Bent Sørensen
About Bent Sørensen
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comment12.09
Irony Is Not Dead. It Has Just Got Feelings
For a long time I scoffed at metamodernism. Now it has made the last 30 years of composition music hang together. But it is misleading when music scholars call metamodernism a school. -
in brief04.02
Poetic Nocturnal Rummaging
Bent Sørensen’s »12 Nocturnes« unfold the night’s intimate piano poetry, while the piano concerto breaks the spell. -
in brief29.09
Songs That Would Rather Be Lieder
Imagine if the texts had been carried by actual verses, hooks, and choruses – elements that might have turned them into true earworms. -
review26.05.2025
An Operatic Vision Lost in Translation
Bent Sørensen’s new operatic collaboration with Jon Fosse falls short of what it might have been. -
reportage15.11.2024
»For Many Years I Have Thought About What the Nordics Really Are«
Was it just for fun that the world's oldest festival for Nordic contemporary music traveled to Scotland? No, it was an educational journey.
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reportage15.11.2024
»For many years I have thought about what the Nordics really are«
Was it just for fun that the world's oldest festival for Nordic contemporary music traveled to Scotland? No, it was an educational journey.