Danish marimbist Anders Elten performs the Sarabande from Johann Sebastian Bach's sixth keyboard partita, in a new adaption for marimba solo.
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About the performer: Danish marimbist Anders Elten is fiercely devoted to the dissemination of the marimba as a modern classical concert instrument. He is the winner of several major music competitions: Among others, the ‘Grand Prize’ at the Enkor Music Competition in Germany, first prize in both the internal solo, chamber and concerto competitions at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, as well as third prize and the ‘Keiko Abe Honorary Award’ in the Universal Marimba Competition in Belgium.
More recently, he has been the recipient of the prestigious Sonning Talent Prize, the Harbye Foundation scholarship, the Gladsaxe Music Prize as well as the Danish Radio P2 Talent Prize.
In 2017 he formed a percussion duo with renowned Danish percussionist Mathias Reumert, and together they have played numerous concerts in Denmark. In 2021, the French composer Phillippe Manoury dedicated his new piece for percussion duo “ARGUMENTA” to them, and it was premiered later the same year. In mid 2022, their debut album will be released - featuring music by Phillippe Manoury and Maurice Ravel.
Apart from his concert activities, Anders Elten currently holds the position of marimba teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.
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Video and sound recording: Torsten Jessen
Location: Musikhuset København
