Estonian Music Days revealed how a young, vocally attuned community of composers in the small country between Finland and Russia combines historical depth with freedom, resonance, and intimacy.

In the end, it sounds like a march that has forgotten who it was written for.

Bent Sørensen’s new operatic collaboration with Jon Fosse falls short of what it might have been.

At the Copenhagen Museum, the city’s forgotten soundscapes are brought to life – from street cries and gongs to nervous night sirens – in an exhibition that lets the echoes of the past resonate in present-day ears.

»A poetic and precise sonic laboratory, where music emerges in hesitation and grows like a living creature.«

In Reykjavík, snow falls sideways, and sorrowful reindeer sing. Dark Music Days unfolds the winter darkness in experimental tones where silence and noise meet – and even a harp made of yarn tells stories.