'From the High North', 10-year anniversary
Late Summer Festival, 12-16. August 2024
The anniversary edition of the Late Summer Festival, “From the High North”, features highlights of the Nordic musical landscape, bringing together some of the most talented and acclaimed musicians and composers in the Nordic region. In addition to the Nordic music, we will experience the great European classics performed by some of the best musicians Denmark has to offer. We invite the audience to a week filled with unique musical experiences.
The festival takes place August 12-16, 2024 in Hvide Sande.
Audiences can look forward to experiencing “P2 Talent of the Year 2024”: soprano Louise McClelland Jacobsen, who will dive into a repertoire ranging from the deeply emotional to the technically challenging, and Michala Petri, who will enchant the audience with her masterful recorder playing. The four star musicians from Denmark’s elite ensemble, Ensemble MidtVest: Nicolas Dautricourts, violin; Sanna Ripatti, viola; Jonathan Slaatto, cello; and Martin Qvist Hansen, piano, are the Late Summer Festival’s much-loved musicians. They fascinate every time with their vibrant playing of classical and contemporary music. As a surprise, we also welcome the young Li-Or Ginnerup, a violinist and composer.
Throughout the week, the festival will present works by five prominent Nordic composers, several of which are premieres. Cecilie Ore explores deep human themes, while the great Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen integrates Nordic traditional elements into modern musical structures. The genre-crossing compositions of Danish-American Lil Lacy, as well as Swedish Mats Eden’s fusion of Swedish folk and contemporary music, will give us refreshing new experiences.
This year’s six concerts open up all that the High North has to offer in terms of unique vitality and traditions – not least in the form of Sami joik, the ancient vocal tradition of the Sami people. We will be visited by the master joik Allioš, who will premiere a work composed by Lasse Thoresen for Allioš and the Norwegian elite choir Nordic Voices. In addition to works from the Renaissance, the choir also has a major work by Cecilie Ore on the program: the work about a female pope, which is, in many ways, an important work in our time.
A special collaboration between Swedish trio Kv. Arken, a long-time audience favorite, and composer Mats Eden add an extra dimension to the festival, bringing Nordic klezmer and Swedish folk music together as the festival’s artistic directors, Anette and Helge Slaatto, take the stage alongside double bassist Frank Reinecke, pianist Anne Mette Stæhr and innovative diabolo juggler Moritz Salger, among others. Their performance symbolizes the core of the festival – a love of music and a quest to create creative and innovative music experiences by the North Sea. Lasse Thoresen’s new duo for violin and double bass, composed for the festival for Slaatto and Reinecke, is an excellent example of this.
We look forward to welcoming you to a series of exciting concerts with this year’s musicians and welcome you to refreshing musical experiences in Hvide Sande.
Anette & Helge Slaatto.
Musicians
Lasse Thoresen
Lasse Thoresen is a prominent figure in Norwegian compositional music, deeply rooted in the country's rich folk music heritage. He has managed to integrate these traditions into his music in a way that is both respectful and innovative, avoiding directness. . . .
Nicolas Dautricourt
Nicolas Dautricourt, born in 1977 in Épinal, France, is a prominent French violinist. Trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris under the guidance of Gérard Poulet and Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Nicolas has won numerous international violin awards. . . .
Sanna Ripatti
Sanna Ripatti, who has been an integral part of Ensemble MidtVest since its inception in 2002, has completed her viola training under the guidance of Diemut Poppen in Saarbrücken, Germany, Björn Sjögren in Edsberg, Sweden, and Arvo. . . .
Martin Qvist Hansen
Martin Qvist Hansen has been a central part of Ensemble MidtVest since 2002 and gave an unforgettable performance at Late Summer Festival 2019 with the Danish Clarinet Trio. As a member of Trio Ondine, he has gained recognition with a number of national and. . . .
Cecilie Ore
Cecilie Ore stands out as one of the most fascinating Norwegian composers, with a deep impact on the national and international music scenes. Her works, sought after by leading ensembles in Europe and the USA, reflect an impressive career trajectory. . . .
Nordic Voices
Established in 1996, Nordic Voices is a prominent six-voice a cappella group composed of talented graduates from the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Norwegian National Opera School. The group is known for its artistic creativity, clear communication. . . .
Lil Lacy
Lil Lacy, with roots in Denmark and the USA, is always on the move—in her creative work as a composer and in life in general. Her incessant curiosity and willingness to experiment takes her across musical genres and styles, where her role. . . .
