Ear Transplant: LAUNCH

Name: Ear Transplant: LAUNCH
Start: 2026-01-21T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-22T00:00:00+01:00
Location: H15 Scene & Studio

Schedule

Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Thu, 22 Jan, 2026 at 12:00 am

UTC+01:00

Location

H15 Scene & Studio | Copenhagen , SK

Ear Transplant launches with a concert at H15, Copenhagen. A programme of works that engage with intense physical presence, focus and connection between the on-stage performers.
We are a brand new organisation for contemporary music and interdisciplinary art with five key goals:
1. To invoke a sense of wonder for our audiences
2. To bring music to Denmark that our audiences have never experienced before
3. To contribute to and build a community spirit within the contemporary music field
4. To support up-and-coming artists and commission the most exciting local composers
5. To pursue each aspect of the concert/event experience with a painstaking level of care
Ear Transplant is somewhere between a concert production platform and an ensemble, with 4 core performing members as well as a rotating pool of musicians and collaborators, all of whom specialise in contemporary music performance and experimental art-making. Our flexible roster of performers allows us to programme a huge array of music, whether it embraces a multi-medial approach, novel combinations of instruments, or well known chamber forms, re-imagined and shaped by current attitudes and perspectives.
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About the pieces:
- Anna Sowa and Cathy van Eck explore the musical potential of choreographed movement
- 2 accordions breathe together in a deep listening exercise by Adriana Minu
- Matthew Grouse invites the audience to intervene, imagine layers of music, engage in staring contests, and heckle the on-stage performers
- Joss Smith threads together a plaintive prayer with a lingering sense of darkness
- Laurence Crane strives for a fresh sense of beauty in familiar, even ordinary musical phenomena
The bar will be open until midnight. Stick around after the concert and celebrate our launch with us!
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Tickets:
80kr. standard / 50kr. under 26 or student
Available at the above Billetto link - remaining tickets are sold on the door via mobilepay or cash
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Performers:
Þórhildur Magnúsdóttir - Viola + performance
Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson - Accordion + performance
Joss Smith - Clarinet + performance
Matthew Grouse - Guitar, accordion + performance
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Programme:
Matthew Grouse - Do this, do that… but not that and not quite yet
Cathy Van Eck - Wings
Joss Smith - for the birds (world premiere)
Adriana Minu - Breathe
Anna Sowa - Piece for saxophone and violin player
Laurence Crane - Sparling
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This concert is produced with support from Spar Nord Fonden, Poul Johansen Fonden, Knud Højgaards Fond, Dansk Musiker Forbund, Københavns Kommune musikudvalg and has been sponsored by H15. Joss Smith’s new piece is supported by Koda Kultur.