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  1. PULSAR: Interview with three composition students

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    PULSAR: Interview with three composition students

    23. February 2018

    Finnur Karlsson
  2. SOUND X SOUND film available online

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    SOUND X SOUND film available online

    15. February 2018

    Photo: Mike HøjgaardNiels Lyhne Løkkegaard's project SOUND X SOUND consists of a series of compositions where one instrument is multiplied over and over again: Music for 9 pianos, 16 triangles, 18 clarinets and so on.
  3. James Black debut

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    James Black debut

    14. February 2018
  4. Lenio Liatsou premieres Winther Christensen pieces

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    Lenio Liatsou premieres Winther Christensen pieces

    13. February 2018

    Photo: Mette Kramer Kristensen
  5. Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen turns 60

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    Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen turns 60

    13. February 2018

    Read the interview in Danish here.Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen. Photo: Susanne Hvidtfelt Hansen
  6. American Record Guide praises Rovsing Olsen songs

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    American Record Guide praises Rovsing Olsen songs

    12. February 2018

    Design: Denise BurtThe critic apparently was not familiar with Rovsing Olsen's work before receiving the record for review, and begins with this statement:"What a pleasure it is to make his musical acquaintance!"
  7. Christensen and Steen-Andersen at Kontraklang

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    Christensen and Steen-Andersen at Kontraklang

    30. January 2018

    Black Box Music performed in Darmstadt. Photo: Daniel Pufe

  8. New opera by Eva Noer Kondrup

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    New opera by Eva Noer Kondrup

    29. January 2018

    Photo: Anne-Vibeke Leth'The Traveller' is an opera, which combines political statements and recent international events with the opera genre’s drama, while mirroring emotions of flight, war and hatred.
  9. Excerpt of Rohloff’s ’Lysistrate’ in concert featuring female voices

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    Excerpt of Rohloff’s ’Lysistrate’ in concert featuring female voices

    25. January 2018

    Tuva Semmingsen as Lysistrate. Photo: Skovdal & Skovdal for Den Fynske OperaThe history of music is – as much of our history in general – written by men. And previously performed only by men. None the less, the stories told are most often stories about women.
  10. World premiere of Simon Christensen’s solo piece

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    World premiere of Simon Christensen’s solo piece

    25. January 2018

    Simon Christensen. Photo: Jens SvankjærThe ongoing collaboration between Edition·S and Copenhagen Phil – 4’33 Phil – continues with the English horn solo piece ‘Fluctuate only’ written by Simon Christensen. The piece will be premiered January 25th and performed again on January 26th. 
  11. Ensemble Intercontemporain premieres Glerup concerto

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    Ensemble Intercontemporain premieres Glerup concerto

    23. January 2018

    Rune Glerup. Photo: Caroline Bittencourt‘Concerto for Piano and Small Orchestra’ is commissioned by Ensemble Intercontemporain. The French ensemble was founded by the legendary Pierre Boulez in 1976, and specialises in contemporary music.
  12. Songs by Poul Schierbeck published for the first time

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    Songs by Poul Schierbeck published for the first time

    23. January 2018

    Poul Schierbeck © Det Kgl. Biblioteks billedsamling
  13. Premiere of Morten Olsen's ‘Scream the Color Red’

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    Premiere of Morten Olsen's ‘Scream the Color Red’

    19. January 2018

    Morten Olsen. Photo: Morten RasmussenMorten Olsen is composer-in-residence at Athelas Sinfonietta from 2016 to 2018, and this collaboration has set the scene for the creation of ‘Scream the Color Red’.
  14. Steen-Andersen and Løffler at Ultraschall

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    Steen-Andersen and Løffler at Ultraschall

    16. January 2018

    Still from 'Piano Concerto', Photo: Simon Steen-AndersenThis year Ultraschall will take place for the 20th time, and the festival stays true to its mission of presenting significant developments in contemporary music. The two Edition·S-pieces that will be performed at the festival are great examples of the variety in the field.
  15. Premiere of Tjørnhøj's solo piece for bass trombone

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    Premiere of Tjørnhøj's solo piece for bass trombone

    10. January 2018

    A single bar from 'IR' The collaboration between Edition·S and Copenhagen Phil - the mini-concert format 4’33 -continues, and Line Tjørnhøj’s solo piece 'IR' will be the first piece premiered in 2018.'IR' is written for bass trombonist Martin Reinhardt, and the material of the instrument was the starting point of inspiration for Line Tjørnhøj.
  16. Invitation til musikskoleelever, 2018

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    Invitation til musikskoleelever, 2018

    2. January 2018

    Violin-, klaver-, guitar- og slagtøjselever på landets musikskoler inviteres hermed til at tage aktiv del i en dag fuld af ny musik.
  17. Spanish premiere of Black Box Music – with new box

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    Spanish premiere of Black Box Music – with new box

    30. November 2017

    Simon Steen-Andersen. © Christian Vium
  18. German premiere of Glerup’s new String Quartet No. 2

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    German premiere of Glerup’s new String Quartet No. 2

    29. November 2017

    Rune Glerup. Photo: Caroline BittencourtWDR 3, the German public-broadcaster, will live-transmit the German premiere of Rune Glerup’s String Quartet No. 2 this Thursday, 30 November, at 8 PM.