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  1. Live performance of Simon Christensen's Chamber Cinema Set

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    Live performance of Simon Christensen's Chamber Cinema Set

    16. August 2023

    The first complete live performance of Chamber Cinema Set is presented in Copenhagen on Saturday 19 August.
  2. Pianist Erik Kaltoft turns 80 years

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    Pianist Erik Kaltoft turns 80 years

    7. August 2023

    Erik Kaltoft is one of Denmark's most important pianists, with a special fondness for contemporary Danish music. On 7 August he turns 80, which will be celebrated with four celebratory concerts in Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen.
  3. Finn Savery 90 years

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    Finn Savery 90 years

    23. July 2023

    Finn Savery is a versatile composer and pianist who throughout his career has embraced various musical styles. On 24 July Finn Savery turns 90.
  4. Don Giovanni's Inferno - Upcoming opera by Simon Steen-Andersen

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    Don Giovanni's Inferno - Upcoming opera by Simon Steen-Andersen

    5. July 2023

    In a new opera by Simon Steen-Andersen, we follow Don Giovanni on a journey through the underworld of opera among doomed and demonic characters from 400 years of opera history.
  5. Several premieres and performances by Matias Vestergård

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    Several premieres and performances by Matias Vestergård

    16. June 2023

    Last week, Matias Vestergård’s opera, LISBON FLOOR won the prestigious Reumert Award, but the composer does not rest on his laurels, and the upcoming week brings no less than three world premieres and one additional performance of his works.
  6. World premiere of Apparitions by Mads Emil Dreyer

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    World premiere of Apparitions by Mads Emil Dreyer

    15. June 2023

    Mads Emil Dreyer has written the work 'Apparitions' for a staged family concert, 'A Song of Salt and Water', which will be performed by Ensemble Recherche at a series of concerts in July.
  7. Edition·S at KLANG 2023

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    Edition·S at KLANG 2023

    1. June 2023

    KLANG Festival 2023 takes place in Copenhagen 1-10 June. The programme overflows with works by composers collaborating with Edition·S.
  8. Danish premiere of Pernille Louise Sejlund’s Stringing the Beads

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    Danish premiere of Pernille Louise Sejlund’s Stringing the Beads

    31. May 2023

    The Danish guitar sextet, CRAS Ensemble, invited a composer from each of the Nordic countries to create a joint work. The resulting work is performed at KLANG Festival on 2 June. Pernille Louise Sejlund tells about her part of the work.
  9. World premiere of F.O.W.L. by Simon Løffler

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    World premiere of F.O.W.L. by Simon Løffler

    30. May 2023

    During KLANG Festival 2023, the Oslo Sinfonietta premieres Simon Løffler's work F.O.W.L. with an unusual array of instruments that includes, among other things, swung whistles, double bass, gaffa-taped shoes, saxophone and a battery driven drill.
  10. World premiere of Sinfonella by Jexper Holmen

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    World premiere of Sinfonella by Jexper Holmen

    23. May 2023

    Jexper Holmen's 'Sinfonella' is premiered by Athelas Sinfonietta at the opening concert of KLANG festival on 1 June. We asked the composer a few questions about the work.
  11. Jeppe Ernst world premiere: Nocturnes (for a human body)

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    Jeppe Ernst world premiere: Nocturnes (for a human body)

    15. May 2023

    On Wednesday 17 May, Kalle Hakosalo and Erica Giacoletto will premiere Jeppe Ernst's work Nocturnes (for a human body).
  12. Rohloff composer in residence at Båstad Chamber Music Festival

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    Rohloff composer in residence at Båstad Chamber Music Festival

    12. May 2023

    Steingrimur Rohloff will be composer in residence at Båstad Chamber Music Festival with five works performed in June and July 2023.
  13. Come along to the international network meeting during KLANG Festival

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    Come along to the international network meeting during KLANG Festival

    12. May 2023

    This year KLANG Festival, along with Edition·S, Edition Wilhelm Hansen and Art Music Denmark, will be hosting an international guest programme, where we will welcome a number of European professionals from the new music industry.
  14. World premiere of choir work by Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen

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    World premiere of choir work by Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen

    10. May 2023

    Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen's Kærlighedens Højsang is premiered 17 May by the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, Signe Madsen and Frederik Munk Larsen conducted by Carsten Seyer-Hansen.
  15. World Premiere of Li-Ying Wu's concerto, Flamboyer

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    World Premiere of Li-Ying Wu's concerto, Flamboyer

    1. May 2023

    On 11 May the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Twincussion will premiere Li-Ying Wu's percussion concerto 'Flamboyer', which combines French and Asian timbres.
  16. World premiere of War Requiem by Steingrímur Rohloff

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    World premiere of War Requiem by Steingrímur Rohloff

    30. April 2023

    Steingrímur Rohloff's War Requiem is a current, universal and personal journey into the darkness of war. The work is premiered 4 May.
  17. Hans-Henrik Nordstrøm World Premiere

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    Hans-Henrik Nordstrøm World Premiere

    27. April 2023

    On 5 May, Copenhagen Chamber Performance presents an evening dedicated to Morten Nielsen (1922-1944), a Danish poet and active member of the Danish resistance movement in World War II.
  18. World premiere of Line Tjørnhøj's HIMMEL

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    World premiere of Line Tjørnhøj's HIMMEL

    20. April 2023

    Line Tjørnhøj's HIMMEL explores the breath with heavenly Mahler references, fragmented existential poetry and a headbanging soprano. The work was written for Ensemble Pluma and will be premiered on Tuesday 25 April.