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

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Farvel til naturen som beskytter

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26. Marts 2020 – Naturen ser ud til at have vendt sig imod os, og det afspejler sig i den nordiske samtidsmusik i form af klingende forfald, apokalypse og trods.
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  • Andrew Mellor
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Provokerende bøn

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23. september 2019 – Niels Rønsholdts oratorium »Book of Prayers« er umiddelbart problematisk. Men kun indtil provokationen åbenbarer sig som autoritetskritik.
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  • Jeppe Rönnow
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Stolthed, fordom og atonal plingplongmusik

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23. Juni 2019 – Årets udgaver af festivalerne Spor og Klang blev ledsaget af en debat, der ikke forstummer, selvom regeringen skifter farve. Lad den for guds skyld udspille sig på et oplyst grundlag.
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  • Sune Anderberg
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Rejse mod Jordens indre

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15. Maj 2018 – Det er lige nu, det hele sker hos de unge komponister. Alt er til forhandling, undtagen det store skælv.
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  • Sune Anderberg