"Kresten Osgood meets Morten Søkilde" is part of a sparkling new concert series during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in LiteraturHaus.

Kresten Osgood has established himself as a true legend in his field, and with "Kresten Osgood meets..." he has teamed up with 3 absolutely competent word-people.

We at LiteraturHaus are proud to welcome Kresten Osgood & Morten Søkilde.

The lyricist and artist Morten Søkilde (born 1974) is a Danish poet who has especially burned through with a particularly creative tone. Morten Søkilde has been compared to some of Denmark's greatest poets, and has published some of the most original poems in recent times.
Morten Søkilde graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2002, and the Writers' School in 2004. The published works of Morten Søkilde include "Morten Søkilde 1974-2003" and "Pan - a fable"
In 2010, Morten Søkilde received the Dan Turèll Prize, where the board reasoned that...

"Kresten Osgood meets Morten Søkilde" is part of a sparkling new concert series during the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in LiteraturHaus.

Kresten Osgood has established himself as a true legend in his field, and with "Kresten Osgood meets..." he has teamed up with 3 absolutely competent word-people.

We at LiteraturHaus are proud to welcome Kresten Osgood & Morten Søkilde.

The lyricist and artist Morten Søkilde (born 1974) is a Danish poet who has especially burned through with a particularly creative tone. Morten Søkilde has been compared to some of Denmark's greatest poets, and has published some of the most original poems in recent times.
Morten Søkilde graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2002, and the Writers' School in 2004. The published works of Morten Søkilde include "Morten Søkilde 1974-2003" and "Pan - a fable"
In 2010, Morten Søkilde received the Dan Turèll Prize, where the board reasoned that Morten Søkilde "has his own poetic source, from which flow new words, phrases, expressions, senses and images of biological and mythological beauty".
Morten Søkilde also received Klaus Rifbjerg's debutante prize for poetry in 2008.
We at LiteraturHaus can also quote Morten as saying "I am immensely looking forward to performing with Kresten, in front of a hopefully well-tempered audience"

Kresten Osgood is truly a bomb of creativity in Danish cultural life, and is a giant in music in Denmark as well as the world. He is a multi-instrumentalist, and definitely one of the most important we have in improvised music. Furthermore, he has a great love for the art of words and the possibilities of poetry, so what better than to hear him in collaboration with some of the most important Danish authors in Denmark.
Kresten has been a senior lecturer at RMC since 2009, and is one of the founding members behind ILK.
Kresten Osgood has received a multitude of recognitions including: 2005 Steppeulv - musician of the year, 2006 Django d'Or Prize, 2008 DJBFA's Honorary Prize, 2010 Ben Webster Prize and Danmarks Radio's Leo Mathiessen Prize, 2012 Ken Gudman Prize, 2016 P8 Jazz Prize.
Kresten has entered into a multitude of collaborations, in his increasingly powerful career, including: Lars Skinnebach, Hugo Rasmussen, Jason Moran, Bent Jædig, Jim Black, Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Peter Laugesen, Marc Dresser, Peter Brötzman, Ben Street , Joshua Redman, Koichi Makigami, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Gilbert Holmstrøm, LarsGöran Ulander, Ran Blake, Mat Maneri, Herb Robertson, Snöleoparden, Mats Gustafsson, John Tchicai, Billy Preston, Steven Bernstein, Tal R, Teitur, Masabumi Kikuchi, Thomas Morgan, Kristian Leth, Goodiepal, Bent Fabricius Bjerre, Jakob Bro.

We are looking forward to seeing you....

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