ABOUT SPOR festival
Concept and background
SPOR's vision is to thematise, actualize and promote the contemporary music and sound art, nationally as well as internationally. SPOR creates a platform for stronger connections to the international sound art and music scenes - and therefore fruitful exchange which can inspire artists and further develop the Danish contemporary music.
The main activity of SPOR is the annual festival, which was held in 2005 for the first time, taking place each year in May in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. Since June 2007 Anne Marqvardsen and Anna Berit Asp Christensen have been the festival directors of SPOR.
Aarhus as the host for SPOR festival originates from a long tradition as a forward looking and visionary platform for the contemporary music and sound art. This position was especially established via the annual NUMUS festival - established and realized by the composer Karl Aage Rasmussen over a period of 25 years, from 1978-2002.
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SPOR’s board
The board of SPOR festival consists of SPOR's artistic directors and the following members:
Lasse Laursen - co-founder of SPOR / Composer and Associate Professor at the Danish Academy of Music
Jens Voigt - co-founder of SPOR / Composer, founder and chairman of the online magazine Seismograf
Sara Topsøe-Jensen - Artistic director of Carte Blanche
Kaj Duncan David - Composer and curator
Rune Søchting - Sound artist and PhD