Jonathan Slaatto
Jonathan has won prizes at several renowned competitions, including ARD Munich, Melbourne International Music Competition, and Joseph Haydn Wettbewerb in Vienna. He performs regularly as a chamber musician in Denmark, Europe and the USA and has been a soloist. . . .
Kv. Arken
The trio Kv.Arken, founded in 2017 and named after the neighborhood in Malmö where the musicians live, consists of Annika Jessen on clarinet, Elina Nygren on viola, and Anna Thorstensson on cello. These three Swedish musicians have previously performed at Late Summer. . . .
Moritz Salger
This year, we have the particular pleasure of presenting Moritz Salger, an extraordinary 'Vertex Diabolo Jongleur'. A graduate of the Academy of Circus and Performance Art in the Netherlands, Moritz brings a rare performance style to Europe. He has focused on introducing. . . .
Anette & Helge Slaatto
Anette has made a name for herself as an excellent interpreter of contemporary music, with fantastic reviews in both Danish and international press. Her participation on CDs such as 'The Secret Melody', 'The Planets' and Axel Borup Jørgensen's 'Viola Works'. . . .
Laurits Dragsted
Laurits Dragsted is a versatile pianist and a tireless source of inspiration for the Opera Academy's talented singers. His collaboration with star soprano Louise McClelland Jacobsen, in particular, has taken them both far and wide and impressed audiences. . . .
Michala Petri
An eminent virtuoso on the recorder, Michala Petri has had a significant impact on both the Danish and international music scene for almost half a century. She has not only expanded the repertoire of the recorder but also transformed the perception of the instrument. . . .
Frank Reinecke
Frank Reinecke is a spectacular German double bassist and a recognized expert in microtonal music. He began his musical journey as a violinist at the age of just 5 and later switched to double bass. With decades of experience, Frank is a versatile musician who has released numerous . . . .
Anne Mette Stæhr
Since Anne Mette Stæhr first performed at Late Summer Festival in 2014, she has further consolidated her reputation as one of the country's most prominent chamber musicians, especially in vocal music. Her versatility is evident in her work. . . .
Mats Eden
Composer Mats Eden is a leading Swedish folk musician with roots in Värmland, who teaches at the Malmö Academy of Music. His violin playing is both elegant and rough, and audiences at this year's Late Summer Festival can look forward to an exciting experience. . . .
Ailloš
Iŋgor Ántte Áilu Gaup, better known as Ailloš, is a prominent Sámi musician, composer, actor, and teacher. The Sami are the indigenous people of Sápmi, which spans central and northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Ailloš grew up in a . . . .
Li-Or Ginnerup
Violinist Li-Or Ginnerup has studied with Professor Helge Slaatto at MGK Copenhagen from 2020 to 2023 and is now continuing his education under Professor Peter Herresthal at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. His considerable talent was recently. . . .
Louise McClelland
It is with great pride that we welcome soprano Louise McClelland Jacobsen to this year's festival. The brilliant singer has recently been honored as 'P2 Talent of the Year 2024' - a title she rightfully bears. Despite her young age, Louise has. . . .
Program
Monday, August 12th
Under the Nordic sky
Late Summer Festivals’ opening concert celebrates the start of our 10th anniversary, highlighting music from the far north with something as special as the Joike culture of the Sami from the Norwegian nature people…
Tuesday, August 13th
From north to south
Ailloš joiks (sings Sami songs) from the far north while the new young star soprano Louise McClelland Jacobsen surprises with Danish songs by, among others. Rued Langgaard and Peter Heise.
Jacob Gade’s Tango Jalousie…
Tuesday, August 13th
The woman who shocked the Vatican
The dynamic Swedish trio Kv.Arken from Malmö have quickly become three of the festival’s most beloved musicians, thanks to their captivating Nordic Klezmer that has truly found its way into the hearts of our audience…
Wednesday, August 14th
The ages meet: old and new
A unique musical journey that starts with Lasse Thoresen’s ‘Himmelske Fader’ for chamber choir and ‘Vare jo’ for joik and chamber choir. The meditative choral works from the Renaissance lead us to the work of Norwegian composer Cecilie Ore…
Thursday, August 15th
From Bach to Nordic Klezmer
The popular Michala Petri performs one of Bach’s cello suites and a concerto by Baroque master Sammartini for recorder and strings as well as a solo piece by centenarian Axel Borup-Jørgensen (Fuglekoncert)…
Friday, August 16th
Musical anniversary fireworks
The concert begins with the charismatic Michala Petri performing one of Vivaldi’s flute concertos as well as solo works by Bach, jubilant Borup-Jørgensen, and her own short solo piece “Dansk Sommervejr”…
