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  1. Mads Emil Dreyer: Bright sounds in the darkness of the Baroque

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    Mads Emil Dreyer: Bright sounds in the darkness of the Baroque

    9. October 2023

    Glockenspiel, electronic soundscapes and dramatic paintings from the 16th century are combined, when Mads Emil Dreyer's Miniature pieces are performed in the exhibition 'Baroque - Out of Darkness' at the Danish National Gallery.
  2. Ejnar Kanding World Premiere

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    Ejnar Kanding World Premiere

    5. October 2023

    American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME) performs two pieces by Ejnar Kanding at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art on 15 October. The world premiere of Angstallein and the Danish premiere of Slender Trees.
  3. Bára Gísladóttir writes solo piece for the recipient of the Sonning Music Prize 2024

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    Bára Gísladóttir writes solo piece for the recipient of the Sonning Music Prize 2024

    1. October 2023

    Emmanuel Pahud will receive Denmark's largest and most prestigious music award, the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2024. The celebration of the world renowned flautist includes the premiere of a new solo piece composed by Bára Gísladóttir.
  4. Else Marie Pade World premiere

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    Else Marie Pade World premiere

    20. September 2023

    A choral work by Else Marie Pade is premiered more than 60 years after is was composed.
  5. Løffler and Gísladóttir at Warsaw Autumn

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    Løffler and Gísladóttir at Warsaw Autumn

    20. September 2023

    Simon Løffler and Bára Gísladóttir are represented at this year's Warsaw Autumn.
  6. Nancy Dalberg at Rued Langgaard Festival

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    Nancy Dalberg at Rued Langgaard Festival

    29. August 2023

    A selection of works by Nancy Dalberg are performed at Rued Langgaard Festival.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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).
  18. 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.