Music for the Mysteries features:
Kuno Kjærbye, Anders Hvidberg-Hansen, Agnethe Christensen , Hanne Tofte Jespersen, Ida Bach Jensen
Agnethe Christensen
vocal and kantele
Swedish born singer, resident in DK, classically educated soloist with roots in Swedish folk music, has a career within early music, medieval ballads and modern performance theatre, incl. Hotel Proforma and since 2001 with Sequentia.
Agnethe has arranged the lithurgic angelic songs which appears in Music for the Mysteries
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Anders Hvidberg-Hansen
percussionist and composer
Main instruments: African drums & percussion incl. drum set.
Being a most versatile drummer, his roots are in world music and include more than 15 years of exploring West African rhythms. Plays drums of various origin plus both he and Hanne play original Ghanaian xylophones.
In 2008/09 Music for the Mysteries performs two works by Anders: The instrumental suite “The Swords” and “La Morte non é niente".
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Hanne Tofte Jespersen
vocal, piano, balofon
initiator and leader of Ensemble Music for the Mysteries.
Hanne has a background in both classical and contemporary music, incl. African roots music. Also works in trio as a singer and storyteller in concerts for children. Apart from her music for the ensemble, her later works include music for choir and mixed groups.
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Kuno Kjærbye
violine
classical solo violinist and a composer of modern music, incl. for theatre and performances combining music and image projections. Leader of Danish-Latvian chamber music group Letmark Quartet. Among his latest works is music for Henrik Ibsen's drama “Fruen fra Havet/ The Lady from the Sea” for a Norwegian-Mexican co-production in Mexico City 2006. In 2008 commisioned by the Viking Ships Museum to compose for an image concert about the journey of Sea Stallion from Glendalough.
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Ida Bach Jensen
double bass
educated at the Nadia Boulanger Conservatory in Paris 1995-2000 by Francois Rabbath. Ida often works with contemporary muscians and performance artists incl. Martin Hall, Majbritte Ulrikkeholm, Aud Wilken, Birgit Løkke a.o. She is also a composer and has written for dance, theatre and films. She often collaborates with visual artists and lyricists. Read more about Ida