Conductor

Mother of the Sea
A captivating and climate-relevant story in music and images about the ocean – and about our shared connection to life below the surface.
The myth of Sassuma Arnaa (Mother of the Sea) is a story about the Greenlandic Inuit people's relationship with nature, the sea and the animals they hunt: When the catch failed due to people's greed and lack of gratitude, the village's Angakok (spiritual healer) had to make the dangerous journey down to Sassuma Arnaa to untangle her tangled hair, where seals, whales, grouse, polar bears and fish were trapped. Only in this way could the people survive.

Mother of the Sea

Aarhus Music Hall

How is it that some music just lasts, while others are forgotten after the first performance? Who was this man whose music we never tire of – and in which we can constantly find new depths? What can we use him for today? And what do we need music for anyway?

Family concert: Bravo Beethoven

The myth of Sassuma Arnaa (Mother of the Sea) is a story about the Greenlandic Inuit people's relationship with nature, the sea and the animals they hunt: When the catch failed due to people's greed and lack of gratitude, the village's Angakok (spiritual healer) had to make the dangerous journey down to Sassuma Arnaa to untangle her tangled hair, where seals, whales, grouse, polar bears and fish were trapped. Only in this way could the people survive.

Family Concert: Mother of the Sea

In an unequal and powerful world, a struggle is being waged – a struggle for youthful liberation with hope and love as weapons. When Parisian director Stéphane Braunschweig takesThe Magic FluteIn our time, actor Anton Lundqvist and young opera singers such as Endre Aaberge Dahl, Clarice Granado and Lovisa Huledal meet on stage.

The Magic Flute

The Folk Opera

Frederiksberg Town Hall and Copenhagen Phil present a unique classical concert experience – and take both young and old listeners on a journey through classical music. This happens when the audience walks around in the middle of the live music while it is playing, and in that way gets very close to the orchestra's many musicians, who are spread out throughout the room.

Culture Night – Overture

Frederiksberg Town Hall

We can't reject unsophisticated tricks, crazy stories and great hilarity when the two musical duelists and music geeks Mathias Hammer and Frederik Cilius meet for a musical duel. Anyone who has seen them in  The Classical Music Quiz knows that, in addition to knowing almost everything about classical music, the two also love to compete. The question tonight is simply: Which piece of classical music is best? Come and help decide - whoever gets the biggest round of applause has won.

Tivoli / The musical duel with Hammer & Cilius

Tivolis Koncertsal

Mesterstykker  is the concert where the well-known TV host Mathias Hammer presents the most popular classical music pieces. This concert revolves around the three big B's of music history: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms and some of the composers they inspired. Along with the Tivoli Copenhagen Phil, Mathias Hammer also has pianist David Munk-Nielsen and soprano Louise McClelland on stage. It will be a concert with a cornucopia of beloved melodies and good stories.

Tivoli / Mesterstykker #3: The three big B's

Look forward to a magical evening under the open sky when Opera Hedeland performs Mozart's beloved opera "The Marriage of Figaro" in the summer of 2025. Experience it under the open sky on August 8, 15 and 16, 2025.

Conductor

Nathanaël Iselin

Events

Upcoming events

8 - 16 Aug, 2026

Opera performance in 2025: The Marriage of Figaro · Opera Hedeland

Past events

Apr 18, 2026

Mother of the Sea ·

Apr 18, 2026

Family concert: Bravo Beethoven · Musikhuset Aarhus

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in The Magic Flute by Mozart

Folkoperan

Conductor in The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart

Opera Hedeland

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