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New optimism in a universe of beautiful decay
Bent Sørensen’s music may be pointing in a new, less fatalistic direction, he tells Andrew Mellor a few weeks before receiving the 2018 Grawemeyer Award.
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Shouting, naked. James Black, the composer
His debut concert only a few weeks away – both a blessing and a ‘fucking nightmare’ – Copenhagen-based composer James Black talks to Andrew Mellor.
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Performer/Composer Panel
A panel discussion between Kristian Hverring, Louise Alenius and Simon Steen-Andersen. Moderated by Sanne Krogh Groth.
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2006-16: Is it time to downsize?
Line Tjørnhøj and Allan Gravgaard Madsen of the AUT board tell Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek about their views on the future of the association after a time of large-scale projects.
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“We can’t really afford to fuck this up”
Lasse D. Hansen interviews Peder Holm and himself ahead of the Young Nordic Music Festival in Aarhus.
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“It’s not worth the risk to just sit and wait”
Camille Roth interviews Konstmusiksystrar, a Swedish network for women and trans people, about the gender imbalance in contemporary music.
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»There’s a lot to see and hear!«
We've asked Peter Meanwell, artistic director of Borealis 2016, what to expect from the Norwegian festival for experimental music this time around.
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The Future of Festivals
An interview with writer and filmmaker Nathan Budzinski about his film 9 Futures: Sounds Fragmenting, which had its world premiere at the CPH:DOX festival last year
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The SPOR of the future lies 10 years back
Agnete Seerup has interviewed Anna Berit Asp Christensen and Anne Marqvardsen, artistic and festival directors at SPOR Festival.
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I will resist being labelled
Seismograf/DMT met Mark Grimshaw, Professor in Musicology at Aalborg University, for a talk about his new definition of sound, brain-computer interfaces to transfer auditory experience and imagination and future perspectives of sound art.
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On the balance between shattered mirrors and arch-formed sound mosaics
On the new album by Frisk Frugt, Den Europæiske Spejlbue, composer Anders Lauge Meldgaard's coloristic thoughts have returned home from under the African sky, and he has turned his nomad imagination toward a more European musical tradition. Bjarke Porsmose spoke to him on a day in October when the birds were still singing outside.
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I am a composer
A conversation with Simon Steen-Andersen about living in Berlin; the German cultural tradition; the music's potential and expansion; and about presence and precision.