Josefine Opsahl (born 18 January 1992) is a Danish composer and cellist based in Copenhagen and Berlin.
Josefine Opsahl | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 18, 1992 |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Cellist |
| Instrument | Cello |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Labels | Dacapo Records, Neue Meister |
| Website | josefineopsahl |
She writes classical music as a composer and also performs as solo artist with cello and live electronics and live sound design.
Biography
editBorn in Denmark on 18 January 1992.[1] She studied both classical and contemporary music at the Royal Danish Conservatory and Northwestern University (IL, US) where she completed a Master's degree in cello and later she received a degree as a composer in Contemporary Creative Art at South Danish Conservatory.[2]
As a cellist and performer she has played and released classical music with the groups Kottos[3] and We Like We[4] and as a solo artist the album, Atrium,[5] in 2022.
As a composer she has written operas,[6][7] ballet music, [8] and numerous symphonic works,[9] among others a cello concerto[10] and symphonic works premiered at the Elbphilharmonie.[9]
Awards and nominations
editJosefine has received the 2022 Crown Prince Couple's Stardust Award[11] The 2021 Léonie Sonning Music Prize[12] and the Wilhelm Hansen Foundation's Prize of Honor 2020.[13] In 2024, her opera "Hjem" was nominated for "Opera of the year 2023" by the Reumert Award.[14]
Selected works
edit- A Mass of Stars Block the View[9] commissioned by Berlin Academy of American Music, world premiere in Elbphilharmonie, June 2024,
- Passengers of Passing Moments[8](Koreorama) ballet commissioned by The Royal Danish Ballet, The Royal Danish Theatre, March-April 2024,
- Hjem[6] (2023) opera commissioned by Copenhagen Opera Festival premiere a former prison, Vridsløselille Fængsel, August-September 2023,
- Hands[10] (2023) cello concerto large symphonic orchestra commissioned by Aarhus Sinfonietta for Spot Festival 2023
- DrømmeDøden[7](2021) opera commissioned by Nordic Opera premiered at The New Opera, Esbjerg Denmark, The Royal Danish Playhouse and Folkoperan in Stockholm (SE), May-June 2022,
- I Walk I Bleed[15] (2020-21) concert and performance for 10 celli commissioned by Click Festival 2020, re-premiere at Theater Black/White (Sort/Hvid),
Discography
edit- Atrium[5], (2022, Dacapo Records)
References
edit- ^ "Josefine Opsahl biography". Altinget. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Feature interview with Josefine at Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR". DR (in Danish). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Discography". www.kottos.dk. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Bio & Press · We like We". We like We. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Atrium". Dacapo Records (in Danish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ a b "HJEM". 3 May 2023.
- ^ a b "DrømmeDøden - Ny nordisk opera om Margrete den første". 10 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Koreorama | DET KGL. TEATER". Det KGL Teater.
- ^ a b c "Berlin Academy of American Music dir. Garrett Keast at Elbphilharmonie". www.elbphilharmonie.de (in German). 4 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b "HANDS - Aarhus Sinfon. feat. Josefine Opsahl". Århus Sinfonietta. 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Receiver of The Crown Price Couples Awards 2022". www.kongehuset.dk.
- ^ "Josefine Opsahl - Léonie Sonnings Musikpris". 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Hæderspriser".
- ^ Balle, Trine (1 May 2024). "Nominated for Reumert Prize 2024". Årets Reumert (in Danish). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "I WALK I BLEED | Sort/Hvid (en)". www.sort-hvid.dk. Retrieved 3 June 2024.