Chamber Concert I:
Conversations with Bach

August 12, 2018  |  8pm

Vor Frue Kirke, Aarhus

We are excited to continue our "conversations" series featuring New Music for Strings faculty. The series, initiated in 2016, examines the influence of J.S Bach on composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. 

Works by J. S. Bach, Bela Bartók, Eivind Buene, Kaija Saariaho and Sofia Gubaidulina.

Mari Kimura, Anne Sophie Andersen and Patrick Yim, violins
Steven Dann and Alicia Valoti, violas
Henrik Brendstrup, cello

Tickets: DKK 100. DKK 50 for students, RAMA faculty, and members of Aarhus Musikforening.  Free for RAMA students.

Chamber Concert II,
Inspired by Folk Music:
Collaboration recital with Lydenskab,
Friction Quartet and The Parhelion Trio

August 14, 2018  |  8pm

Vor Frue Kirke, Aarhus

This concert by NMFS ensembles in residence and guest ensemble Lydenskab is dedicated to the theme of the 2018 festival: "Music inspired by Folk Music".

Featuring works by Max Stoffregen, Line Tjørnhøj, Derek Bermel and the premiere of a new work by Nikolaj Busk written for the three ensembles.

Tickets: DKK 100. DKK 50 for students, RAMA faculty, and members of Aarhus Musikforening. Free for RAMA students.  

Chamber Concert III:  
Eugene Drucker World Premiere + Quartets and Trio

August 19, 2018  |  4pm

Koncertkirken, copenhagen

This final exciting installment of chamber recitals presented by NMFS faculty and artists features a WORLD PREMIERE by Eugene Drucker (NMFS Faculty; violinist, Emerson String Quartet).  Sponsored by New Music USA and commissioned on behalf of NMFS 2018 Festival, Drucker's premiere is a full-length string quartet inspired by the theatrical/poetic narratives of Shakespeare and Levertov.

Also featuring works by Jennifer Higdon, Annika Socolofsky, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Eivind Buene, this concert is bursting with creative energy.

Anne Sophie Andersen og Gróa Valdimarsdóttir, violins
Alicia Valoti, viola
Henrik Brendstrup, cello
The Parhelion Trio
Friction Quartet

Tickets: DKK 100. DKK 50 for students and RAMA/RDAM faculty. Free for RAMA/RDAM students.

Opening Concert featuring Ensemble Edge

August 11, 2018  |  7:30pm

musikhuset Aarhus, lille sal

Works by NMFS Alumni, Alan Hankers premiere commissioned by Ensemble Edge.

Ensemble Edge
Mathias Skaarup Sørensen, conductor
Anne Sophie Andersen and Olga Rosca, violins
Roberto Mochetti, viola
Martha Marie Petri, cello

Free Admission

NMFS Participant Concert

August 12 &15, 2018  |  12pm

DJM Kammersalen

Experience performances and compositions by NMFS' summer institute participants from all over the world. Program to be announced.

Free admission

Collaboration Concert with Faculty and Participants

August 15, 2018  |  7:30pm

DJM Kammersalen

Summer institute participants perform alongside faculty in  works by Simon Steen-Andersen, Mats Edén, Mari Kimura, Florence B. Price, and Earl Brown. Also featured are premieres by resident composers David Cutright and Anne Sophie Andersen.

Mari Kimura, Anne Sophie Andersen, and Gróa Valdimarsdóttir, violins
Steven Dann, viola
Henrik Brendstrup, cello
Frederik Munk-Larsen, guitar
David Cutright, piano
Friction Quartet
Festival Participants

Free Admission

Aarhus Gala Concert with NMFS Chamber Orchestra

August 16, 2018  |  7:30pm

Musikhuset Aarhus, Symfonisk Sal

This year's gala concerts feature the NMFS chamber orchestra in Bela Bartók's Divertimento, alongside works by Vagn Holmboe and Bent Sørensen. The program also highlights works by NMFS faculty composers Mari Kimura, Eivind Buene, and Simon Steen-Andersen.

Judy Lochhead, M.C.
NMFS chamber orchestra, led by Eugene Drucker (Emerson String Quartet)|
Faculty, Artists- and Ensembles-in-Residence, and festival participants.

Free Admission

Copenhagen Gala Concert with NMFS Chamber Orchestra

August 17, 2018  |  7:30pm

The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Studiescenen (The Studio Hall)

The New Music Chamber Orchestra, faculty and artists-in-residence present a gala concert in Copenhagen.  Performing works by Bela Bartók, Mari Kimura, Simon Steen-Andersen, Vagn Holmboe and Bent Sørensen

Judy Lochhead, M.C.
NMFS chamber orchestra, led by Eugene Drucker (Emerson String Quartet)|
Faculty, Artists- and Ensembles-in-Residence, and festival participants.

Free Admission