Curriculum Vitae – Anne Marie Granau
August 2025: Copenhagen Opera Festival
“Operafællessang” at Den Røde Plads, Copenhagen
17, 18 and 19 August 2025.
May 2025: The Royal Academy of Music
External examiner in conducting at The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus
21 May 2025.
May 2025: Danish Chamber Orchestra / Danmarks Underholdningsorkester
“Absolut Haydn” at Konservatoriets Koncertsal (RDAM) and Børnekulturhusets Store Kultursal, Høje Taastrup
6 and 8 May 2025.
October 2024: Copenhagen Phil– hele sjællands symfoniorkester
“Venskabskoncert” at Frederiksberg Rådhus
Stravinsky “Firebird”, “Pirates of the Caribbean”, and works by Shostakovich, Bizet, Sebastian and more.
A collaboration between Copenhagen Phil and Fredriksberg Musik- og Kulturskole
8 October 2024
May 2024: Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
A “Side by Side” concert at Musikhuset
In collaboration with Mgk Øst and Aarhus Musikskole
25 May 2024
April 2024: Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
Malta Spring Festival, closing concert at Teatro Manuel, Valletta
Stravinsky: Firebird (1919), Liszt: Piano concerto no. 2, Nielsen: Helios Overture, Puccini: arias
(Soloists: Pianist Dinara Klinton and tenor Alan Sciberras)
13 April 2024
January 2024: “Vinteryra” / “Flurry Tale” at Malmö Opera
an opera by Rusty Magee
4 January 2024
DIRECTOR Marie Parker Shaw
December 2023: 2 Christmas concerts with Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
at Musikkens Hus, Aalborg
2 December 12.00 and 2 pm
In collaboration with Aalborg Talent Akademi and Aalborg Kulturskole
Presenter: Jesper Mikkelsen
Aug 2023: Puccini’s Suor Angelica
at Copenhagen Opera Festival
Director: Noa Naamat
12,15 and 16 Aug 2023 at Aveny -T
Chamber orchestra: The Danish Chamber Players (Ensemble Storstrøm) and Ulrich Stærk, piano
July – Aug 2023: “Opera”- The Opera!
Copenhagen Opera Festival and Søholm Opera
A jukebox opera by Søholm Opera (Lise Christensen) and Natascha Metherell
Director and stage design: Natascha Metherell
Chamber Orchestra: The Danish Chamber Players (Ensemble Storstrøm) and Mette Juliane Christensen (piano)
February 2023: Recording for Naxos
2 mini violin concertos for ensemble and solo violin
With Danish Chamber Players and Niklas Walentin, solo violin.
Arnannguaq Gerstrøm: Broken Inua
Poul Ruders: Pocket concerto
Dec 2022, concert with Aarhus Symfoniorkester at Musikhuset Aarhus
Händel: The Messiah, excerpts
Concertmaster: Ian van Rensberg
Soloists: Sophie Thing-Simonsen (soprano) and Adam Grove Frandsen (countertenor)
Chorus: 130 kids from Skt. Clemens Boys Choir, Haderslev Cathedral Girls’ Choir and from Sangkraft Aarhus
September 16 and 17 2022: World Premiere of “Dødevande” by Signe Lykke
Frederiksberg Festspil at Cisternerne (Sept 16) and La Oficina, Frederiksberg (Sept 17)
Soloists: Ulla Munck and Selma Willumsen. Ungklang ensemble
From review in Seismograf:
“Luminous, pure sounds in the sopranos were like an otherworldly call. Abrupt powerful clairvoyance in the kaleidoscopic universe of spoken words, airy drones and jazzy additions…..Very elegantly Lykke sewed the generations together, so that the fragments appeared as finely knitted and impenetrable”.
Read the whole review from Seismograf here.
