WORKS

UNTER DEN LIDERN By Niels Rønsholdt
off-stage violin, viola, cello & bass
with audio playbacks, lights & video (2007)
commissioned by Akademie der Künste to Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
duration: ca 13'

THE MERMAN By Niels Rønsholdt
large ensemble (0121 1000 pc pn 4220)
with live electronics, audio & video playbacks (2008)
commissioned by Transit Festival (B) to Champ d'Action
duration: ca 20'

DIE WANDERINBy Niels Rønsholdt
violin, piano, percussion, audio playback & optional video (2007)
commissioned by Ensemble Intégrales & Sound Around Biennale
duration: ca 10'

ROOM OF RELATION
interactive installation (2007)
audio, video, animatronics and objects
in collaboration with Signe Klejs

HAMMERFALL By Niels Rønsholdt
piano, saxophone & percussion
w. optional lighting (2006)
commissioned by Edition Wilhelm Hansen & Trio Zoom
duration: ca 8'30

WIR IV By Niels Rønsholdt
percussion & audio playback (2006)
duration: ca 6’

WE ALL GET HURT BY LOVE
interactive installation (2006)
audio, video and objects
in collaboration with Signe Klejs

WIR II By Niels Rønsholdt
cello & live controlled audio playback (2006)
commissioned by Karin Dalsgaard
duration: ca 8'

TRIUMPH By Niels Rønsholdt
micro opera (2006)
for female voice, clairnet, double bass, percussion & electronics

in collaboration with Signe Klejs
duration: ca 30'
commissioned by Figura

Excerpt (Scene I):

LUST, MELANCHOLY By Niels Rønsholdt
melodrama (2005)
voice & flute, cello, percussion
duration: ca 16'
commissioned by Ning Ensemble, Oslo

WIR I By Niels Rønsholdt
guitar & audio playback (2005)
commissioned by Fredrik Munk Larsen
duration: ca 7'

INSIDE YOUR MOUTH, SUCKING THE SUN
chamber opera in five scenes (2002-04) By Niels Rønsholdt
soprano, bass-barytone, clarinets, trombone and electronics
commissioned by AUT and mooseMATRIX
co-creator and set design: Signe Klejs
duration: ca 60'

Exceerpt (from Scene 1):

DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL By Niels Rønsholdt
alto saxophone, percussion & audio playback (2002)
commissioned by Duo Kapow
duration: ca 6'30

REACH OUT AND TOUCH ME By Niels Rønsholdt
mezzo soprano and cello or
soprano, viola da gamba, recorder and violin (2001)
commissioned by AUT

COMING UP

CALENDAR

HONEYMOON By Niels Rønsholdt
Interactive opera installation

two versions (male and female) for solo audience (2009)
3D stereo video, 4-channel audio and windmachines

in collaboration with Signe Klejs
commissioned by The Danish National Opera and CAVI
duration: ca 9'

GLOOMY ROOM By Niels Rønsholdt
Performance

percussionist, live video and audio playback (2009)

commissioned by Mathias Reumert
duration: ca 8’

AL-AQSA [The Furthest]By Niels Rønsholdt

miniature for wind quartet (2008)
commissioned by The Jutland Ensemble
duration: ca 6'

ARCHEOPTERYX X By Niels Rønsholdt
Performance-opera

for 2 performers and ensemble (ob, cl, bn, hrn, sampler kbrd, vl, vla, vc)

with audio playback (2010)
In collaboration with Lisbeth Sonne and Kasper Daugaard.
duration: ca 60’
Excerpt (‘The Headless Man’):

BREATHLESS MOMENT
Interactive opera application for iPhone/iPad

In collaboration with Signe Klejs

2012-13

Excerpt (‘Intermezzo No. 2’):

LOVERACER
concert-performance for ensemble, video, electronics

In collaboration with Signe Klejs
Commissioned by Athelas Sinfonietta

FP: 2012

Room of Relation installation view

Room of Relation installation view

  1. NOV 21st 11
    FISH & FOWL Live

  2. performance by

  3. Niels Rønsholdt & Juliana Hodkinson
    Images by Anka Bardeleben
    SCENATET

  4. Hudersfield Festival (UK) 22:00

    OCT 27th 11
    I AM X

  5. dance performance

  6. Collaborative work with a. o.
    Roland Gebhardt, Rebecca Bannor-Addae, Ljuba Castot and Helle Lyshøj
    3LD Art & Technology Center, NYC 20:00
    every day until Nov. 11th

    JUN 2nd 11
    RACER
    (From LoveRacer)
    Concert performance
    in collaboration with Signe Klejs

    strings, audio playbacks, video & objects
    First performance

    UNTER DEN LIDERN
    off-stage strings, audio playbacks,
    lights & video
    First danish performance

  7. ARCHEOPTERYX DANCES

  8. (From Archeopteryx X)
    String trio

    Athelas Sinonietta
    Athelas New Music Festival
    Teater Republique, Cph 19:00

    JUN 2nd 11
    INSIDE YOUR MOUTH,
    SUCKING THE SUN
    DJ-/VJ-set
    with Signe Klejs
    Athelas New Music Festival
    Teater Republique, Cph 19:00

    MAY 5th 11
    FISH & FOWL

  9. CD RELEASE EVENT

  10. performance by

  11. Niels Rønsholdt & Juliana Hodkinson
    Images by Anka Bardeleben

  12. SPOR Festival, Aarhus 22:00

    JAN 28th 11
    FISH & FOWL

  13. CD RELEASE EVENT

  14. performance by

  15. Niels Rønsholdt & Juliana Hodkinson
    Images by Anka Bardeleben

  16. Sophiensaele, Berlin Mitte 23:00

    SEP 3rd 10
    GLOOMY ROOM

  17. percussion and audio playback

  18. Mathias Reumert
    Susaa Festival 16:00

  19. JUN 5th 09
    HONEYMOON
    opera installation

  20. In collaboration with Signe Klejs

  21. Athelas New Music Festival

  22. Teater Republique 19:30

  23. until 12/6

  24. • MAY 7th 10

  25. Radio transmission:
    DIE WANDERIN
    violin, piano & percussion
    with audio and video playback

  26. Ensemble Offspring

  27. including intermission interview

  28. ABC Australia 22:30

  29. • MAY 4th 10
    DIE WANDERIN
    violin, piano & percussion
    with audio and video playback

  30. Ensemble Offspring

  31. ISCM World Music Days

  32. Eugene Goosens Hall

  33. ABC Center, Sydney 17:00

  34. APR 7th 10
    ARCHEOPTERYX X

  35. performance-opera
    Two performers, 9 musicians, audio and electronics

  36. In collaboration with:

  37. Lisbeth Sonne & Kasper Daugaard

  38. The Jutland Ensemble
    Archauz, Aarhus 20:00
    Until 10/4

  39. MAR 12th 10
    ARCHEOPTERYX X

  40. performance-opera
    Two performers, 9 musicians, audio and electronics

  41. In collaboration with:

  42. Lisbeth Sonne & Kasper Daugaard

  43. first performance

  44. The Jutland Ensemble
    Dansescenen, Copenhagen 20:00
    Until 20/3

  45. • JAN 22nd 10
    LUST, MELANCHOLY
    speaker, flute, cello & percussion
    Ensemble Reflexion K
    Sct. Nikolai Kirche, Eckernförde 20:00

  46. • JAN 8th 2010
    DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
    saxophone, percussion & audio playback
    Mathew Gold
    I/0 Festival
    Williams College of Music, MA 20:00

  47. • NOV 20th 09
    DIE WANDERIN
    violin, piano & percussion
    with audio and video playback

  48. &

  49. HAMMERFALL
    saxophone, piano, percussion

  50. &

  51. GLOOMY ROOM

  52. Performance for percussionist solo with audio playback

  53. first performance

  54. Scandinavia House, New York 20:00

  55. AUG 21st 09
    HONEYMOON
    opera installation

  56. In collaboration with Signe Klejs

  57. The Norwegian Opera & Ballet, Oslo 18:00

  58. • JUN 20th 09
    DIE WANDERIN
    violin, piano & percussion
    with audio and video playback

  59. &

  60. DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
    saxophone, percussion & audio playback
    Sick Puppy Festival (UICC)
    New England Conservatory, Boston 16:00

  61. JUNE 17th 09
    ARCHEOPTERYX

  62. SKETCHES MAY 2009
    From Archeopteryx X

  63. The Jutland Ensemble
    Art Center Silkeborg Bad, 19:30
    Also june 18th

    MAY 8th 09
    TRIUMPH
    mini opera

  64. mezzo, clarinet, perc, bass & electronics
    Video by Signe Klejs
    Figura Ensemble
    SPOR Festival, 20:00

