I am currently writing a non-fiction book with the working title “Forvandlet” (“Enchanted”). Now it’s time to test the material and the...

Watch the official music video for the Royal Danish Theatre’s show “Karantæne” here. Music and lyrics by Lasse D. Hansen Performed by...

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...

Three weeks ago, director Anna Schulin-Zeuthen sat in my kitchen skyping with another director, Eirik Sæter Stordahl. The idea arose for...

Another boyhood fantasy fulfilled. I’m pretty excited. I have composed seven remote dances from imagined islands for the Bang on a Can...

I do not usually evaluate the people I interview. But when people ask me which composers I find most interesting these years, I...

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...

I am regularly blessed with opportunities to visit composer colleagues to talk about our shared interests. The most recent visit to...

It was fantastic to experience “ELEGI” receive a very magical premiere on Wednesday with SVIN and Århus Sinfonietta on stage in Langenæs...

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...

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...

The Danish Composers’ Society has invited me to give a public talk at the University of Copenhagen, where I will explore Danish...

I had a lot of fun arranging the music for Aarhus Symphony Orchestra’s Musikkens Børn (Children of the Music). All children born in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

»... even though it is many years since he composed his first ensemble work, for marimba and two bagpipes, there are still things to...

As a composer, I am obsessed with routines, rhythms and workflows in creative processes. On the occasion of the NJORD Biennale starting...

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...