Niels Rønsholdt

With an insistence on aesthetic and technical precision, Rønsholdt has been whittling consistently and mercilessly for many years upon the genres of instrumental music, chamber opera and installation, often in co-operation with the media artist Signe Klejs. With works such as 'Triumph' (2007) and 'Honeymoon' (2009), Rønsholdt and Klejs have created new electronic music formats in which Rønsholdt's musical stringency has been maintained in a media platform that presents and develops the thematic work on all levels. Rønsholdt's music is characterised by an extreme tenderness that entices the listener to enter difficult universes, where the aesthetics and composition are so powerful that you can feel the door slam shut behind you. - Danish Arts Foundation's Committee for Classical Music

interview

Oil, Opera and the history that haunts us

© Tom Ingvardsen
23. august 2022 – Niels Rønsholdt's new work, »The Last Rites«, is a pessimistic satire on human nature. The opera takes place in Østerbro Ice Skating Rink, so the audience can feel the cold mechanics of desire and the growing chaos on our planet. Do we really need winter all year round?
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  • Macon Holt
interview

Olie, opera og historien, der hjemsøger os 

© Tom Ingvardsen
23. august 2022 – Niels Rønsholdts nye værk, »Den sidste olie«, er en pessimistisk satire over den menneskelige natur. Operaen foregår på Østerbro Skøjtebane, så publikum kan sanse begærets kolde mekanik og det voksende kaos på vores planet. Behøver vi virkelig vinter hele året rundt? 
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  • Macon Holt
kritik

Gå trygt ind i Spors kaos

James Blacks forestilling »Mushroom« under Spor Festival. © Gorm Branderup
21. Maj 2022 – Spor Festival i Aarhus viftede snobbede kunstrammer væk med krabbeperformance, sonisk syndflyd i en grotte og viste absurditeten i vores møder med andre mennesker – publikum stod ansigt til ansigt med et menneske, der har mistet og nu prøver at overleve. 
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  • Noa Grønhøj