My name is Nikolaus, I am a German musician and artist based in Copenhagen. On Wednesday 17th of April I am going to play my Debut concert finishing from soloist class at the Royal Danish Academy of music. It’s an outside the box program since it includes theatre, electronic music and film next to classical music traditions. I am excited to be performing with an excellent cast of people and would like to invite you to this special evening.
Live Klassisk asked me to put out some recommendations and here are this weeks concerts in Copenhagen I wouldn’t wanna miss:
On Friday, KLANG Festival 2024 will reveal its new program for this season in a concert with the Danish experimental violinist Sofie Thorsbro Dan. I am equally curious about her performance and the program release since Klang has now a new festival director.
On Saturday I would go to see the portrait concert of the American composer John Chowning, who himself will introduce the pieces in this concert. Chowning is regarded as one of the inventors of FM-synthesis. Actually, one of his patents was later bought by Yamaha and built into the famous DX7. Everyone who is interested in synthesized sounds might like this concert.
On Monday and Tuesday I would drop by DR Koncerthus and watch some of the rounds of the Nikolai Malko Competition for young upcoming conductors. Entrance is free and in the first round you can listen to classical symphonies by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven in different interpretations of the participants.
Wednesday: day of my Debut, I would show up at Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium in the afternoon and check out the Artist talk with the German instrumentalist Nils Frahm. It ends at kl. 17.30 so you can easily make it to the concert hall at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and even get food and drinks on the way.
Wednesday evening kl. 19.00 Doors will open at Konservatoriets Koncertsal. There is 1000 seats available but no reservations, so come in good time if you want a good view. The concert ends around kl. 21.30
Anyone who hasn’t gotten enough live music that day might wanna checkout the Dystopian Nights Vol. 21 at Mayhem. This is a series for NOISE music only, so be prepared. Doors open one hour before midnight.
Photo credits: Astrid Ackermann