Orkestret

In Music for the Mysteries five musicians with different background work together.
Each member has his or her own carrier in DK and internationally
as a performing and composing artist.

In Music for the Mysteries we are dedicated to perform contemporary music which brings mystery traditions alive for the present.

WE ARE:
Agnethe Christensen , Kuno Kjærbye, Hanne Tofte Jespersen, Anders Hvidberg-Hansen, Ida Bach Jensen

 

Agnethe Christensen
vocal and kantele
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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 Benjamin Bagby's international medieval group Sequentia.


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Anders Hvidberg-Hansen
percussion

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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 original Ghanaian xylophone (balaphone). 
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Hanne Tofte Jespersen
vocal and piano

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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
violin
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Kuno is a 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
contrabass

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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

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