2016 in Danish music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Danish music .

Events

January

• 8 - The first recording is released of Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen's Grawemeyer award-winning work, let me tell you. ^[1]
• 27 The Léonie Sonning Music Foundation announces Leonidas Kavakos as the recipient of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2017. ^[2]
• 29 - The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation announces Per Nørgård as the recipient of the 2016 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize. ^[3]

February

• 13 – The Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Final was arranged on February 13, at the Forum Horsens in Horsens. ^[4]
• 28 – Jazz violinist Svend Asmussen turned 100 years. ^[5]

April

• 1 - In the final of season 9 of Denmark's X Factor, the sister duo Embrace emerge winners, obtaining 60% of the public vote. ^[6]

June

• 1 – The 18th Distortion festival started in Copenhagen (June 1–5). ^[7]
• 25 - Roskilde Festival 2016 opens (June 25 - July 2). ^[8]

July

• 3 - Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2016 is opened (July 3–12). ^[9]
• 14 – G! Festival opened in Göta, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands (July 14–17), with a line-up including Songhoy Blues, Lucy Rose, Federspiel and the Hot 8 Brass Band. ^[10]

Album and Singles releases

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
19	Grasque	Choir of Young Believers	Ghostly International		[11]
26	We Survive	Medina	Labelmade/We Love Music/Universal	Produced by Pitchshifters, Stannard, Howes, Gill	[12] [13]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
19	Grasque	Choir of Young Believers	Ghostly International/Tigerspring		[14]
26	We Survive	Medina	Labelmade/We Love Music/Universal		[15]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
18	Reckless Twin	Mads Langer	Sony Music/Mr Radar		[16]

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Closer	Christopher	EMI		[17]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie	Volbeat	Vertigo/Universal	Produced by Jacob Hansen, Michael Poulsen, Rob Caggiano	[18]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
26	The Map of Your Life	Simon Lynge	EMI	Natural Machine Recordings	[19]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
23	Streams	Jakob Bro	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[20]

Deaths

January

• 18 – Else Marie Pade, Danish composer (born 1924). ^[21]

February

• 20 – Ove Verner Hansen, Danish opera singer and actor (born 1932). ^[22]

June

• 27 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish conductor (born 1932). ^[23]

July

• 18 – Karina Jensen (77), singer (Cartoons) (cancer). ^[24]

See also

• Music of Denmark
• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

References

1. Huizenga, Tom (25 November 2015). "Hans Abrahamsen Wins The Grawemeyer Award For Music". NPR. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
2. "Leonidas Kavakos announced as winner of Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2017" (Press release). Léonie Sonning Music Foundation. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
3. "Prize Winner Per Nørgård". EVS-MusikStiftung.ch. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
4. "Melodi Grand Prix". DR . Retrieved 2016-02-13.
5. "Congratulations Svend Asmussen 100 Year On The 28.02.2016". All About Jazz . Retrieved 2017-01-17.
6. "X Factor-sejr: EMBRACE vandt med 60 procent af stemmerne" (Swedish)
7. "Distortion 2016". FesTicket.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
8. "Roskilde Festival 2016". Roskilde Festival . Retrieved 2016-02-14.
9. "COPENHAGEN JAZZ FESTIVAL - FROM 07/03/2016 TO 07/12/2016 AT MULTIPLE VENUES". Copenhagen Jazz Festival . Retrieved 2016-02-14.
10. G! Festival 2016 line-up Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 2018-03-04
11. "Choir of Young Believers - Grasque". All Music . Retrieved 2016-11-08.
12. "Medina – We Survive-Tracklist und Cover: Das neue Medina-Album ist vorbestellbar" (in German). Universal Music. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
13. "VIDEO: Medina – 'We Survive'". ScandiPop.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
14. "Mads Langer Reckless Twin". Edition Records . Retrieved 2016-03-14.
15. "Mads Langer Reckless Twin". Edition Records . Retrieved 2016-03-14.
16. "Mads Langer Reckless Twin". Edition Records . Retrieved 2016-03-14.
17. "Closer - Christopher (CD) (2016)". IMusic.dk. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
18. "VOLBEAT's 'Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie' Album Due in June; Listen To 'The Devil's Bleeding Crown' Single". blabbermouth.net. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
19. "Apple Music Preview". Apple Music. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
20. "Jakob Bro – Streams". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2018-03-02.
21. Sherburne, Philip (2016-01-20). "Else Marie Pade, Denmark's "Grandmother of Electronic Music," Is Dead at 91". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
22. Rasmussen, Dorte Møller (2016-02-21). "Bøffen - alias Ove Verner Hansen er død". SN.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
23. Lohse, Gregers (2016-06-28). "Stor dansk komponist er død af kræft". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 2016-12-05.
24. Dansk sangerinde er død af kræft Archived 2016-09-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish)