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Josefine Opsahl
Born (1992-01-18) January 18, 1992 (age 32)
Occupation(s)Composer, Cellist
InstrumentCello
Years active2005-present
LabelsDacapo Records, Neue Meister
Websitejosefineopsahl.dk

Josefine Opsahl (born 18 January 1992) is a Danish composer and cellist based in Copenhagen and Berlin.

She writes classical music as a composer and also performs as solo artist with cello and live electronics and live sound design.

Biography

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Born 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

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Josefine 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

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  • 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

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  • Atrium[5], (2022, Dacapo Records)

References

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  1. ^ "Josefine Opsahl biography". Altinget. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Feature interview with Josefine at Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR". DR (in Danish). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Discography". www.kottos.dk. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Bio & Press · We like We". We like We. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Atrium". Dacapo Records (in Danish). 17 January 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b "HJEM". 3 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "DrømmeDøden - Ny nordisk opera om Margrete den første". 10 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Koreorama | DET KGL. TEATER". Det KGL Teater.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ a b "HANDS - Aarhus Sinfon. feat. Josefine Opsahl". Århus Sinfonietta. 6 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Receiver of The Crown Price Couples Awards 2022". www.kongehuset.dk.
  12. ^ "Josefine Opsahl - Léonie Sonnings Musikpris". 6 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Hæderspriser".
  14. ^ Balle, Trine (1 May 2024). "Nominated for Reumert Prize 2024". Årets Reumert (in Danish). Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  15. ^ "I WALK I BLEED | Sort/Hvid (en)". www.sort-hvid.dk. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
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