Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival 2008

The second edition of Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival will be held in Copenhagen October 12 - November 9, 2008.

The programme includes important european groups and musicians such as Marco Horvat & Ensemble Faenza (fr), Micrologus (it), Christopher Stembridge (uk), Mara Galassi (it), Janice Santos (de), and Freiburger Renaissance Ensemble Passo e Mezzo (de) - as well as leading groups and musicians from Denmark and Sweden: Ars Nova Copenhagen (dk), Musica Ficta (dk), Laude Novella (se) , Anders Danman (se), Fredrik Bock (se) and Lars Colding Wolf - among others.

There will also be held masterclasses with Marco Horvat & Deda Cristina Colonna, Micrologus and Christopher Stembridge, an international conference on Early Opera in collaboration with Nordic Network for Early Opera, a screening of the movie version of The Full Monteverdi with I Fagiolini at The Danish Film Institute/Cinemateket and a lot more....

Festival website: www.festival.renaissancemusik.dk. 

Festival blog here.

Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival 2006

Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival 2006 - the first international renaissance music festival in Copenhagen - took place between October 22 - November 26 2006 as part of the Danish national Renaissance year.

During five weeks 18 different ensembles and soloists gave 17 concerts in all, including 164 individual musicians from 13 different countries.

Concerts were given by I Fagiolini (uk), Tetraktys (it), Tallis Scholars (uk), Maria Cristina Kiehr (ar), Ketil Haugsand (no), Janice Santos & Michael Spengler (de), Jauna Muzika (lt), Laude Novella (se), Ars Nova Copenhagen (dk), Musica Ficta (dk), Desperando Spero (dk), I Petrarchisti (dk), Allan Rasmussen (dk), Baroque Fever (dk), Capella Hafniensis (dk), Kantus København (dk) a.o.

Five masterclasses - with Jill Feldman, Kees Boeke, Ketil Haugsand, Michael Spengler and Robert Hollingworth - were given in collaboration with The Royal Danish Music Conservatory. The masterclasses were attended by 46 participants from 7 different countries.

Overgaden Sound Art Festival 2004

International sound art festival held at Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art in Copenhagen, August 5 - September 3 2004.

Co-curators: Mark Booth (us), Brandon LaBelle (us), Claire Savoie (ca), John Hopkins (us), Mindaugas Gapsevicius (lt), Tanja Schlander (dk), Michael Mørkholt (dk), Jacob Nielsen (dk), Mikko Jensen (dk) and Lars Hansen (dk).

Live performances by Anne Laplantine, Sun OK Papi, Goodiepal, Teppop, Steve Bradley, Jacob Kirkegaard, Jodi Rose, Leif Elggren, Tetsuo Furudate, Brandon LaBelle, Schmacke, Wäldchengarten, Runar Magnusson, Tanja Schlander, Minimal Turntablists, Jakob Draminsky Højmark, Alexei Shulgin, Dave Phillips, Jason Forrest, Single Unit, John Hopkins, Jab Mica Och El, Enrico Glerean, Twins, Sven Lütgen, Søren helvildt, Soviet Subliminal Sedution, Danny Kreutzfeldt and a lot more...

In addition to the performances there was a sound archive with 70 hrs of audio and video material by over 110 artists from all over the world. Interactive multimedia works, cover art, posters and books were also to be found in the festival installation space which was open to the public six days a week.

Festival poster by Michael Mørkholt. 

Official website here.