Thomas Hjort Jensen - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I was born in October 1973 just outside Copenhagen, Denmark. During my childhood i took violin lessons (18 years) and piano lessons (15 years), music theory etc. Later, I started taking music theory and aesthetics a little more serious, and since 2001 I hold a Masters degree in music and philosophy from University of Copenhagen. For a few years I was the co-editor of the Danish National Encyclopedia on music.I started composing at an early age. At that time it was mostly minimalism or broad filmmusic-like settings. Nowadays I prefer writing choral music for concert or religious purposes, but during the last ten years or so I have done some scoring for short movies and videos, too. I am a member of KomVest, a composers collective in Copenhagen where we have very high class performances of our stuff for inspiration and learning.Besides from writing music I work as web designer and practice and teach astanga vinyasa yoga (see my site - in Danish - on yoga here: www.astanga-yoga.dk .)When writing music my goal is to interpret the text. Music is a way of communicating and commenting on the emotional content of a text (or some other starting point), and I seek to amplify whatever emotions I experience in the way I set the music. Hopefully the music will make some sort of emotional sense to the listener.I am trying to avoid too many "special effects". Often I pick a more subtle way of musical expression rather than a more effect focused one. Simplicity is a strong way of enhancing the emotional communication.I hope you enjoy the pieces I put here. Don't hesitate to comment on them.

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Member Since: 19/04/2006
Band Website: www.komvest.dk
Influences: Choral composers from Perotin to Arvo Part.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Working on a new piece for mixed chorus

Well, even though I should be quite busy these days already, with a seven week old baby girl in the house and a full time job (plus a handfull of yoga classes to teach every week), I still seem to hav...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 05:39:00 GMT

Winter Elegy (2006)

Finally, new music on my profile! The Winter Elegy was recorded March 4th 2007. It is performed live by Ensemble Felix, conducted by John Ehde. If you think it sounds vaguely familiar it could be beca...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:11:00 GMT

Two new pieces

Finally I can present new music. It has been a while since the last time I finished a piece (three years or so), but lately I have completed a piece for chamber orchestra and a piece for choir. The f...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:15:00 GMT

Full version of the Winter Cantata uploaded

Due to quite overwhelming interrest in my music I have decided to upload the full recording of the Winter Cantata. I hope you like it. The text is mainly in Danish (a poem by B.S. Ingeman), but part o...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:26:00 GMT

New old music

Hello everybody! I just posted another piece of choral music on MySpace. It is an offertorium, Super Flumina Babylonis, and it is set for four male voices. It is built around a traditional gregorian c...
Posted by on Tue, 09 May 2006 01:02:00 GMT

Wonderful wonders

Thank you, thank you... I am so grateful. So many new friends in so little time. And so many kind words about my music! I feel very much inklined to write some more soon. I have a few project ideas, t...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:58:00 GMT

My first blog entry... ever...

Well, here I am... trying to get the hang of this MySpace-thing. I have posted two pieces of choral music: "Agnus Dei" and an excerpt of "Winter Cantata". Feel free to comment on them. Oh, and I plan ...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:21:00 GMT