ensemble for new music and performance art
based in Copenhagen since 2019
K!ART [pronounced klart]
is an experimental music ensemble and creative platform founded by curator Mikkel Schou in 2019.
is an experimental music ensemble and creative platform founded by curator Mikkel Schou in 2019.
Contextualized as a hybrid between a music ensemble, a cultural production platform and an artist collective, K!ART is a stable prescence on the scene for experimental art music in Denmark. The ensemble puts on intermedial music events characterized by experimental instrumental music, staged music, music-theatre, multimedia, performance art, and an exploratory and holistic approach to curation.
In seasons 2019-2024 K!ART has presented more than 60 concerts, 140 individual works and 50 premieres. The ensemble has presented projects at a number of festivals, such as MINU_festival_for_expanded_music, SPOR Festival, Klang - Copenhagen Experimental Music Festival, Ung Nordisk Musik, Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu, Current Resonance Festival and Figura Festispiel.
K!ART is:
Mikkel Schou [director, curator, performer on (el.)guitar]
Rob Durnin [keyboards, electronics, composer, curator]
Hsiao-Tung Yuan [percussion]
Joss Smith [clarinet, electronics, composer]
Ida Nørby [cello]
Recent collaborators:
Andreas Borregaard [accordion]
Manca Dornik [accordion]
Ying-Hsueh Chen [percussion]
Tanel Eiko Novikov [percussion]
Anna Jalving [violin]
Kirsten Wilbrandt Kjær [viola]
Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir [viola]
Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir [violin]
Brice Soniano [double bass]
Kirstine Elise Pedersen [cello]
Iiris Tötterström [cello]
Michael Hope [voice, piano]
Cake Of Day [clarinet, flute]
Roberto Beseler Maxwell [curator]
Figura Ensemble [ensemble]
Current Resonance [composer/performer ensemble]
Dylan Richards [curator, performer]
Connor McLean [voice]
Andrew Power [cello]
Nikolaus Von Bemberg [piano]
Ekki Minna Duo [accordion, cello]
Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere [co-producers]
Marcela Lucatelli [voice]
for collaboration & booking inquiries please write to kexclamationmarkart[@]gmail.com
In seasons 2019-2024 K!ART has presented more than 60 concerts, 140 individual works and 50 premieres. The ensemble has presented projects at a number of festivals, such as MINU_festival_for_expanded_music, SPOR Festival, Klang - Copenhagen Experimental Music Festival, Ung Nordisk Musik, Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu, Current Resonance Festival and Figura Festispiel.
K!ART is:
Mikkel Schou [director, curator, performer on (el.)guitar]
Rob Durnin [keyboards, electronics, composer, curator]
Hsiao-Tung Yuan [percussion]
Joss Smith [clarinet, electronics, composer]
Ida Nørby [cello]
Recent collaborators:
Andreas Borregaard [accordion]
Manca Dornik [accordion]
Ying-Hsueh Chen [percussion]
Tanel Eiko Novikov [percussion]
Anna Jalving [violin]
Kirsten Wilbrandt Kjær [viola]
Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir [viola]
Sólrún Ylfa Ingimarsdóttir [violin]
Brice Soniano [double bass]
Kirstine Elise Pedersen [cello]
Iiris Tötterström [cello]
Michael Hope [voice, piano]
Cake Of Day [clarinet, flute]
Roberto Beseler Maxwell [curator]
Figura Ensemble [ensemble]
Current Resonance [composer/performer ensemble]
Dylan Richards [curator, performer]
Connor McLean [voice]
Andrew Power [cello]
Nikolaus Von Bemberg [piano]
Ekki Minna Duo [accordion, cello]
Aarhus Unge Tonekunstnere [co-producers]
Marcela Lucatelli [voice]
for collaboration & booking inquiries please write to kexclamationmarkart[@]gmail.com