in brief
13.08.2022

Blændende Femme

Equinox Chamber Music Festival: »No Man's Land«
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Equinox Chamber Music Festival sætter i år fokus på glemte stemmer og tabte skatte. Helt oplagt var derfor torsdagens kammerkoncert No Man’s Land, fuldt dedikeret til kvindelige komponister, hvilket tiltrak et stort og ualmindeligt ungt og hipt publikum til Musikhusets støvede rammer. Ny musik af Jessie Montgomery og Caroline Shaw gav koncerten særlig relevans og nerve, hvor instrumenternes klange blev sat yderligere i bevægelse af dansere på scenen. Som historisk modspil stod den på ældre værker af de tidlige pionerer Louise Farrenc og Amy Beach.

Den energiske Strum af Jessie Montgomery fungerede perfekt som koncertåbner. Som et ustoppeligt kraftværk spurtede strygerne frem med livlige folkerytmer, dybe strøg og grov pizzicatostrumming, og danserne spejlede hinanden i en koreografi fuld af nydelse og frihed.

Farrencs brusende sekstet bød på intens farvespil og dynamisk variation, hvilket til dels skyldtes den usædvanlige besætning for klaver og fem blæserinstrumenter, hvor den franske klavervirtuos Yannick Rafalimanana var blændende på tangenterne. Hos Beach flød senromantisk nostalgi tykt og overmættet, så det til tider føltes klaustrofobisk, og det havde måske været oplagt at erstatte et af hendes værker med endnu en ny komponist.

Caroline Shaws Entr’acte blev koncertens absolutte højdepunkt. På fineste vis åndede en strygekvartet Shaws cirklende suk, intime pauser og kollapsende harmoniske strukturer. De to dansere forstærkede musikkens varme poesi i Matteo Di Loretos dirrende smukke koreografi, der var umulig at fjerne blikket fra. Jeg hungrede efter mere, og må jo blot vente til næste år.

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»To me, music is love. I love how music allows you to skip the small talk and connect directly with people’s innermost selves. It is an extraordinary and moving way to meet one another.«

Fenja wrote her first song at the age of twelve – about a polar bear dying due to climate change – and themes of existentialism, nature, and her own sensitive nature came to define the lyrics and sound she has since developed. She released her debut album, Flugtdyr, in 2021, and in February 2026, she released the album Menneskedyr.

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Danish composer Sofus Forsberg has died at the age of 56. With his distinctive blend of melodic sensibility, electronic processing and rhythmic precision, he created a musical world that moved effortlessly between IDM, pop and the avant-garde.

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»Music for me is my hobby, my job, my outlet, my mood, an endless source of discovering new music and new, old music, some of the best and can be some of the worst. And I love it!« 

Track72 aka Tue Track aka Anders Lundby Brixen. Producer, DJ, rapper and more. Known for his role in the trio Malk De Koijn, which since the mid-1990s has created a personal universe in Danish hip-hop. Has performed in Ponyblod, Xtra Naan, Track Abdullah Rock, Booty Cologne and others.

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On Wednesday, 5 August 2026, it happened again: a chord in John Cage’s Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) changed after two and a half years. Classic FM reports.

The work was written by the American avant-garde composer John Cage in the mid-1980s. The score consists of eight pages of music, and, as the title suggests, the instruction is to play it »as slow as possible.«

»What music is to me? Where have the great feelings gone?«.

Gellért Szabó is a composer, conductor and performer based in Leipzig, Germany. His work combines contemporary composition with influences from free improvisation, noise and the expressive richness of the late nineteenth century. He is the founder and artistic director of the 23-piece Ideal Orchestra, an ensemble dedicated to large-scale experimental music of sweeping emotional intensity. Alongside this work, Szabó performs internationally with his solo project Radical Radio Show, exploring symphonic textures and immersive sound worlds through a single electric guitar and live electronics. His music is driven by a search for intensity, vulnerability and uncompromising emotional expression.