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Lasse D. Hansen
Oct 3, 20201 min read
Public talks: “Forvandlet”
I am currently writing a non-fiction book with the working title “Forvandlet” (“Enchanted”). Now it’s time to test the material and the...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Apr 26, 20201 min read
“Den samme luft” music video by the Royal Danish Orchestra now online
Watch the official music video for the Royal Danish Theatre’s show “Karantæne” here. Music and lyrics by Lasse D. Hansen Performed by...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Bang on a Can cellist Arlen Hlusko plays my Sønderhoning paraphrase
Tonight at 22 Danish time, Bang on a Can All-Stars’ terrific cellist Arlen Hlusko plays the second of a series of livestream concerts on...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Apr 7, 20201 min read
Lasse D. Hansen composes score for the Royal Danish Theater’s “Karantæne”
Three weeks ago, director Anna Schulin-Zeuthen sat in my kitchen skyping with another director, Eirik Sæter Stordahl. The idea arose for...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Feb 17, 20201 min read
New piece for Bang on a Can All-Stars
Another boyhood fantasy fulfilled. I’m pretty excited. I have composed seven remote dances from imagined islands for the Bang on a Can...
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lassedanhansen
Feb 5, 20201 min read
Interview with Louise Alenius
I do not usually evaluate the people I interview. But when people ask me which composers I find most interesting these years, I...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Oct 20, 20191 min read
New musical premieres tonight
Last night, Sune Svanekier and I wrote a musical about something I never thought I would dare write about: a wedding that may or may not...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Sep 29, 20191 min read
Interview with Fuzzy
I am regularly blessed with opportunities to visit composer colleagues to talk about our shared interests. The most recent visit to...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Sep 5, 20191 min read
Great review of “ELEGI”
It was fantastic to experience “ELEGI” receive a very magical premiere on Wednesday with SVIN and Århus Sinfonietta on stage in Langenæs...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Aug 12, 20191 min read
New work for SVIN and Århus Sinfonietta
Many of my earliest works were the result of many hours of jamming in the band room 10-15 years ago. In the past months, I have been back...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Aug 11, 20191 min read
Interview with Poul Ruders
When I called composer Poul Ruders in early May, he was sitting at a McDonald’s in Boston and was in the middle of breakfast. A few weeks...
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lassedanhansen
Oct 29, 20181 min read
“Danish Contemporary Classical Music according to Lasse D. Hansen” at the University of Copenhagen
The Danish Composers’ Society has invited me to give a public talk at the University of Copenhagen, where I will explore Danish...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Sep 5, 20181 min read
Symphonic recordings and concerts
I had a lot of fun arranging the music for Aarhus Symphony Orchestra’s Musikkens Børn (Children of the Music). All children born in...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Aug 21, 20181 min read
Interview with Gordon, Lang and Wolfe, Bang on a Can founders
It is not every day you get to interview one of your heroes. Earlier this month, I got to interview three: Michael Gordon, David Lang and...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Jun 25, 20181 min read
At Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA
2018 is getting wilder and wilder. In a month, I’m at Bang on a Can’s iconic summer festival at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts. I have been...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Apr 27, 20181 min read
“Face the Music” review by I Care if You Listen (.com)
I Care if You Listen (.com) reviews my musical theatre piece “Face the Music” at this year‘s MATA Festival in New York City as »One of...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Mar 9, 20181 min read
“Face the Music” to premiere in New York City
A couple of years ago I wrote a musical theatre show. It was my playwright and directorial debut, and now it has been named one of 24 new...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Mar 7, 20181 min read
Portrait in Ugeavisen Esbjerg
»... even though it is many years since he composed his first ensemble work, for marimba and two bagpipes, there are still things to...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Jan 25, 20181 min read
New interview with Anna Thorvaldsdottir
As a composer, I am obsessed with routines, rhythms and workflows in creative processes. On the occasion of the NJORD Biennale starting...
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Lasse D. Hansen
Dec 18, 20171 min read
Premiere of new musical in just eight hours from now
The 24 Hours Musicals is running at the 16th hour, and there are still tickets at: http://billetten.dk/event/67851 Now the composer is...
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