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  1. Five star review of Rohloff’s children’s opera

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    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."
  2. PULSAR concerts praised by critics

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    PULSAR concerts praised by critics

    8. April 2016
  3. World premiere of BEINTA – symphonic song cycle

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    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. 
  4. Niels Rønsholdt writes music for The Fool

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    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.
  5. Nicolai Worsaae at MATA in NY

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    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. 
  6. Rune Glerup Nominated for Carl Prisen

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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
  7. Royal Danish Theatre commissions ...

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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.
  8. Steingrimur Rohloff's Music Drama

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    Steingrimur Rohloff's Music Drama

    14. March 2016
  9. Chromatische Weltmusik at PULSAR

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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.
  10. Edition·S Orchestral Project with Composition Students

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    Edition·S Orchestral Project with Composition Students

    5. March 2016
  11. Congratulations, once again, to Martin Stauning

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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.
  12. PULSAR: Interview with Aya Yoshida and James Black

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    PULSAR: Interview with Aya Yoshida and James Black

    1. March 2016

    How has it been working with the orchestral format?
  13. Large Music Project for Children

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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.
  14. Line Tjørnhøj Receives Large Opera Commission

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    Line Tjørnhøj Receives Large Opera Commission

    27. January 2016
  15. Four New Composer Portraits

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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.

  16. Zehn japanische Holzschnitte out on CD

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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.
  17. Simon Christensen's MANIFEST

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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). 
  18. Upcoming Performances

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    Upcoming Performances

    5. January 2016