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Mette Nielsen: Rules for Playing, World Premiere

11. April 2024

On Wednesday 17 April, Århus Sinfonietta will premiere Mette Nielsen's new work, Rules for Playing.

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OPEN CALL: Genstart

20. March 2024

Med projektet Genstart kan musikere, ensembler og komponister nu ansøge om midler til at udvikle nye koncertformater med fokus på genopførelse af allerede eksisterende værker.

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Edition·S closed for Easter

16. March 2024

The Edition·S office and webshop will be closed for Easter 23 March - 1 April.

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Simon Steen-Andersen nominated for Carl Prisen 2024

14. March 2024

We are proud to share the news that Simon Steen-Andersen is nominated with his opera Don Giovanni’s Inferno in the category Classical Composer of the Year – Large Ensemble.

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Several performances of Else Marie Pade's choral work

6. March 2024

Else Marie Pade's 'Völo-spa hoc est' is performed several times in Denmark and Germany in March.

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Else Marie Pade: Immortella world premiere

5. March 2024

Else Marie Pade's 'Immortella' composed for 7 percussionists in 1970 is premiered in Copenhagen on 10 March.

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KUNSTPAUSER

28. February 2024

Edition·S and Dacapo Records launch the event series KUNSTPAUSER, conversations about contemporary art music and its roots in literature, philosophy and existential questions.

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SPOT FLUX: New orchestral music at SPOT 2024

9. February 2024

SPOT Festival and Danish Composers' Society join forces and will launch the new concept SPOT FLUX - a platform for contemporary orchestral music - at this year's SPOT Festival.

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Kanding World Premiere at Giacometti exhibition

8. February 2024

Ejnar Kanding's 'Fragile Fortitude' is premiered at the art event SMK Fridays on 9 February celebrating the opening of the major exhibition: 'Alberto Giacometti – What Meets the Eye'

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Winter holiday coming up

8. February 2024

The Edition·S office and shop will be closed 12-18 February

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Mads Emil Dreyer album release and concert

26. January 2024

Mads Emil Dreyer's debut album 'Disappearer' is released on 2 February and celebrated with a release concert on 6 February in Copenhagen.

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World premiere of Simon Steen-Andersen's 'no Concerto'

25. January 2024

In a distant future with no awareness of music and concerts as we know it, archaeologists have excavated a tape machine and a number of tape rolls, one of them with a live recording of Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto.

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Steingrímur Rohloff at Kaustinen Chamber Music Week

19. January 2024

Three chamber music works by Rohloff will be performed at the Chamber Music Week in Kaustinen, Finland 25-26 January.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

20. December 2023

Edition·S wishes you all a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Before we truly close down 2023 we want to take a moment to dwell on the musical year and look back at some of the past year's premieres, prizes and publications.

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World premiere of Bára Gísladóttir's NĀT

7. December 2023

The Danish National Vocal Ensemble will premiere Bára Gísladóttir's 'NĀT' at the choir's traditional Christmas concert on 14 December.

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World premieres by Mads Emil Dreyer and Jexper Holmen

4. December 2023

On Sunday 10 December, Ensemble K!ART begins a new Christmas tradition with the concert K!ART TIL JUL (Ready for Christmas). The concert features works by Mads Emil Dreyer, Jexper Holmen, Alexandra Hallén and Lasse Schwanenflügel Piasecki.

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Gísladóttir World Premiere at HCMF// 2023

16. November 2023

The World Premiere of a new, extensive work from Bára Gísladóttir is presented by Riot Ensemble at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival on 26 November.

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James Black: Nya Låtar World Premiere

14. November 2023

MINU festival presents a new piece by James Black, 'Nya Låtar', performed by NJYD . The piece is described as equal parts office comedy, new music, horror B-movie, performance art, and cabaret.