Three albums with music for string quartet – and the likes – by Jürg Frey, Simon Christensen, and Anders Lauge Meldgaard each approach musical simplicity in their own way. But they aim for entirely different things with it.

On half of the tracks Hammerstrøm demonstrates that he is capable of creating truly beautiful music.

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

At Warsaw Autumn, they are not only focused on sounds. The Polish festival aims to influence reality with new names and ideas.

The audiovisual festival Sonica shakes up the senses with sick robots, bagpipes and electronica for the future. 

If Malkovich suddenly announced that he now wanted to sing opera, we would also buy a ticket. But how would this story of misogyny sound with the baroque music of 2024?