Revivals have moved onto the agenda among Danish composers, and this month two violent operas by Matias Vestergård benefited from the trend. What is it that makes him so good at writing precisely that kind of work?

At the Musica festival in Strasbourg, everything from children’s concerts to organ storms and performative string quartets turned into a playful exploration of sound, body, and community.

Essay by Tim Rutherford-Johnson on the musical responses to an incomprehensible historical event.

Ved Musikhusets spinkle vandsøjle med den elektrisk-røde top, tjekkede enkelte deres billetter: torsdag den 17. januar - Formand Mao. Det var nemlig ham, som var hovedpersonen i aftenens værk af Simon Steen-Andersen: Ouvertures for kinesisk strengeinstrument, sampler og orkester. Det viste sig at blive en begivenhed i det store formats tegn. Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek rapporterer fra Aarhus.