  65. MAY 6th 09
    HONEYMOON
    opera installation

  66. In collaboration with Signe Klejs

  67. Vernissage: CAVI (Aarhus University) 17:00
    Until may 8th
    One person at a time -
    booking necessary

    JAN 15th 09
    HONEYMOON
    opera installation

  68. In collaboration with Signe Klejs

  69. Vernissage: CAVI (Aarhus University) 14:30
    Until Jan 19th

    DEC 12th  08
    HAMMERFALL
    saxophone, piano & percussion
    No Signal Ensemble (US)
    Load of Fun Gallery, Baltimore (MD) 21:00

    NOV 24th  08
    HAMMERFALL
    saxophone, piano & percussion
    UW-Whitewater, Light Recital Hall 19:30

    • OCT 25th 08
    THE MERMAN
    large ensemble, electronics, audio & video playback
    First performance
    Champ d'Action (B)

    WIR IV
    percussion & audio playback
    Marcel Andriessen  (NL)

    Transit Festival, Leuven (B)
    STUK Soetezaal 20:30

    • SEP 10th 08
    HAMMERFALL
    saxophone, piano & percussion
    Ensemble Zoom
    Testrup Højskole 19:30

    • JUL 8th 08
    DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
    saxophone, percussion & audio playback
    Ensemble Zoom
    Hindsgavl Chamber Music Festival 20:30

    • JUL 6th 08
    HAMMERFALL
    saxophone, piano & percussion
    Ensemble Zoom
    Hindsgavl Chamber Music Festival 20:30

    • JUN 21st 08
    HAMMERFALL
    saxophone, piano & percussion
    Sick Puppy Festival (UICC)
    New England Conservatory, Boston 16:00

    • JUN 3rd 08
    DIE WANDERIN
    violin, piano, percussion, audio playback & video
    Kirsten Riis-Jensen
    Malmö Academy of Music 19:30

    • MAY 17th 08
    Radio transmission:
    LUST, MELANCHOLY
    speaker, flute, cello & percussion
    Ensemble Reflexion K
    Deutschlandfunk 22.00

    • APR 23rd 08
    DIE WANDERIN
    violin, piano, percussion, audio playback & video
    SCENATET
    Aarhus Art Building 19:30

    •APR 22nd 08
    AL-AQSA [The Furthest]
    miniature for flute, oboe, clarinet and horn
    The Jutland Ensemble
    First performance
    Viborg Musiksal, Viborg 19:30
    also 24/4 and 30/4

    • FEB 9th 08
    LUST, MELANCHOLY
    melodrama
    speaker, flute, cello & percussion
    Ensemble Reflexion K
    CHIFFREN Festival
    Halle400, Kiel 18:00

    • DEC 29th 07
    Wir I
    guitar & audio playback
    Wir IV
    percussion & audio playback
    The Scenat
    Katapult Theatre, Aarhus 16:00

    • DEC 20th 07
    Wir I
    guitar & audio playback
    Kobe Van Cawenberghe, guitar
    STUK, Leuven 20:00

    • DEC 17th 07
    Wir I
    guitar & audio playback
    Wir IV
    percussion & audio playback
    The Scenat
    LiteraturHaus, Cph 17:00
    repeated 20:00

    • DEC 4th 07
    Radio transmission of:
    DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
    DIE WANDERIN
    WIR I
    HAMMERFALL
    WIR IV

    Including portrait and interview
    Danish National Radio P2 21.30
    & on the web:
    www.dr.dk/P2/lyttilnyt

    • DEC 1st 07
    UNTER DEN LIDERN
    off-stage strings, audio playbacks, lights & video
    KNM Berlin
    First performance
    AdK, Pariser Platz 19:00

    • NOV 21st 07
    DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
    saxophone, percussion & audio playback
    Zoom / Dygong
    LiteraturHaus, Cph 21:00

    • NOV 3rd 07
    EXPLICIT- portrait concert

    DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
    DIE WANDERIN
    WIR I

    HAMMERFALL
    WIR IV
    Ensemble ZOOM a. o.
    Music Harvest Festival
    Carl Nielsen Academy, Odense 17:30

