AlbumRelease date:
31.01.2025
Josefine Opsahl
CYTROPIA
"CYTROPIA is an album by cellist and composer Josefine Opsahl that combines classical music with electronic elements to explore themes such as heritage, technology and the human condition. The music is inspired by cybernetics, a theory based on circular processes, feedback and the fusion of natural and mechanical elements. In eleven pieces, Opsahl reinvents the potential of the cello by combining its raw, earthy sounds with the manifold possibilities of electronic manipulation. The album aims to dissolve boundaries between the organic and the synthetic, creating a dialogue between tradition and futurism. Each piece embodies different facets of the CYTROPIA universe, from intimate, human sounds to cosmic, other worlds. The concept emphasises the changing relationship between humans, technology and nature in today's world. CYTROPIA emphasises the importance of progress and diversity and offers a new approach to classical music that responds to the dynamics of modern society. Tracks such as ‘Leave’ and ‘Solar’ demonstrate the forward-thinking vision, while the work as a whole remains firmly rooted in classical heritage. The album celebrates human creativity, the potential for innovation and the fusion of past and future."
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Josefine Opsahl
Josefine Opsahl is an award-winning composer and cellist - a virtuoso, visionary and rising star that renews and pushes the rich legacy of classical music forward.
She is a ‘boundary defying and remarkable composer and artist’ (The Strad (UK)) whose refined compositions and strong concepts ties new,
groundbreaking bonds between aesthetics, genres, environments and people.
Her artistry presents a fresh, contemporary synthesis between tradition and the sounds and reality of today that transcends old barriers and let the music freely express and project in diverse musical environments. Elaborating on her background in classical music, Josefine Opsahl integrates contemporary medias of expression such as electronics into her music resulting in powerful, orchestral sonic worlds and ‘a truly original and contemporary expression that is remarkable for Josefine’s young age’ - stated by HM King of Denmark.
Being both an excellent musician and performer, Josefine Opsahl creates music and live performances with a direct and deep impact that has touched, opened and conquered new
ears, eyes and hearts of audiences all over the world. She has received numerous awards for her music – latest The Danish Arts Foundation’s Honorary Work Grant, The Crown Prince Couple’s Cultural Stardust Award, the Léonie Sonning Talent Prize and Wilhelm Hansen Foundation‘s Scholarship of Honor.
Josefine Opsahl is teaching advanced postgraduate students at the The National Academy of Music (DK) and has given lectures in Shanghai, at Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm (SE), The Royal Danish Academy of Music and The Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and The University of Copenhagen (DK). She studied classical and contemporary cello playing at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (DK) and Northwestern University (IL, USA) and holds an Advanced Postgraduate Soloist degree within Contemporary Creative Art.
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