have been premiered in 2013, but the performance was cancelled due to the storm “Bodil”. The premiere instead took place in 2014 at the Austrian festival Klang-spuren.

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Edition·S Orchestral Project with Composition Students

5. March 2016

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Congratulations, once again, to Martin Stauning

2. March 2016

The stipend of 60.000 kr. will be used by Stauning for study- and work residency in Berlin with tutorage from Simon Steen-Andersen and Juliana Hodkinson. Read more about the prize.

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PULSAR: Interview with Aya Yoshida and James Black

1. March 2016

How has it been working with the orchestral format?

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Large Music Project for Children

17. February 2016

On the 28th of February the large indoor sport stadium Sydbank Arena in Kolding while be transformed into a large VELODROM, when his prizewinning piece of the same name will be performed by 100 music school-, talent line- and MGK-students at the Kolding Music School’s big gala concert.

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Line Tjørnhøj Receives Large Opera Commission

27. January 2016

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Four New Composer Portraits

25. January 2016

and some really interesting vignettes that give a good idea of the people behind the music, have come out of it.In the small films the four very different composers each put their artistic visions into words.

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Zehn japanische Holzschnitte out on CD

25. January 2016

The composer Gunnar Berg was inspired by Japanese woodcuts depicting the Japanese Mount Fuji. Last year Signe Asmussen and Erik Kaltoft released the CD “Danish Songs with Far Eastern Inspiration” at the label CDKlassisk. The recording has given rise to a series of concerts, which include Zehn japanische Holzschnitte.

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Simon Christensen's MANIFEST

10. January 2016

Dacapo Records has released the CD with music for string quartet. Playing are Birgitte Bærentzen Pihl (violin), Signe Madsen (violin), Mina Fred (viola) and Sofia Olsson (cello). 

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Upcoming Performances

5. January 2016

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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.

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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.

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Progressive students

24. November 2015

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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

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Danish Music in St Petersburg

11. November 2015