Anders Koppel (Born 1947)

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Anders Koppel is classically trained as a clarinettist and pianist, but for several stormy years from 1967 until 1974 he mainly worked with experimental rock music. With his brother Thomas (born 1944) he formed Savage Rose, which became Scandinavia’s leading experimental rock group. After the break with Savage Rose Anders Koppel’s musical career has been very broad. He has composed music for over 150 films and 50 plays and ballets, and for almost 25 years he has played Balkan-inspired music in the trio Bazaar. Since the mid-1980s he has increasingly worked with classical genres and forms. This has led to several instrumental concertos and a string quartet, and here too one hears Anders Koppel’s love of music-making and eclectic idiom. In 1998 he was awarded a lifetime grant from the National Arts Foundation, and in 1999 he won yet another honour, when he was asked to compose the music for the first new ballet production in decades for Tivoli’s historic Pantomime Theatre, to celebrate its 125th anniversary.

Live Dates

11/01/2012   Best sound quality of the year 2011
Det amerikanske hi-fi magasin Audiophile Audition har Koppel-kvartetter på listen over årets bedste 2011
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01/06/2011   Koppel's String Quartets is CD of the Month
Anders Koppel's String Quartets and Mezzo Saxophone Quintet has been chosen 'CD of the Month' by the American Classics Today. Read the full review here:
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13/05/2011   Photo album from CD Release
Se billeder fra CD-release-festen for Anders Koppels strygekvartetter med Sjællands Strygekvartet og komponistens søn, saxofonist Benjamin Koppel.
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12/05/2011   New video: Sjælland String Quartet featuring Benjamin Koppel
Video trailer for the new SACD release of Anders Koppel's string quartets and mezzo saxophone quintet
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28/04/2011   Invitation til CD-release
I anledning af udgivelsen af Anders Koppels strygekvartetter og mezzosaxofon-kvintet med Sjællands Strygekvartet og Benjamin Koppel inviterer vi til CD-release
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05/12/2011 American Record Guide

Anders Koppel: Concertos
"...evokes the wonder of new life with lovely flute melodies and delicate harp sounds. A shimmering Pastorale is a walk in the woods, complete with thunderstorm."
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01/11/2011 Gramophone

Anders Koppel: Concertos
"The Intermezzo could happily find its place as the soundtrack to a wistful 1950s French film, while the finale brings in antique cymbals and slide whistle without suspicion of gimmickry or even incongruity"
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26/09/2011 Børsen

Anders Koppel: String Quartets and Mezzo Saxophone Quintet
"Det er en helt fantastisk udgivelse...simpelthen verdensklasse."
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15/09/2011 Audiophile Audition

Anders Koppel: String Quartets and Mezzo Saxophone Quintet
"This is a magnificent disc that demonstrates how ingratiating and fresh new music can be. Don't miss it!" BEST OF THE YEAR DISCS 2011
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18/08/2011 Classics Today (10/10)

Anders Koppel: Concertos
"Anders Koppel's concertos show off not only his impressive versatility with solo instruments, but also offer stimulating musical variety as well"
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05/07/2011 Ritmo

Anders Koppel: String Quartets and Mezzo Saxophone Quintet
4/4 Stars

"Por técnica y entrega, las interpretaciones son irreprochable"
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24/06/2011 Amazon.com

Anders Koppel: Strygekvartetter og mezzosaxofon-kvintet
5/5 Stars

"Clean, well-imaged sound supports fine performances by the Sjaelland Quartet and Benjamin Koppel. Recommended!"
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21/06/2011 Fyens Stiftstidende

Anders Koppel: String Quartets and Mezzo Saxophone Quintet
4/6 Stars

"Stringente rytmer, jazzede, frække, groteske, vilde, og så en tilbageholdenhed, en musikkens stream-of-consciousness i skiftende tempi, men med en indre ro og eftertænksomhed."
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15/06/2011 Kristeligt Dagblad

Anders Koppel: Concertos
4/6 Stars

"Der er så mange musikalske guldkorn også på denne udgivelse, at man som nysgerrig lytter bør unde sig selv et bekendtskab med disse koncerter."
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15/06/2011 Kristeligt Dagblad

Anders Koppel: String Quartets and Mezzo Saxophone Quintet
5/6 Stars

"Sjældent har man siddet og vippet så meget med foden til en strygekvartet som til Koppels første af slagsen!"
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08/06/2011 Upsala Nya Tidning

Anders Koppel: Concertos
4/4 Stars

"Subtilt introppektiva kvalitéer och en återhållsamhet med klangmedlen förenas med en flödande, lättillgänglig melodik i trygg tonal förankring - som gör att Koppeals musik omedelbart apellerar till lyssnaren."
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26/05/2011 Classics Today (10/10) - CD of the Month June 2011 -

Anders Koppel: String Quartets and Mezzo Saxophone Quintet
This is a first-rate program of eminently listenable, exceptionally well-wrought chamber music, remarkable for its inventive, conventionally sophisticated string quartet writing. Anders Koppel has created something not only sensible but laudable and repeatable and demanding of a place in the concert repertoire ... Make this a priority."
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Photo: Omar Ingerslev

Discography

	Concertos Anders Koppel CD 8.226052 (2011) A long succession of original works, all bearing the mark of a special ability to communicate emotions and energy, powerfully and straightforwardly, between musicians and audience.
	Skrammel & Tis - Klassiske musikfortællinger for børn Rasmussen, A. Koppel, Pape CD 8.224722 (2011) To eventyrlige musikfortællinger og en skrammelkoncert - orkestermusik for børn på en ny måde
	String Quartets and Mezzo Saxophone Quintet Anders Koppel SACD 6.220566 (2011) Jazz icon Benjamin Koppel had a special mezzo-soprano saxophone developed to perform and record this new quintet by his father
	Double Concertos Anders Koppel CD 8.226055 (2008) Dancing, imaginative music with major roles for saxophone, piano, violin and accordion
	Works for Saxophone and orchestra Anders Koppel CD 8.226036 (2006) Unique father-son collaboration that combines improvisation with a classical framework

Anders Koppel (Born 1947)

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