Before you know it, an hour has passed in which Vestergård, Sandberg, and ÆTLA have slipped poetry, madrigals, and new vocal music down the throat of a young audience. It can actually be quite fun!
Vestergård, Sandberg og ÆTLA har sneget digte, madrigaler og ny vokalmusik ned i halsen på et ungt publikum. Det kan faktisk godt være sjovt!
The major Danish composer festivals are starting to resemble each other more and more, but Pulsar Festival stands apart. Here, there is still more string quartet than performance art, making Pulsar an important alternative platform for new music – if only the festival itself would fully realize it.
De største danske komponistfestivaler ligner hinanden mere og mere, men Pulsar Festival skiller sig ud. Her er der stadig mere strygekvartet end performance, og det gør Pulsar til en vigtig alternativ platform for ny musik. Det skal festivalen bare lige indse.
Marina Abramović lets herself be murdered, burned, and thrown to her death in »Seven Deaths« at the Cisterns – but the operatic canon voiced by Maria Callas tempers the radicality that has otherwise carried her art through an entire lifetime.
Marina Abramović lader sig myrde, brænde og styrte i »Seven Deaths« i Cisternerne – men operakanonens stemme fra Maria Callas dæmper den radikalitet, der ellers har båret hendes kunst gennem et helt liv.
Det vigtige projekt lykkedes med samskabelsen og samtalen, men måske ikke helt med sit kunstneriske udtryk
It seemed as if this important project succeeded with its co-creation and its conversations, but perhaps not entirely with its artistic expression
Considered as a documentary film, »Takkuuk« is fragmentary, chaotic and directionless, which is a shame, because the young musicians seem to have much more to offer
Som dokumentarfilm betragtet er »Takkuuk« fragmentarisk, kaotisk og retningsløs, og det er ærgerligt, for de unge musikere lader til at have mere at byde på
Katrine Philp’s documentary »A Classical Life« is therefore warmly recommended – not only to parents of musically inclined children, but to anyone interested in music
Katrine Philps dokumentarfilm »Et klassisk liv« er hermed anbefalet – ikke kun til forældre til musikinteresserede børn, men til alle, som interesserer sig for musik