News

	Towards a new project Having concluded the first RE:NEW MUSIC project the 12 partners are now preparing a new international music project expected to start in 2012.
	The events More than 135 concert performances have taken place as a result of the RE:NEW MUSIC repertoire exchange. In preparing the performances a number of seminars, workshops, open rehearsals, masterclasses and composer’s visits were carried out. You can find an overview as well as a detailed description if every single event here
	Close collaborations Composers have been working with new ensembles in different countries, ensembles have worked closely with composers establishing new relations and integrating new pieces in their programmes. In the last weekend of October 2010 it was the Belgian ensemble Musiques Nouvelles working with the music of Danish Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen and UK Tansy Davies.
	RE:NEW Music - 70 new music works by 56 composers performed 135 times The final phase of the RE:NEW Music project has been energetic, and the project period ended in the highest possible gear. No less than SEVEN performances took place in the weekend October 22nd - 24th, and thus formally ended the RE:NEW Music project phase 1 monday November 1st
	RE:NEW strongly represented at ARTMUSFAIR RE:NEW MUSIC does not have its own festival – at least not yet. But the Artmusfair in Warszawa in September 2010 is almost a mini festival for the project. Being an annual event hosted by European Composer’s Forum, Artmusfair features trade stands, discussions, meetings, exhibitions, and of course – concerts! And no less than eight RE:NEW pieces will be performed as the two polish ensembles of the network replays all the works they have performed through the project. The works are featured over two concerts which will both be introduced by the project manager of RE:NEW MUSIC, Thomas Demidoff. Read more about Artmusfair at http://www.artmusfair.eu/2010
	RE:NEW Music in the Nordic countries The Nordic countries has the honour of opening the late summer of RE:NEW, as both The Uusinta Chamber Ensemble, The Cikada Ensemble and Oslo Sinfonietta are doing RE:NEW projects in August.
	Music Prize to Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen The Nordic Council Music Prize 2010 goes to the Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen, for "Opus 42". The Adjudication Committee states: “Opus 42” is unique. It represents a renewal not just of Nordic vocal music, but of score-based vocal music in general. This strikingly beautiful piece reveals the common denominators in ancient and ultra-modern sounds, drawing our attention to the similarities between Scandinavian folk traditions and the music we might find in, say, the Middle East or India.
	13 works competing for this years Nordic Music prize 13 works are nominated in this year's prestigious, major Nordic music prize for works by living composers. The theme for the Nordic Council's Music Prize 2010 is "A contemporary work in which all involved play their own part".
	Kaija Saariaho awarded Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2011 The Léonie Sonning Music Prize of DKK 600,000 is awarded to the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. During the last quarter of a century, her works have confirmed time and again that she is one of the most outstanding composers of our time. A rare contemporary composer whose music is performed by, for example, the New York Philharmonic, at the Salzburg festival and by the world's greatest soloists.
	Record label creates quality download store for Danish composition music For the past seven weeks Danish composition music has been on sale as downloads at www.dacapo-records.dk - Denmark´s national record label spezializing in Danish classical music. Various digital formats are available for download both MP3 format, 16-bit files that have the same sound quality as a CD, and even in some cases 24-bit files that can provide a sound quality far above the standard of an ordinary CD. This is a great step forward for the circulation of new music across borders.