10-year anniversary concerts in
Oslo & Aarhus
(click on artist names for bios)
Imagining the Future
October 28 7.00 PM
Sentralen oslo
What does the future of string music sound like? Imagining the Future brings together composers from both sides of the Atlantic, from a legend of the string quartet world to the newest generation of Norwegian composers. This concert features the Scandinavian premieres of Eugene Drucker's "Songs of the Earth" for mezzo-soprano and strings, by one of the longtime violinist of the Emerson String Quartet, and Mari Kimura's "Lambent Nishijin", in which motion sensors turn the string quartet's gestures into live electronics. The program also includes works for violin and piano by Danish composer Sophie Meyer and new works by young Norwegian composers from the NyMusikk Composers' Group.
Works by Eugene Drucker, Mari Kimura, Sophie Meyer, Maja Linderoth, Luis Fernando Amaya, Hermod Bentsen, and Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås.
Susannah Woodruff, mezzo soprano
Eugene Drucker and Anne Sophie Andersen, violins
Emanuel Vots, viola
Malthe Volfing-Højager, cello
Andrea Christie, piano
K4JA, string quartet
This concert is presented in collaboration with NyMusikk Composers’ group
Songs of the Earth
October 31 7.00 PM
Åbyhøj church aarhus
At the heart of this concert are the poems of Denise Levertov, inspired by nature, love and her faith in God. Eugene Drucker, a violinist in the Emerson String Quartet for nearly 50 years, has set her texts in "Songs of the Earth" for mezzo-soprano and strings, heard here in its Danish premiere with Drucker himself and mezzo-soprano Susannah Woodruff. The program also includes music by great 20th century Danish composers Vagn Holmboe and Knudåge Riisager and a new work by Danish rising star composer Sophie Meyer.
Works by Eugene Drucker, Sophie Meyer, Vagn Holmboe, and Knudåge Riisager.
Susannah Woodruff, mezzo soprano
Eugene Drucker, Mo Yi, and Anne Sophie Andersen, violins
Emanuel Vots, viola
Henrik Brendstrup and Malthe Volfing-Højager, celli
Andrea Christie, piano
This concert is presented in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus
Expanding Tradition
November 2 7.00 PM
Royal academy of music aarhus, Room 222
Expanding Tradition explores how the string tradition grows: live electronics that expand the vocabulary of string instruments, acoustic solo works that push their technical boundaries, and a new generation in the EOS Quartet, a newly formed string quartet of young musicians. Violinist and composer Mari Kimura, a pioneer of violin and interactive electronics, performs alongside Anne Sophie Andersen, Malthe Volfing-Højager and the EOS Quartet in music by Nordic and American composers, paired with tradition in the form of music by Danish composer Rued Langgaard.
Works by Rued Langgaard, Eivind Buene, Anne Sophie Andersen, Malthe Volfing-Højager, Páll Ragnar Pálsson, and Ileana Pérez Velázquez.
Mari Kimura, violin/electronics
Anne Sophie Andersen, violin
Malthe Volfing-Højager, cello
EOS Quartet (Royal Academy of Music Aarhus)
Free admission!
This concert is presented in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus