interview
A Musical Fresco
In »Innocence«, Kaija Saariaho’s music and the joint libretto by Sofi Oksanen and Aleksi Barrière come together in a multilingual drama about collective trauma and the struggle to move on.
review
Sound Is Something We Talk About
Language, monologues and dialogues shape the sound art exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde. Among the many verbal works, it is an insistent humming that strikes me straight in the heart.
kritik
Lyd er noget, vi snakker om
Sprog, mono- og dialoger præger Museet for Samtidskunsts lydkunstudstilling i Roskilde. Mellem de mange verbale værker er det en insisterende nynnen, der rammer mig lige i hjertet.
interview
En musikalsk freske
I »Innocence« mødes Kaija Saariahos musik og Sofi Oksanens og Aleksi Barrières fælles libretto i et flersproget drama om kollektive traumer og kampen for at komme videre.
review
Here, Music Is Allowed to Go Wrong
Festival of Endless Gratitude is less a parade of finished works than a living laboratory where musicians are given the freedom to experiment – and to fail.
kritik
Her må musikken gerne ramme ved siden af
Festival of Endless Gratitude er mindre en parade af færdige værker end et levende laboratorium, hvor musikere får lov til at eksperimentere – og fejle.
review
When Music Takes You Down the Rabbit Hole
Sonica Glasgow turned sound into massage, sweets into instruments and Serbian folk song into a psychedelic journey. The festival was most convincing when it dared to go all the way to the edge.
kritik
Når musikken tager dig ned i kaninhullet
Sonica Glasgow forvandlede lyd til massage, slik til instrumenter og serbisk folkesang til en psykedelisk rejse. Festivalen overbeviste mest, når den turde gå helt ud på kanten.
review
Everything Makes Noise. Then Comes Silence
The Oslo-based contemporary music festival Ultima taught me that in a world where everything makes noise, silence can be the most radical expression of all. Perhaps we should send Ed Sheeran to Norway for a study trip?
kritik
Alt larmer. Så kommer stilheden
Den Oslo-baserede samtidsmusikfestival Ultima lærte mig, at i en verden, hvor alting larmer, kan stilhed være det mest radikale udtryk. Måske skal vi sende Ed Sheeran på studietur til Norge?
review
Into the Unknown
In Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s first opera, the Arctic becomes a landscape for music that moves slowly but contains immense power.
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Ud i det ukendte
I Žibuoklė Martinaitytės første opera bliver Arktis et landskab for en musik, der bevæger sig langsomt, men rummer kolossal kraft.