General

Athelas and Dirigentløftet present new Nordic music

Dirigentløftet is a new initiative aimed at developing Danish conductors both at the professional level and within the emerging talent pool through workshops and masterclasses

As a part of the development program, the young conductors who are on the threshold of a professional career are collaborating with Athelas Sinfonietta to gain experience with conducting contemporary music.

This culminates in a concert on 12 December presenting 9 contemporary Nordic composers, including Bára Gísladóttir and Mette Nielsen.

Participants in Dirigentløftet are offered a free, targeted development program for conductors, spanning over a year, and including a series of masterclasses with international conductors and professional ensembles and orchestras, as well as workshops focused on career and competence development in areas essential to a conductor’s work but occurring outside the concert hall.

Find more information about the concert and about the project here.