In Music for the Mysteries musicians with different backgrounds work together.
In Music for the Mysteries we are dedicated to perform contemporary music which brings mystery traditions alive for the present.
Each member also has his or her own carrier in DK and internationally
as a performing and composing artist.
WE ARE:
Agnethe Christensen , Kuno Kjærbye, Hanne Tofte Jespersen, Anders Hvidberg-Hansen, Ida Bach Jensen
and in The Testimony of Melangell also featuring Bente Vist, Teit Kanstrup and Christian Berg.
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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 Benjamin Bagby's international medieval group Sequentia.
Anders Hvidberg-Hansen
percussion
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
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
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.
Composer, in autumn 2011 affiliated as resident artist with Hjørring District.
In 2008 commissioned by the Viking Ships Museum to compose for an image concert about the journey of Sea Stallion from Glendalough, released on DVD and CD in 2010. Among other later works is Kuno's music for Henrik Ibsen's drama “Fruen fra Havet/ The Lady from the Sea” for a Norwegian-Mexican co-production in Mexico City 2006.
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Ida Bach Jensen
contrabass
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
In The Testimony of Melangell 2011 the ensemble includes
Bente Vist, soprano - Christian Berg, tenor - Teit Kanstrup, bass:
