in brief
From Pain to Paralysis: a Stabat Mater Without Wounds
»ELECTRIO aim to renew 'Stabat Mater' with guitar, electronics and baroque threads, but the result is too neat, too familiar, and far too painless.«
in brief
In the Ruins of Old Organs, Builder Finds His Own Sonic Universe
It’s a fascinating project, but what about the music? It’s a mixed experience.
in brief
70 Minutes Confined to a Creaking Construction Site
Although »From Grimsby to Milan« contains a wealth of fine detail, the journey – from Grimsby in Canada to Milan in Ohio – ultimately feels long and monotonous.
interview
See Venice and Throw Up
Marie Koldkjær Højlund uses art, disgust, and everyday ruptures as resistance to habits, crises, and our urge to understand everything.
interview
Se Venedig og kast op
Marie Koldkjær Højlund bruger kunst, væmmelse og hverdagsbrud som modstand mod vaner, kriser og vores trang til at forstå alting.
reportage
Tværs gennem Amerika – et voksent boybands jagt på en lyd
Fire skandinaviske musikere og en canadisk banjoamatør/karatelærer krydser Sydstaterne for at finde ud af, om de kan blive et band – et sted mellem Schubert, country og tvivl.
reportage
Across America – a Grown-up Boyband’s Search for a Sound
Four Scandinavian musicians and a Canadian banjo amateur/karate instructor cross the American South to find out whether they can become a band – somewhere between Schubert, country, and doubt.
interview
A Case for Simplicity
The Taiwanese-Danish percussionist Ying-Hsueh Chen explores the world’s smallest sounds – from red deer bones to roof tiles – in her pursuit of a music that is both ancient, courageous, and radically simple.
comment
Let’s Finally Drop the Rhetoric of »forgotten« Women Composers
Women opera composers of the past have returned for good. But how do we break the closed circuit of opera history?
essay
2025 – mellem strå og signal
En dialog om lytning, tab og resonans på tværs af Polen, Tyskland, Storbritannien og Danmark.
essay
2025 Between Straw and Signal
A dialogue on listening, loss and resonance across Poland, Germany, UK and Denmark.
reportage
Orglets anatomi
Det er blevet en god decembertradition, at Koncertkirken lægger hus til nysgerrige udforskninger af orglets natur, når Organ Sound Art Festival rykker ind. I år kunne festivalen holde 10 års-jubilæum, og fascinationen af orglets mange paradokser er intakt.