BACKGROUND TO…

Born in Borup, the Danish composer studied with Ib Nørdholm(1993), a work which inspired Danish playwright Peter Asmussen to collaborate with Sørensen on an opera: commissioned by the Danish Royal Opera, they completed five years later in 2003. Sørensen’s other concertos include for piano and orchestra (1998), and for trombone and 14 instruments (1995) composed for the Swedish trombonist Christian Lindberg.