April 27 and 28 2022: World premiere of Nikki Martin‘s Two Doomer Laments
also Nikki Martin’s Stabat Mater, and Dixit Dominus RV595 by Vivaldi
Concerto Copenhagen/ concertmaster Peter Spissky and Copenhagen Girls’ Choir
Maribo Cathedral (27th April) and The Church of the Holyspirit (28th April)
Review by gregersdh.dk
April 20 2022 Release concert with Danish Chamber Players
For Dacapo Records. At Musikhuset København.
Kasper Rofelt‘s portrait album Dichotomy
December 11 2021: 2 Christmas concerts with Aalborg Symphony Orchestra
Presenter: Silja Okking
Repertoire: Excerpts from Nutcracker, Disney medley, and hits from Nordic Christmas TV calendars.
September 2021: Recording with Ensemble Storstrøm for Dacapo Records
“Dichotomy” by Danish composer Kasper Rofelt.
For Dacapo Records (Danish national label). Sound engineer Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir.
18 September 2021, Kumus, Fuglsang. Concert with same repertoire.
Moderator: Toke Lund Christiansen.
Reviews
Reviews of Dichotomy – Rofelt’s portrait album
Gramophone
What emerged was the Nordic New Simplicity movement that has proved so persistent. The Danish Chamber Players’ compendium of chamber works by Kasper Rofelt, Dichotomy, is a cleansing listen, full of the composer’s combination of shapely lyricism and ascetic argumentation, often thriving on a combination of opposites.
The title-work seems to unfurl a philosophical standpoint (first movement) before discussing it heatedly (second). Entourage II is a classic exercise in restriction whereby three instruments are confined to set gestures (a rising arpeggio and a cluster chord), even if each can be transformed. Works titles on states of motion Forward!, Around and Stay recall Steve Martland in their combination of primary colour and structural rigour but the album loosens up with the more elusive six-movement Sérénade pour Ionesco.
Source: Andrew Mellor, Gramophone, August 2022
Review by David Denton
At the cutting-edge of modernity among Danish composers, Kasper Rofelt numbers among his famous mentors, Bent Sorensen, Per Norgard and Niels Rosing-Schow.
Born in 1982, those years with them at the Royal Danish Academy were followed by a quantity of instrumental works that have received performances on both sides of the Atlantic. Among those are a number of commissions from the Danish Chamber Players, the disc opening with Dichotomy for instrumental ensemble, a score in two sections, playful but quiet in the first, it contrasts with the juxtaposition of rhythms that hold our attention in the following section. Entourage II is scored for violin, horn and piano, a more extended and withdrawn score that Rofelt describes as one of his most ‘neurotic’ works, though there are certainly many others. Maybe best to start your listening experience with the quirky ‘march’, Forward!, lasting for just over two minutes, or the even shorter Around for cello and piano. We return to the Chamber Players for the Serenade for Ionesco and Cantando, the first of those two scores in six sections that Rofelt describes as “the strange juxtaposition of his absurdest style”. It was begun in 2009 and completed in 2019, the same year as the colourful Cantando. All are ‘World Premiere Recordings’, Dichotomy conducted by Anne Marie Granau, with the remaining tracks directed by Ian Ryan. A disc recorded last year that I will continue to explore with interest.
© 2022 David’s Review Corner
July – Aug 2021: Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci
Copenhagen Opera Festival and Søholm Opera
Director: Natascha Metherell
5 stars in Ascolta Opera Magazine
Concerto Copenhagen
2019-2022: Hidden Treasures from 18th century’s Venice (1 project pr. year)
Collaboration between Concerto Copenhagen, Royal Danish Academy of Music (DKDM) and Copenhagen Girls’ Choir. Concertmaster: Peter Spissky. Conductor: Anne Marie Granau.
Vivaldi’s music composed for the ensemble of young orphan girls from Ospedale della Pietà in Venice.
Also included:
World premiere of Nikki Martin‘s Two Doomer Laments
also Nikki Martin’s Stabat Mater
Review by gregersdh.dk
2020: Tour (Berlin, Lübeck, Haderslev)
Since 2017: Concerts at Søholm Opera, Samsø.
7 Dec, 2019, Tranebjerg Kirke.
Händel: The Messiah (excerpts from part 1 and 2).
Soloists: Clara Thomsen, Laura Meyer, Anders Kampmann and Teit Kanstrup.
Ad hoc professional ensemble.
Concertmaster: Christine Pryn. Conductor: Anne Marie Granau
6 Dec, 2019, Tranebjerg Kirke, Samsø.
“A Christmas Celebration”.
Clara Thomsen, soprano. Lise Christensen, mezzo. Copenhagen Girls’ Choir.
Professional ad hoc orchestra.
Concertmaster: Christine Pryn. Conductor: Anne Marie Granau
9 Dec, 2018, Samsø Hallen.
“A Christmas Spectacular”
Soloists: Elsebeth Dreisig, soprano. Camilla Dayyani, jazz singer. Lise Christensen, mezzo. Mike Bracegirdle, tenor.
Orchestra: Musicians from Århus SO and Sankt Annæ Mgk. Copenhagen Girls’ Choir and school children from Samsø. Harp: Joost Schelling.
Concertmaster: Tue Lautrup. Conductor: Anne Marie Granau
24 July, 2018, Løghallen, Samsø.
“A cocktail of voices”. Final concert of the annual opera week: “Opera in unlikely places”
Soloists: Lucia Cervoni, Laura Mayer and Lise Christensen, mezzos. Signe Schnee Schreiber and Camilla Illeborg, sopranos. David Danholt, Mike Bracegirdle and Jacob Andersen, tenor. Nicolai Elsberg, bass. Professional chamber group.
Concertmaster: Clara Glasdam. Conductor: Anne Marie Granau
10 Dec, 2017, Samsø Hallen.
“A Christmas Spectacular”.
Mike Bracegirdle, tenor.
Orchestra: Musicians from Århus Symphony Orchestra and Sankt Annæ Mgk.
Copenhagen Girls’ Choir, Samsø Children’s Choir, Musisk Skole, Kalundborg and Mårslet Kirkes Pigekor.
Concertmaster: Tue Lautrup. Conductor: Anne Marie Granau
2017-2019 and 2021: Christmas Concerts with Danmarks Underholdningsorkester
(The Danish Chamber Orchestra)
2021: 17 Dec, Helligaandskirken, Cph.
2019: 14, 15, 17 Dec, Helligaandskirken, Cph.
2018: 15, 16 Dec, Helligaandskirken, Cph.
2017: 16, 17 Dec, Helligaandskirken, Cph.
Harpist: Mette Franck (2017 and 2018), Zachary Hatcher (2019). Copenhagen Girls’ Choir.
Concertmaster: Julie Eskær (2017 and 2019), Marianne Sørensen (2018). Christine Enevold (2021)
Conductor: Anne Marie Granau.
23 Oct, 2018, Helligaandskirken, Cph: World premiere: “Lysmørket” by Rasmus Zwicki.
Danmarks Underholdningsorkester (The Danish Chamber Orchestra)
Copenhagen Girls’ Choir, (Sankt Annæ Pigekor)
Nicolai Elsberg, bass. Conductor: Anne Marie Granau.
Dec 2017- Feb 2018: Den Jyske Opera, Aarhus, DK
Chorus Master in La Traviata by Verdi.
Director: Lothar Krause. Conductor: Tecwyn Evans
Dec 9, 10, 11 2015: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, DK (South Jutland SO).
3 Christmas Concerts. Presenter: Signe Lindkvist
9 Dec: Musik og Teaterhuset, Aabenraa.
10 Dec: Stadthalle, Eckernförde.
11 Dec: Alsion, Sønderborg
2014-2022: Chief conductor of Copenhagen Girls’ Choir (Sankt Annæ Pigekor).