    • OCT 19th 07
    DIE WANDERIN
    violin, perc, piano, electronics & video
    Ensemble Intégrales
    First performance
    K3, Malmö 20:00

    • OCT 12th 07
    WE ALL HAVE A CROSS TO BEAR
    Interactive Installation
    with Signe Klejs
    PLEX, Cph 19:00
    Until oct. 19th

    • SEP 25th 07
    TRIUMPH
    mezzo, clarinet, perc, bass & electronics
    Video by Signe Klejs
    Staged performance
    Figura Ensemble
    LiteraturHaus, Cph 20:00

    • SEP 24th 07
    TRIUMPH
    mezzo, clarinet, perc, bass & electronics
    Video by Signe Klejs
    Staged performance
    Figura Ensemble
    Premiere
    LiteraturHaus, Cph 20:00

    • AUG 23rd 07
    TORSO
    from TRIUMPH
    mezzo, clarinet & percussion
    Ensemble Dygong
    LiteraturHaus, Cph 21:00

    • JUN 14th 07
    WIR I
    guitar & audio playback
    Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, guitar
    Royal Conservatory, Ghent 19:00

    • MAY 26th 07
    WIR I
    guitar & audio playback
    Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, guitar
    NADINE, Bruxelles 21:00

• MAR 31st 07
ROOM OF RELATION
Klejs & Rønsholdt solo exhibition
Art Gallery Spanien 19C, Aarhus
until 21/4

• NOV 29th 06
LUST, MELANCHOLY
melodrama
for speaker / performer
& flute, cello, percussion
NING quartet
Fylkingen, Stockholm 19:30

• NOV 10th 06
WE ALL GET HURT BY LOVE
interactive installation
with Signe Klejs
Digital Art Festival
CAVI, Aarhus
until 12/11

• NOV 9th 06
WIR I
for guitar & audio playback
WIR II
for cello & live controlled audio playback
WIR IV
for percussion & audio playback
The Scenat
LiterturHaus, Copenhagen 20:00

• NOV 7th 06
WIR I
for guitar & audio playback
WIR II
for cello & live controlled audio playback
WIR IV
for percussion & audio playback
The Scenat
Katapult Theater, Aarhus 20:00

• NOV 1st 06
TRIUMPH
for mezzo, basset horn, percussion,
double bass & audio playback [concert version]
Figura Ensemble
first performance
PLEX Music Theatre, Copenhagen 20:00

• OCT 29th 06
STRING QUARTET I (1998)
Kaleido Kvartetten
Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus 15:00

• OCT 12th 06
WIR II
for cello & live controlled audio playback
Karin Dalsgaard
Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen 20:00

• OCT 10th 06
WIR II
for cello & live controlled audio playback
Karin Dalsgaard
first performance
Musikhuset Aarhus, Lille Sal 19:30

• MAR 15th 06
LUST, MELANCHOLY
melodrama
for speaker / performer & flute, cello, percussion
NING quartet
Tromsø Kulturhus, Tromsø (N) 19:30

• MAR 9th 06
LUST, MELANCHOLY
melodrama
for speaker / performer &
flute, cello, percussion
NING quartet
Black Box Teater, Oslo 20:30
also 10/3 & 11/3

• NOV 26th 05
WIR I
guitar & audio playback
Frederik Munk Larsen
CRUSH Festival
Musikcafeen, Aarhus 20:30

• NOV 23rd 05
INSIDE YOUR MOUTH,
SUCKING THE SUN

chamber opera in 5 scenes
Soprano, barytone, clarinets, trombone and electronics
staged performance
Opera Vest / BIT 20
Tora Augestad [soprano], Bård Bratlie [barytone]
Den National Scene, Bergen 19:00
Also 24/11 & 25/11

• NOV 17th 05
INSIDE YOUR MOUTH,
SUCKING THE SUN

chamber opera in 5 scenes
Soprano, barytone, clarinets, trombone and electronics
staged performance
Opera Vest / BIT 20
Tora Augestad [soprano], Bård Bratlie [barytone]
TAU Scene, Stavanger
Also 18/11

• OCT 30th 05
DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
saxophone, percussion & audio playback
duo KAPOW
Global-Lokal Festival
DJM Store Sal, Århus 19:30

• OCT 28th 05
LEADEN LIPS
recorder quartet
Sirena Recorder Quartet
Frederiksberg Kirke 17:00
also 9/10 16/10 23/10 28/10

