Ensemble Hermes plays Arvo Pärt

Name: Ensemble Hermes plays Arvo Pärt
Start: 2027-04-01T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2027-04-01T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Viborg Musiksal

Thu, 1 Apr 2027 · 19:30 — 21:30

Viborg Musiksal, Viborg · 50–220 kr. · ≈ 7–29 €

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Ensemble Hermes plays Arvo Pärt · Viborg Musiksal, Viborg

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Ensemble Hermes celebrates Arvo Pärt at 90: Thursday 1 April 2027, 19:30–21:30, Viborg Musiksal, Viborg. Tickets cost 50–220 kr.

Ensemble Hermes visits Viborg Musikforening with Estonian singer Karmen Rõivassepp to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt's birth.

The large ensemble performs Pärt's music alongside Rõivassepp's own arrangements, and she also sings her own songs in a more jazzy style.

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About: Ensemble Hermes

Seven young string players from Aarhus who, since 2018, have crafted conductor-free concerts built around bold thematic ideas - ranging from intimate chamber music to full string orchestra. As Artist in Residence at Musikhuset Aarhus in 2025-2026, they place classical music in dialogue with dance, visual art and new compositions.

2018

Founded

Regular musicians in the core ensemble

What's new

2026-05
Ensemble Hermes released the album FindAndYouWillSeek in collaboration with composer and pianist Christian Balvig - a neoclassical album composed for the ensemble's seven strings.
2026-05
Ensemble Hermes and Christian Balvig toured with FindAndYouWillSeek concerts in Copenhagen, Odense, Ry and Aarhus, with a specially designed video installation by artist Kaspar Vig as the visual frame.
2026-07
Ensemble Hermes performed at Klassisk tirsdag in Musikhusparken in Aarhus, where the audience voted on the repertoire with DR P2 host Charlotte Norholt as guide.

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AarhusKøbenhavnOdenseRyKolding

Tracks

FindAndYouWillSeekAlbum with composer Christian Balvig, released spring 2026 - neoclassical music for seven strings in the style of Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm

Bølgernes MusikPerformance inspired by H.C. Andersen's The Little Mermaid, with two dancers and music by Schubert, Sibelius, Ligeti, Philip Glass and Caroline Shaw

La FolliaConcert project with the Follia theme from the Middle Ages to today, incl. newly composed follia by Christian Balvig, for string ensemble, baroque guitar and percussion

Arvo Pärt 90 årConcert with Pärt's Spiegel im Spiegel, Summa and Fratres, in collaboration with Estonian vocalist Karmen Rõivassepp, Musikhuset Aarhus 2025

About: Karmen Rõivassepp

Estonian-born singer and composer Karmen Rõivassepp, now based in Aarhus, brings a clear, instrument-like voice to a repertoire spanning mainstream, Latin and contemporary jazz. Her award-winning work with the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra has established her across the Scandinavian and Baltic jazz circuits.

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What's new

2025-01
Rõivassepp participated as a vocalist on Rahel Talts' album "New and Familiar", released on January 31, 2025.
2025-02
Rõivassepp performed with guitarist Jacob Fischer at Bartof Cafe in Copenhagen on February 2, 2025.
2024-04
The live album "Wonder Who" with the Danish ensemble Abekejser and three brass players from Aarhus Jazz Orchestra was released on April 19, 2024.

Tracks

AmbivalenceTitle track from award-winning big band album with Aarhus Jazz Orchestra (2023)

Hidden in the MelodyFrom the album "Ambivalence" (2023), one of her most well-known numbers

Dance of SoundsTitle track from quartet debut (2018), nominated for Danish Music Awards Jazz

BreatheTitle track from quartet album no. 2 (2021)

Wonder WhoTitle track from live album with Abekejser (2024)

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