Patron: HRH Princess Benedikte of Denmark. Winning gold and silver prizes in several international choir competitions: The International Bruckner Choir Competition 2015, 2017 and 2019, Linz (AT). The International Schubert Choir Competition 2016, Vienna (AT), and the International Schuman Competition 2018, Zwickau, DE
Dec 2014: Grethe Kolbes Mindelegat (Memorial Award) from Danish Conductors Association (Dansk Kapelmesterforening).
Grethe Kolbe was Denmark’s first professional female conductor, and worked for many years with the Danish Radio Sinfonietta.
Aug 2014: Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, DK (South Jutland SO).
Masterclass with Jorma Panula
2010-2014: The Royal Danish Opera/Det Kgl. Teater
Assistant conductor and chorus master (1 year)
Opera concert with the Royal Danish Opera Orchestra (Det Kgl. Kapel) and the Royal Danish Opera Chorus.
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
2010: The Millennium Project – a musical Journey.
Jacob Groth: “Stieg Lasson Millennium-trilogy” and Karsten Fundal: “The Flame and citron”.
Stockholm Culture Festival, Den Sorte Diamant, Cph and Cannes Film Festival
2010: “Icebreaker-concerts” (Isbryder-koncerter)
Tour in DK. Music by Jeppe Just Christensen
2008: “Heart in a Plastic Bag” duco-opera by Jovanka Trbojevic
in collaboratoin with Opera Nord. Co-conductor to Hannu Lintu.
2010: St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic “Nordic Shores”
The little philharmonic hall, St. Petersburg
World premiere of Karsten Fundal’s Harp Concerto. Harpist: Ellen Sejersted Bødtker.
Ruders: 4 compositions
Ars Nova Copenhagen
March 2009: 2 concerts with contemporary Danish vocal music (review here)
June 2009: 60th Birthday Concert for Poul Ruders (Klangfestival)
2009: DR – Danmarks Radio Vokalensemblet (Danish Radio Vocal Ensemble)
Preparing 13 contemporary a cappella pieces
2009: Open Air Opera / Opera under åben himmel. Jægerspris Slot.
Performing at an old castle in Denmark for 3000 people. Orchestra: Musicians from Royal Opera Orchestra.
Sep 2007: Woodhouse Opera, Cunning Little Vixen. Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey. UK
July-Sep 2006: British Youth Opera
Tchaikovsky: Evgeny Onegin.
June 2006: Royal College of Music- Britten International Opera School
Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges” and “L’Heure Espangole”.
2005: The Royal College of Music
Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire with Jane Manning,Julian Jacobson and Ida Falk Winland
Board positions
Danish Conductors Association – board member
Foreningen Musikbevægelsen – alternate board member
Foreningen Opsang – board member
Education
Royal College of Music
Postgraduate Diploma, Orchestral Conducting · (2004 – 2006).
Teacher: Neil Thomson. Orchestration: Kenneth Hesketh. Piano: Kathron Sturrock. Scholarship from The Templeton Award. Support from Augustinus Foundation, Dronning Margrethes og Prins Henriks Fond , Knud Højgaards Fond.
The Royal Danish Academy of Music / Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium
Conductors class, postgraduate, orchestral and choral conducting · (2001 – 2004).
Teachers: Frans Rasmussen (orchestral) and Dan-Olof Stenlund (choral).
Orchestration: Karsten Fundal. Score reading: Erik Karlberg.
Piano: Nina Gade. Vocal studies: Else Paaske.
Københavns Universitet
Bachelor’s degree, musicology and Danish Literature · (1996 – 2001)
Sankt Annae Gymnasium
A-level, Music and compulsary studies · (1992 – 1995)
Masterclasses
Nov 2008: Helmuth Rilling / Danish Conductors Association. Trinitatis Church, Copenhagen
Feb 2008: Leif Segerstam / St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Oct 2005: Marin Alsop / Royal College Symphony Orchestra. Royal College of Music, London.
Oct 2005: Bernard Haitink / Luzerne Symphony Orchestra Masterclass
May 2005: Bernard Haitink / Royal College Symphony Orchestra. Royal College of Music, London.