• AUG 6th 05
LEADEN LIPS
recorder quartet
Sirena Recorder Quartet
first performance
Sct. Peders Kirke, Randers 17:00

• APR 8th 05
INSIDE YOUR MOUTH,
SUCKING THE SUN

chamber opera in 5 scenes
Soprano, barytone, clarinets, trombone and electronics
concert performance
Happy Days Sound Festival
Grusomhetens Teater, Oslo 21:00
Tora Augestad [soprano], Bård Bratlie [barytone]
also 9/4

HAPPY DAYS Symposium
“Musikkens utilstrekkelighet”
Peter Ablinger, Niels Rønsholdt, Tone Hansen,
Lars Petter Hagen, Trond Reinholdtsen.
Ordstyrer: Eivind Buene
arr.: Parergon
Flerbrukssal, Hausmania, Oslo 18:00

• APR 7th 05
LUST, MELANCHOLY
melodrama
for speaker / performer & flute, cello, percussion
NING quartet
first performance
Happy Days Sound Festival
Norsk Form, Oslo 21:30

• MAR 23rd 05
WIR I
guitar & audio playback
Frederik Munk Larsen
Ex-Kirken, Kbh 14:00

• MAR 19th 05
DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
saxophone, percussion & audio playback
duo KAPOW
Forum-Halle, Århus 20:00

• FEB 10th 05
WIR I
guitar & audio playback
Frederik Munk Larsen
first performance
Rundetårn, Kbh 20:00

• OCT 24th 04
INSIDE YOUR MOUTH,
SUCKING THE SUN

chamber opera in 5 scenes
Soprano, barytone, clarinets, trombone and electronics
Den Anden Opera, Kbh 15:00

• OCT 9th 04
INSIDE YOUR MOUTH,
SUCKING THE SUN

chamber opera in 5 scenes
Soprano, barytone, clarinets, trombone and electronics
PREMIERE
Entrescenen, Aarhus 20:00
Klaudia Kidon [soprano], Emil Ritter [barytone]
also 10/10

• SEP 28th 04
ICH ABER WEIß, DAß ICH AUS SEHNSUCHT BIN
clarinet & responding systems
mooseMATRIX
Vestkirken, Ballerup 19:30

• SEP 1st 03
DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
saxophone, percussion & tape
duo KAPOW
UNM festival, Norway
Parkteatret, Oslo 19:00

• AUG 23rd 03
DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
saxophone, percussion & tape
duo KAPOW
SUSAA festival, Susaa 16:00

• JUL 23rd 03
ICH ABER WEIß, DAß ICH AUS SEHNSUCHT BIN
clarinet & responding systems
mooseMATRIX
Dialogue festival, Sct. Petersborg, Russia

• JUN 2nd 03
DRINK ME, MAKE ME REAL
saxophone, percussion & tape
duo KAPOW
Fuglsang 15:00

• JUN 1st 03
ICH ABER WEIß, DAß ICH AUS SEHNSUCHT BIN
clarinet & responding systems
mooseMATRIX
Det danske hus, Champs Élysses, Paris 20:30

FISH & FOWL
album project in collaboration with Juliana Hodkinson and SCENATET (2010).
Original booklet poem by Ursula Andkjær Olsen and pictures by Anka Bardeleben.

Buy it on iTunes

Listen to an excerpt:

DISCOGRAPHY

  1. FISH & FOWL
    Album in collaboration with Juliana Hodkinson
    SCENATET & Dacapo Records
    Booklet poem by Ursula Andkjær Olsen
    Booklet pictures by Anka Bardeleben
    Download from iTunes


    WIR I
    Fredrik Munk Larsens solo album WITHIN
    Danacord records
    Download from iTunes

    HONEYMOON
    On the album 9 NAMES FROM DENMARK
    Danish Arts Agency & Dacapo Records


I AM X
dance performance

Collaborative work with a. o.
Roland Gebhardt, Rebecca Bannor-Addae, Ljuba Castot and Helle Lyshøj
3LD Art & Technology Center, NYC
FP: Oct. 27 - nov. 11th 2012

RACER
From LoveRacer.
Concert-performance for 4 strings, video and audio playback (2011)
In collaboration with Signe Klejs
Commissioned by Athelas Sinfonietta
Duration: ca 17 min.