Concerts Aarhus

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World Premiere

August 16, 7.30 PM

RAMA Kammermusiksalen

New works for string instruments created collaboratively by musicians and composers in Scandinavia, North America, and the rest of the world. Violinist of the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet Eugene Drucker leads the premiere of his own work.

Eugene Drucker: Settings of texts by Denise Levertov and Lucy Miller-Murray.

Collaborative Composition Project:
Works by Anne Sophie Andersen/Eric Lemmon, Mari Kimura, and Sophia Sagaradze.

from ‘In Dialogue with Bach’:
Works by Elias Nurmi and Astrid Solberg performed by cello alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus.

Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano
Eugene Drucker and Anna Jalving, violins
Mari Kimura, violin and MUGIC sensor
Alicia Marie Valoti, viola
Roberta Cooper, Maria Isabel Edlund and Malthe Volfing-Højager, celli
Ensemble Decipher, laptops and electronics

Free admission!

To the End of Time

August 17, 7.30 PM

Vor Frue Kirke, Aarhus

Works by Olivier Messiaen, Anders Nordentoft, Mogens Christensen, Eivind Buene, and Alicia Marie Valoti.

Experience Messiaen’s classic “Quartet to the End of Time” featuring some of Denmark’s most prominent musicians, solo- and ensemble works by some of today’s leading Scandinavian composers, and a new virtuoso piece for viola!

Neus Signes Llinares, flute
Patricia Martín Gonzales and María Jiménez Pardo, clarinets
Richard Soldan, Aoi Tomioka and Tak Yin (Tom) Law, violins
Alicia Marie Valoti, viola
Henrik Brendstrup and Maria Isabel Edlund, celli
Frederik Sakham, double bass
Christina Bjørkøe and Liisa Veiderma, piano
Henrik Larsen, percussion

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

Concerts Copenhagen

To the End of Time

August 18, 7.30 PM

Koncertkirken

Works by Olivier Messiaen, Anders Nordentoft, Eivind Buene, and Eugene Drucker.

Experience Messiaen’s classic “Quartet to the End of Time” performed by some of Denmark’s most prominent musicians. Violinist of the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet Eugene Drucker leads the premiere of his own settings of texts by Denise Levertov and Lucy Miller-Murray. Solo- and ensemble works by two of today’s leading Scandinavian composers.

Blythe Gaissert, mezzo-soprano
Neus Signes Llinares, flute
Patricia Martín Gonzales and María Jiménez Pardo, clarinets
Eugene Drucker, Richard Soldan and Anna Jalving, violins
Henrik Brendstrup, Roberta Cooper and Maria Edlund, celli
Frederik Sakham, double bass
Christina Bjørkøe and Liisa Veiderma, piano
Alessandro Di Giulio, percussion

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

Remote Connections

August 19, 4 PM

Koncertkirken

New works for string instruments created collaboratively by musicians and composers in Scandinavia, North America, and the rest of the world. Dai Fujikura’s work for Zoom Ensemble streamed from multiple locations.

Collaborative Composition Project:
Works by Anne Sophie Andersen/Eric Lemmon, Mari Kimura, and Sophia Sagaradze.

from ‘In Dialogue with Bach’:
Works by Elias Nurmi and Astrid Solberg performed by cello alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus.

Dai Fujikura: Longing from Afar
Work for Zoom ensemble performed by festival artists.

Anna Jalving, violin
Mari Kimura, violin and MUGIC sensor
Alicia Marie Valoti, viola
Maria Isabel Edlund and Malthe Volfing-Højager, celli
Ensemble Decipher, laptops and electronics
Festival artists

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

events will be streamed online via Nownet arts

In connection with ticket purchase, please be advised that restrictions on physical attendance may apply due to Covid-19. Some works will be pre-recorded specifically for NMfS, and changes in programming may occur.

Times listed are local Denmark times (CEST/UTC+2).