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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. World Premiere of Bára Gísladóttir's COR

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    World Premiere of Bára Gísladóttir's COR

    16. April 2023

    In COR, Bára Gísladóttir takes her starting point in an etymological curiosity and lets a multitude of meanings and textures melt together in a dark unity complete with an improvised climax and growling musicians. The work is premiered on 23 April.
  8. Dramatic monologue with music by Matias Vestergård

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    Dramatic monologue with music by Matias Vestergård

    16. April 2023

    Matias Vestergård has composed the music for HYPER SWITCH ULTRA FAGGOT wich is premiered by actor Ludvig Brostrup 19 April at Momentum Theatre.
  9. Works by Frej Wedlund published by Edition·S

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    Works by Frej Wedlund published by Edition·S

    13. April 2023

    We are excited to share the great news of our new collaboration with Frej Wedlund.
  10. Martin Stauning World Premiere

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    Martin Stauning World Premiere

    13. April 2023

    Martin Stauning's 'Irrenschein' for accordion and recorder will be premiered by Andreas Borregaard and Bolette Roed in Odense Domkirke on Saturday February 12.
  11. Ejnar Kanding World Premiere in New York

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    Ejnar Kanding World Premiere in New York

    11. April 2023

    Ejnar Kanding's piece Slender Trees will be premiered by the American Contemporary Music Ensemble Friday 14 April, at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
  12. Mette Nielsen unfolds the sound of the orchestra in Movements

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    Mette Nielsen unfolds the sound of the orchestra in Movements

    31. March 2023

    On Thursday 20 April, the Odense Symphony Orchestra premieres Mette Nielsen’s first orchestral work, Bevægelser (Movements), which "scans" the orchestral sound from five different angles.
  13. Three Mads Emil Dreyer world premieres

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    Three Mads Emil Dreyer world premieres

    21. February 2023

    In March 2023, three new works by Mads Emil Dreyer will be premiered. We spoke with the composer about the works, the integration of electronic and acoustic sound and about investigating aesthetic or technical aspects of the music in series.
  14. New promotion manager at Edition·S

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    New promotion manager at Edition·S

    13. February 2023

    We are very happy to welcome Johanna Maj Thorning to the team as the new promotion and project manager at Dacapo Edition·S.
  15. Birgitte Alsted: Agnetes Vandgang - World premiere

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    Birgitte Alsted: Agnetes Vandgang - World premiere

    2. February 2023

    On 8 February the ensemble Lydenskab presents the world premiere of a new work by Birgitte Alsted: Agnetes Vandgang.
  16. Steingrímur Rohloff: Doppelgängerkonzert - World premiere

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    Steingrímur Rohloff: Doppelgängerkonzert - World premiere

    26. January 2023

    On Thursday 2 February, Steingrímur Rohloff's Doppelgängerkonzert written for the Odense Symphony Orchestra and the two violists Rafaell Altino and Lawrence Powers will be premiered.
  17. Juliana Hodkinson: Ready for ecstasy - World premiere

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    Juliana Hodkinson: Ready for ecstasy - World premiere

    26. January 2023

    Juliana Hodkinson's work Ready for Ecstasy is premiered at ECLAT festival on 4 February. The work is based on Ursula Andkjær Olsen’s extended poem My Jewel Box. Juliana Hodkinson translates this into a hyper-polyphonic electroacoustic sound narrative.
  18. Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard World Premiere

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    Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard World Premiere

    13. January 2023

    A new piece by Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard - a hybrid of a string quartet and harmonica quartet - is premiered by Quatuor Bozzini on 19 January in Hamburg, Germany, and performed in Denmark and Canada in the following weeks.