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Floating Spaces: Henrik Larsen

Floating Spaces for vibraphone and computer: the sheer joy of the beauty of the sound of the vibraphone, and this in interaction with the sound capabilities of the computer! Misty, floating landscapes are conjured up consisting of crystalline order and calm gaseous envelopment, interrupted by fragments of twirling chaotic tension.  The virtuoso Danish percussionist Henrik Larsen premiered René Mogensen’sContinue reading “Floating Spaces: Henrik Larsen”

New release of 1990s jazz for summer listening

Focus: The trio with René Mogensen on Tenor Saxophone, Jim Labita on piano and Terry Newman on bass was active in various venues in the New York City area in the mid- and late-1990s. This new release is a 2026 remastering of archived recordings from 1996. If you like Focus you may also like otherContinue reading “New release of 1990s jazz for summer listening”

Nicolas Deletaille: chamber music concert series

The Belgian virtuoso cellist Nicolas Deletaille enjoyed a residency at Wassard Elea most recently in 2023, and had previously had a residency and touring concert series together with pianist Alain Roudier and composer René Mogensen in the Cilento, Southern Italy during 2010. Nicolas Deletaille is an active performer, engaged in concert-touring around the world. SinceContinue reading “Nicolas Deletaille: chamber music concert series”

Augusta Atla: “art must remain a free space for all voices.”

Augusta Atla enjoyed a residency at Wassard Elea in 2014. She is an active visual artist, debater, poet and writer, based in Denmark. She recently participated in a public debate on the Danish Constitution Day (Grundlovsdag) entitled “ART, IDENTITY AND BOYCOTT: WHERE IS THE LINE FOR CULTURAL EXCLUSION?” She is giving a lecture entitled “TheContinue reading “Augusta Atla: “art must remain a free space for all voices.””

A Thousand Stories Conference July 2026

Megaphone Writers Community Interest Company is organising the Thousand Stories Conference in Birmingham, UK, on July 11, 2026. It is a day for people of colour who create books for children. Speakers include authors Serena Patel, Mayo Agard-Olubo, Abena Eyeson, Shireen Lalji, G M Linton, Ashley Thorpe, Anika Hussain, and Eva Wong Nava. Speakers alsoContinue reading “A Thousand Stories Conference July 2026”

Diversity in the Arts

Public investment in more cultural diversity in the arts results in the development of cultural infrastructure which is a necessary condition for a humanely focused social development. Such cultural infrastructure is an important defence against the very destructive ‘us vs. them’ narrative that seems to be growing again in the West, and is echoing theContinue reading “Diversity in the Arts”

Featured guests: Esther Lamneck and Mara Helmuth

Musician Esther Lamneck (clarinet and tárogató) and Composer Mara Helmuth enjoyed a collaborative residency at Wassard Elea in the Spring of 2025, in the two apartments The Philosopher and The Poet. Here they worked on a new music project. One work resulting from this residency was Wind Blown Rain for computer and tárogató. The videoContinue reading “Featured guests: Esther Lamneck and Mara Helmuth”

Featured Guest: Prof. Thomas Kiørboe

Professor Thomas Kiørboe (Dr. Scient), of DTU (Technical University of Denmark), enjoyed a residency in ‘The Philosopher’ during the Spring of 2025 and here he worked on the research article ‘Diatoms–copepods: An evolutionary arms race’ now published and available at https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70355. Professor Kiørboe is the author of about 270 peer reviewed journal articles and 2Continue reading “Featured Guest: Prof. Thomas Kiørboe”