Birgitte Alsted
Encyclopedia
Birgitte Alsted is a Danish
violinist, teacher and composer, educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and in Warsaw
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She has done much within the electronic music and often uses creative expressions, which includes other forms. Thus, she has been a part in theater and performance / dance in Denmark. Her work list, besides the music theater includes works for soloists and chamber ensembles, often unconventional compositions and the use of acoustic instruments.
Birgitte Alsted also worked some with multimedia performances in which the use of electronic resources, poetry, dance and slides have been compounded in experimental fashion. Literature and poetry, both old and new have been an important source of inspiration for her.
Birgitte Alsted was a founder of the "Gruppen for alternativ Musik", which was important for her career as a composer. The group experimented with alternative forms and collective improvisation and performed the members' own compositions in unusual places, such as the Nørreport Station
and Copenhagen Zoo.
Alsted has worked as a teacher in Hørsholm
municipality in St. Annæ Gymnasium and in Copenhagen. In addition, she has been a violinist in Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Danish Radio Orchestra.
Denmark
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violinist, teacher and composer, educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and in Warsaw
Warsaw
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She has done much within the electronic music and often uses creative expressions, which includes other forms. Thus, she has been a part in theater and performance / dance in Denmark. Her work list, besides the music theater includes works for soloists and chamber ensembles, often unconventional compositions and the use of acoustic instruments.
Birgitte Alsted also worked some with multimedia performances in which the use of electronic resources, poetry, dance and slides have been compounded in experimental fashion. Literature and poetry, both old and new have been an important source of inspiration for her.
Birgitte Alsted was a founder of the "Gruppen for alternativ Musik", which was important for her career as a composer. The group experimented with alternative forms and collective improvisation and performed the members' own compositions in unusual places, such as the Nørreport Station
Nørreport station
Nørreport Station is a mainline railway, S-train and Copenhagen Metro station located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the busiest train station in the country, serving 300,000 people daily, including passengers not stepping off. There are 165.000 leaving or entering trains including the metro...
and Copenhagen Zoo.
Alsted has worked as a teacher in Hørsholm
Hørsholm
Hørsholm Kommune is a municipality in the Copenhagen Capital Region in the northern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 31 km², and has a total population of 24,197...
municipality in St. Annæ Gymnasium and in Copenhagen. In addition, she has been a violinist in Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra , is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The DNSO is the principal orchestra of DR...
Danish Radio Orchestra.
Works
- 1988: Vækst
- 1995: Sorgsang II
- 1996: Sorgsang V
- 2001: Zweigeigen
- 2002: Zu versuchen, die Fragen
- 2002: Odysseus on a Minicruise
- 2006: Dance with Bells
Recordings
- Nyvang and Alsted: Planetarium Music includes Sorgsang II (Lament II) (1995) by Alsted. Da Capo Marco Polo CD 8.224083 (1997)
- Zweigeigen (2001) with Duo GellandDuo GellandDuo Gelland is a Swedish-German violin duo on the international classical scene. It was founded in 1994.-Biography:Duo Gelland was founded in 1994...
. Nosag records CD 152 (2007)