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Worsaae at sea in new piece premiered this Sunday
17. March 2017
You might call it a church opera. On Sunday, March 19, the stunning setting of Our Savior’s Church sees the world premiere of A shipwreck, Nicolai Worsaae’s imaginative new piece for bass-baritone and organ.
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5-star review of Pulsar opening concert
16. March 2017
“A must for all adventurous listeners.” In a 5-star review of the opening concert at this year’s Pulsar Festival, Danish newspaper Berlingske recently praised the 9-day event for highlighting young talents of contemporary and new music.
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New Rønsholdt opera premiering in the dark
9. March 2017
Photo: Marc FluriIt’s a love story. But other than that, the resemblance to traditional opera is sparse in Gaze for Gaze (Blik for Blik), Niels Rønsholdt’s new performance opera premiering March 17 in Copenhagen.
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PULSAR: Interviews with three composition students
2. March 2017
How has it been working with the orchestral format?Bára Gísladóttir: Working with the orchestral format is both wonderful and challenging at the same time. The format is a universe on its own, carrying endless possibilities.
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Simon Steen-Andersen Receives Composers’ Prize
22. February 2017
Photo: Christian Vium
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American premiere of Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen piece
7. February 2017
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World premiere of new piece by Morten Olsen
3. February 2017
Tuesday, February 7th Morten Olsen's piece Frenzy for piano quintet and electric guitar will be world premiering at LiteraturHaus. The concert also marks his first piece as composer-in-residence at Athelas Sinfonietta.
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The world’s first opera app is launched
25. January 2017
Breathless Moment is an app based on the antique story about Iphis and Anaxarete as told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It challenges the 500-year-old classical form of opera both in terms of media, format, and scale – in which it differs strongly from a ‘regular’ opera.
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Premiere of Simon Steen-Andersen's TRIO extended and postponed
13. January 2017
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Simon Steen-Andersen receives top recognition in Classic Voice
10. January 2017
In the survey more than 130 European music experts, festival directors, musicologists, critics and others give their take on the great pieces composed in the new millenium.
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Educate·S - New Music for Music Schools
5. January 2017
The series consists of collections of pieces composed by 10 contemporary composers. In order to ensure that the pieces fit in with the intended user-group, the composers have been working in close dialogue with an editorial team. The first two volumes, one for piano and one for violin, was published early January 2016.
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Edition·S composers awarded by The Danish Arts Foundation
13. December 2016
BEINTA by Allan Gravgaard Madsen and Anna Katrin Øssursdóttir Egilstrøð
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Christmas at Edition·S
30. November 2016
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Edition·S composers nominated for ISCM World New Music Days
18. November 2016
SNYK represents the Danish section of ISCM and have chosen six works by Danish composers which will be passed on to the ISCM jury.
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New composer portraits
18. November 2016
In the portrait of Christian Winther Christensen you can hear him tell about his interest in the smallest details and the way the details end up becoming quite important for the work. He also describes his aim to create something that the audience hasn’t quite expected.
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World premiere of piece by Nordstrøm
15. November 2016
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Great Reviews of Rune Glerup’s Symphony
8. November 2016
The critic from Politiken reflected on the weight of tradition, when a young composer gives a new work the title “Symphony”:
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Great Review of Me Quitte
8. November 2016
The Danish newspaper Information brings a review of the CD release of Niels Rønsholdt's song cycle "Me Quitte" praising it for its uncompromising and beautiful representation of the dark sides of love.
