Else Torp

Soprano
2004 2012

Else Torp has specialized in performance, of early and new music, but also covers an extensive repertoire of Danish and German Lieder. In the semi-scenic repertoire she has performed Judith Weir's King Harald's Saga at a number of festivals and Walton's Facade. With Theatre of Voices, she has performed a wide range of repertoire in Europe, Australia and the US.

Else Torp has recently been featured with Scotish Chamber Orchestra in Bach's St John's Passion, with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Christmas Oratory and Concerto Copenhagen with The b Minor mass. 2008 included Arvo Pärt's Miserere at the Sonning Prize festival for Pärt in Copenhagen, and performances at BBC Proms, Berliner Festspiele and Sacrum Profanum in Krakow with Theatre of Voices and Stockhausen's Stimmung. She sang Pärt's "Passio" in his official televised estonian 70th birthday concert in 2005, and later performed Nørholm's "The Bell" with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon. She has done the first performance of Gavin Bryars' "The Stone Arch" with the Kronos Quartet at the Barbican Centre's Steve Reich 70th birthday celebration festival and the first performance of Liu Sola's "The Afterlife of Li Jiantong" - also at the Barbican and at the Takkelloftet at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen in spring of 2009.

Recent CDs: "Cries of London" with Theatre of Voices/Fretwork (Harmonia Mundi), "Weyse Songs" (dacapo), "Stimmung" by Stockhausen and David Lang's "The Little Match Girl Passion" (both Harmonia Mundi).

Participated at following concerts with Ars Nova

Phrygian Fragments - EBU Version Sunday den 20. March 2016 kl. 20:00 Garnisons Kirke, København
Phrygian Fragments Monday den 14. March 2016 kl. 17:00 Århus Domkirke
Phrygian Fragments Sunday den 13. March 2016 kl. 16:00 Sneslev Kirke, Ringsted
Brahms and Early Music Sunday den 6. October 2013 kl. 16:00 Garnisons Kirke, København
Brahms and Early Music Friday den 4. October 2013 kl. 17:00 Århus Domkirke
Beethoven's 9th Symphony Friday den 27. September 2013 kl. 19:30 Konservatoriets Koncertsal
Final open rehearsal - Masterclass DAM Sunday den 25. August 2013 kl. 15:00 Luther Kirken, København
A Summer Song Sunday den 16. June 2013 kl. 15:00 Vangede Kirke
A Summer Song Tuesday den 11. June 2013 kl. 19:30 Garnisons Kirke, København
A Summer Song Sunday den 9. June 2013 kl. 19:00 Söndrums Kyrka
Dansk Komponist Forening 100 Saturday den 4. May 2013 kl. 16:00 Det kongelige Bibliotek, Foyeren
Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri Sunday den 17. March 2013 kl. 16:00 Garnisons Kirke, København
Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri Saturday den 16. March 2013 kl. 16:00 Sct. Jacobi Kirke, Varde
Confrontations Sunday den 3. February 2013 kl. 16:00 Garnisons Kirke, København
Confrontations Saturday den 2. February 2013 kl. 16:00 Aalborg Domkirke, Budolfi
Christmas in the North Sunday den 16. December 2012 kl. 15:00 Garnisons Kirke, København
Christmas in the North Thursday den 13. December 2012 kl. 19:30 Skovvejskirken
Miserere Sunday den 4. November 2012 kl. 20:00 Garnisons Kirke, København
Miserere Friday den 2. November 2012 kl. 19:30
Arvo Pärt in Glasgow - Passio Sunday den 28. October 2012 kl. 20:00
Arvo Pärt in Glasgow - Stabat Mater Saturday den 27. October 2012 kl. 19:30
Pärt's Passio Thursday den 25. October 2012 kl. 20:00 Marmorkirken (Frederiks Kirke)
Vokalherbst Sunday den 14. October 2012 kl. 11:30
Kulturnat Friday den 12. October 2012 kl. 19:00 Marmorkirken (Frederiks Kirke)
Halmstad Saturday den 29. September 2012 kl. 16:00 Martin Luther Kyrka, Halmstad