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Århus Sinfonietta

    ensemble
    1990
    Århus Sinfonietta © Kåre Viemose

    Århus Sinfonietta was formed in 1990 by a group of musicians from the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the Jutland Ensemble in collaboration with the composer Hans Abrahamsen. The regular core of the ensemble consists of seventeen professional musicians who together represent all the instruments of the symphony orchestra.

    The repertoire includes works for larger ensembles as well as chamber music and works for solo instruments. Contemporary Danish music is something close to the heart of the ensemble – Århus Sinfonietta has commissioned and premiered works by a number of prominent composers including Per Nørgård, Karl Aage Rasmussen and Bent Sørensen.

    Århus Sinfonietta gives concerts nationally and internationally, usually headed by the ensemble’s regular conductor Søren Kinch Hansen. From 2011 to 2014, Li-Ying Wu was composer-in-residence for the ensemble. Since 2020, Jakob Kullberg has been the artistic director of Århus Sinfonietta.

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    • SVIN

      ELEGI

      Presented in collaboration with the Århus Sinfonietta, SVIN's music features an adventurous acoustic and textural palette, encompassing a thoughtful and melancholic fervour.

    • Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen

      Ophelia Dances

      Smooth, exquisite tones with a completely modern expression. Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen's fine sound effects spread over three works.

    • Axel Borup-Jørgensen

      Carambolage

      Four chamber works from the 1960s and 1970s, where every single note is given minute attention

    • Anders Nordentoft

      Light Imprisoned

      A new, masterful cello concerto and other cello works by Anders Nordentoft, com¬posed especially for the virtuoso Henrik Brendstrup

    • Niels Rosing-Schow

      Granito y arco iris

      New works for chamber and symphony orchestra by the colour magician of Danish music

    • Hans-Henrik Nordstrøm

      Works for Sinfonietta

      New works inspired by both James Joyce and unpredictable nature

    • Bent Lorentzen

      Concertos

      Unconventional, playful music for among other instruments horn and shotgun!

    • Tage Nielsen

      Orchestral Works

      Sophisticated music 1967-2001 by a master with a small but exquisite output

    • Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen

      Tonkraftwerk

      Agerfeldt’s power plant makes weird, amusing and subtle music

    • Svend Nielsen

      Works for Sinfonietta

      Lyrical and lush orchestral sounds in the works of the Århus composer Svend Nielsen

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