• review08.04

  It Sounded Wild – But Did it Last?

  
  MaerzMusik in Berlin opened with 50 pianos – and bold experiments that didn't always land.

  By Mathias Monrad Møller & Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek
• review29.03

  CTM Festival in Berlin: Is the Electronic GPS Still On?

  
  For a long time, CTM has served as a beacon for contemporary electronic music. But in an increasingly fragmented scene, the question arises: does the festival still show the way?

  By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek
• review25.03

  The Comfort of Art

  
  At Borealis in Bergen, community is everywhere. But when everything is filtered through safety and intimacy, the music risks losing its necessity – and its bite.

  By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

• review15.03

  What Happens When the Mainstream Falls Short?

  
  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.

  By Henrik Marstal
• review10.03

  When the World Trembles, Kirkenes Listens

  
  At the Barents Spektakel art festival, war, borders and vibrations are transformed into sound, conversation and art at Europe’s northernmost edge.

  By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek
• review18.02

  A Country Built of Sound

  
  Dark Music Days in Reykjavík offered everything from Bára Gísladóttir’s orchestral darkness to noise, seaweed and quiet song in Harpa – in a music scene where community matters as much as the export adventure.

  By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

• review26.01

  Sacred, Profane, and Unsettlingly Alive

  
  Sacrum Profanum in Kraków offered intense sonic experiences and musical battles – but also performances where the idea outweighed the music.

  By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek
• review24.01

  Matias Vestergård revisited

  
  Revivals have moved onto the agenda among Danish composers, and this month two violent operas by Matias Vestergård benefited from the trend. What is it that makes him so good at writing precisely that kind of work?

  By Sune Anderberg
• review23.01

  Universal Music with Local Truths 

  
  Local traditions play a central role in the second-ever Faroese opera, in which Sunleif Rasmussen reclaims a local story made famous by Wagner.

  By Andrew Mellor