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  1. World premieres at SPOR festival

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    World premieres at SPOR festival

    5. July 2021

    SPOR festival 2021 takes place 8-11 September in Aarhus, and the programme features - among other things - an opera, a solo performance and a portrait of an ensemble.
  2. New repertoire report 2020

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    New repertoire report 2020

    1. June 2021

    New repertoire report 2020
  3. Jeppe Ernst World Premiere

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    Jeppe Ernst World Premiere

    28. May 2021

    Jeppe Ernst’s 'Sakramente (Natsange)' will be premiered on Monday 31 May at KLANG festival. Jeppe Ernst is known for his often silent pieces, and in this new work he composes for physical and non-physical touch, with three male and one female performer.
  4. World Premiere · Martin Stauning: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

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    World Premiere · Martin Stauning: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

    21. May 2021

    On Friday 21 May the Danish National Symphony Orchestra will premiere Martin Stauning’s Concerto for Harp and Orchestra
  5. Timothy Baxter · 1935-2021

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    Timothy Baxter · 1935-2021

    17. May 2021

    The Danish-based British composer Timothy Baxter (1935-2021) passed away on May 15, 85 years old. He leaves behind an extensive musical oeuvre, and he wrote his last piece just a few days before his death.
  6. Clarinet Extravaganza

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    Clarinet Extravaganza

    10. May 2021

    Simon Steen-Andersen, Mette Nielsen, Birgitte Alsted and Carl Nielsen are included in the concert programme for Jonas Frølund's tour de force in Danish and International clarinet repertoire in Koncertkirken, Copenhagen on 11 May.
  7. KLANG festival 2021

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    KLANG festival 2021

    3. May 2021

    KLANG festival 2021 takes place 27 May to 7 June and once again kicks off the Danish summer with new music. A look at the programme reveals improvisational experiments, musical brain-freeze and a portrayal of the female Christ.
  8. Steen-Andersen's Black Box Music in Spain

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    Steen-Andersen's Black Box Music in Spain

    15. April 2021

    Percussionist Carlota Cáceres performs Black Box Music (2012) tomorrow, 17 April, together with students from the academy of music. The performance takes place at Teatre Principal de Palma.
  9. Broadcast premiere · Ylva Lund Bergner

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    Broadcast premiere · Ylva Lund Bergner

    7. April 2021

    Each morning this week, P2 premieres a new choir piece written by one of five Danish composers to a poem by Caspar Eric. The pieces are commissioned and performed by the Danish National Vocal Ensemble as a special initiative during the COVID-19 lockdown. In a press release from DR, the artistic director of the Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Michael Emery says:
  10. Closed for Easter

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    Closed for Easter

    25. March 2021

    The office and the webshop will be closed from Saturday 27 March to Monday 5 April - both days included.Please note, that since the purchase of PDF-files are also handled manually, orders of PDF-files will not be sent until Tuesday 6 April.
  11. Edition·S will publish works by Pernille Louise Sejlund

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    Edition·S will publish works by Pernille Louise Sejlund

    9. March 2021

    Widely recognised for her engaging and highly imaginative compositional voice, Pernille Louise Sejlund (b. 1979) continues to push musical boundaries while staying playful, open and versatile. 
  12. Female composers at Edition·S

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    Female composers at Edition·S

    8. March 2021

    Edition·S is proud to represent works by a number of great female composers spanning close to two centuries. Click the names below to find works published by each composer.
  13. Music Chat · Knudåge Riisager

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    Music Chat · Knudåge Riisager

    18. February 2021

    The pronunciation of the Danish name with the tricky letter å is no obstacle for David Hurwitz, Executive Editor of the American online music journal ClassicsToday. Quite the opposite.
  14. Composer-in-residence · Simon Steen-Andersen

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    Composer-in-residence · Simon Steen-Andersen

    3. February 2021

    Black Box Music (Photo Daniel Pufe)Finland's largest contemporary music festival, Musica nova, aims to present the very latest in music and contemporary classics.
  15. World premiere · Matias Vestergård Hansen

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    World premiere · Matias Vestergård Hansen

    2. February 2021

    ECLAT Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart takes place 3-7 February in a so-called hybrid version with live concerts available for online streaming.
  16. Digital Concert Series

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    Digital Concert Series

    1. February 2021

    #20 · Simon Steen-Andersen: TRIO
  17. Edition·S celebrates 150 years anniversary

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    Edition·S celebrates 150 years anniversary

    29. January 2021
  18. Album release · James Black

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    Album release · James Black

    22. January 2021

    ‘I do believe music can have positive effects on your life’, James Black told the Danish music journal Seismograf in 2018; ‘if nothing else, it will get you out of the house’.