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  1. Steingrimur Rohloff Premiere

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    Steingrimur Rohloff Premiere

    11. April 2013

    On April 20, 2012 the prestigious Ensemble Modern premieres the second of two major works for sinfonietta composed by the Icelandic-born Steingrimur Rohloff.Ensemble Modern Akademie commissioned Steingrimur’s Colonies for their 10th anniversary in collaboration with the national German radio Deutschland Rundfunk. The work will be premiered Saturday April 20 at 8 pm at DLF-Forum neuer Musik.
  2. Flashback Friday April 5

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    Flashback Friday April 5

    5. April 2013

    This week and the one before that we have had a little Easter focus on C.E.F. Weyse. His biography has been updated, his works have been #ScoreOfTheWeek on our Twitter profile and a short article has been written. Weyse was the man who refined the Danish lieder genre and Edition·S have published two volumes of his songs with piano. His music matches the sunny spring weather and the Easter holidays.
  3. Two Edition·S Composers Nominated for the Carl Prize

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    Two Edition·S Composers Nominated for the Carl Prize

    4. April 2013

    Friday April 19, 2013 the brand new prize, the Carl Prize, will be handed out to the lucky winners. Among the nominees are two Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composers.
  4. Article: C.E.F. Weyse (1774 – 1842)

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    Article: C.E.F. Weyse (1774 – 1842)

    2. April 2013

    Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse was the first composer of the Danish Golden Age and possibly the greatest. In Denmark he was a very recognized composer in his time and still is up to this day. To mark Easter we would like to draw attention to Weyse with this short article.
  5. Kind Words From The World Around Us

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    Kind Words From The World Around Us

    2. April 2013

     
  6. Pretty Sound Won Norwegian Grammy

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    Pretty Sound Won Norwegian Grammy

    1. April 2013

    On Saturday March 23, 2013 Simon Steen-Andersen’s portrait album ”Pretty Sound” won the Norwegian Grammy Spellemann 2012.The Spellemann Grammy has since its first ceremony in 1973 been seen as Norway’s most prestigious music award. It is given out every year to artists and rights holders, who have contributed considerably to the music life the past year. The aim for the Spellemann Grammy is to honour, inspire and motivate all musicians and to strengthen the unity across genres in the music life.
  7. Flashback Friday March 22

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    Flashback Friday March 22

    22. March 2013

    It should have been spring… but no, the snow returned and made Copenhagen a cold and dark city again. But here at Edition·S – music¬sound¬art we keep our spirits high! We’re still very excited about all the great news from last week – and perhaps this isn’t the end of it…
  8. Lullabies on Palm Sunday

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    Lullabies on Palm Sunday

    18. March 2013

    Ny Musik i Birkerød (New Music in Birkerød) has invited three composers to perform on Palm Sunday.
  9. The Carl Prize

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    The Carl Prize

    18. March 2013

    In April the Danish music scene gets a new prize ceremony and three Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composers are amongst the nominees.The Carl Prize is named after the great composer Carl Nielsen – not to confuse with the Carl Nielsen Prize – and founded by Danish Music Publishers' Association. The prize will be given out to a number of Danish songwriters and composers divided into eleven categories:Composer of pop/rockLyricistInternational BreakthroughSongComposer of jazz/folk/worldComposer of Children’s music
  10. Kunsten.nu Writes About Breathless Moment

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    Kunsten.nu Writes About Breathless Moment

    15. March 2013

    Yesterday, Thursday March 14, 2013 the Danish art website Kunsten.nu published an article about Klejs & Rønsholdt’s app-opera Breathless Moment.The article looks at Breathless Moment as an innovative art piece as well as a tangible way for opera audiences and tablets users to connect with the art.
  11. Flashback Friday March 15

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    Flashback Friday March 15

    15. March 2013

    This week has been full of great news and kind words! First of all we are very proud to announce that the British newspaper The Times published an article about Danish music and in that context interviewed two of our composers!
  12. ANMF Becomes KLANG

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    ANMF Becomes KLANG

    15. March 2013

    The annual festival Athelas New Music Festival is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year and has just announced that it is changing name.
  13. SPOR Programme Released

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    SPOR Programme Released

    14. March 2013

    Today SPOR Festival released this year’s programme and three Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composers are on it.
  14. Students Perform Portrait Concert

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    Students Perform Portrait Concert

    14. March 2013

    Next week students of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts will perform a portrait concert of Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composer Simon Steen-Andersen.The concert is held on the first day of a film and music festival arranged by the academy, which runs from Thursday March 21 to Saturday March 23, 2013. At the concert the students will perform four of Steen-Andersen’s works including the highly acclaimed Black Box Music.
  15. The Times Writes About Danish Music

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    The Times Writes About Danish Music

    12. March 2013

    On Friday March 8, 2013 the British newspaper The Times published an article about Danish music featuring two Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composers.The artist duo Klejs & Rønsholdt and Berlin-based Simon Steen-Andersen were interviewed by The Times two weeks ago in the context of the concert New From the North at Barbican in London. The result was a very kind article about the Danish music scene – and some very kind words about Edition·S:
  16. SNYK interviews Lars Kynde

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    SNYK interviews Lars Kynde

    11. March 2013

    The annual PULSAR festival is almost over and it has been a long weekend of performances by many Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composers. One of them was Lars Kynde who performed his work Elephant Heart Saturday afternoon. SNYK met him last week for a talk about ”DIY instruments”.
  17. Icelandic-German Concert

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    Icelandic-German Concert

    11. March 2013

    The Icelandic Caput Ensemble performs an Icelandic-German concert, where Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composer Steingrimur Rohloff is on the programme.On Sunday March 17, 2013 the Nordic House in Reykjavík hosts an encounter between Icelandic and German culture with both culinary and musical experiences. The two-day conference is a kind of “meal between“, in a series of conferences discussing political, cultural, historical and industrial relations between the Nordic region and Germany.
  18. Flashback Friday March 8

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    Flashback Friday March 8

    8. March 2013

    The sun continues to shine and it shines a kind light on the many talented composers on the art music scene. Yesterday was the opening concert of PULSAR festival where the prestigious Ensemble Intercontemporain performed newly composed works by young Danish composers. Amongst those were Edition·S – music¬sound¬art composer Nicolai Worsaae who had his brand new work Zwischen den beiden Kammern premiered. A beautiful piece with a front stage and a back stage: