HENRIK AJAX - COMPOSER
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- Recently finished "Fantasy Dances". Violin and piano. Commissioned by Benjamin Sung an David Kalhous. Performances in the US 2026

- Happy to announce that Ensemble Coincidence (Graz) will record my piece "1039" for their upcoming debut cd.

- Will write a new piano trio later this year - commissioned by the Bayerische Akademie der schönen Künste for my portrait concert there next year.

Upcoming events:

July 6th - Erlangen, St. Matthäuskirche (Ohmplatz) 16h00
"In die Ferne" for choir a cappella. Performed by the via nova choir under Kerstin Behnke

July 19th - Regensburg, Niedermünsterkirche 19h30
"In die Ferne" for choir a cappella. Performed by the via nova choir under Kerstin Behnke







 
Recent events:

July 5th, aDevantgarde-Festival, Munich, 20hß0

Premiere of "rounded, squared and bent" for accordion an piano.
Performed by Brigitte Helbig (pno) and Kai Wangler (acc)

July 5th - Landshut, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche (Freyung) - 18h00
Premiere of "In die Ferne" for choir a cappella. Performed by the via nova choir under Kerstin Behnke

June 5th - Germany, several cities

movie theater premiere of "Chaos und Stille" -  film by Anatol Schuster with my music. Featuring a fictional composer of contemporary music and my ensemble piece "Stille", performed by Ensemble Horizonte.

May 24th, B26 ArtWeekend - Grünbach am Schneeberg (Au)
"a body to the world" - new piece for solo cello (Anna Grenzner) with live-electronics, version with dance

May 31st - Hof Quillo, Falkenhagen, (D) 
Julia Yoo Soon Gröning and Felix Kroll (Ensemble Quillo) perform "Vertigo", version for violin and accordion.

April 25th, Alte Schmiede, Vienna (Au), 19h00
"a body to the world" - new piece for solo cello (Anna Grenzner) with live-electronics

April 5th/6th/8th: achtung berlin filmfestival
"Chaos und Stille" -  film by Anatol Schuster with my music. Featuring a fictional composer of contemporary music and my ensemble piece "Stille", performed by Ensemble Horizonte.

March 20th - Walldorf (D)
The Le Beau Ensemble performs my arrangement of the song cycle op. 11 from Luise Adolpha Le Beau.

February 12th - Schwere Reiter, Munich, 20h00
"a body to the world" - new piece for solo cello (Anna Grenzner) with  live-electronics

February 20th - MDW, Vienna
"a body to the world" -  for solo cello (Anna Grenzner) with live-electronics. As part of the final round in the sounding visions award

January 23rd - Kultum Graz (Au)
"a body to the world" - new piece for solo cello (Anna Grenzner) with  live-electronics

January 16th - 00h10 BR Klassik -Radio
Broadcast of the 2017 recording of the String Sextet

January 12th - Herz Jesu Kirche, Munich - "Offene Tore"
Kathrin Isabelle Klein performs "Diminuendo" for prepared piano

November 22th - Bern (CH), LE Cap 20h00
The Le Beau Ensemble performs my arrangement of the song cycle op. 11 from Luise Adolpha Le Beau.

November 24th - Munich, Schwere Reiter, 17h45
Chiung-Wen Hsu performs "Nachtstück" as part of the MGNM-Musikfest

September 22th - Munich, Galerie Sundheimer, 17h30,
Kathrin Isabelle Klein performs "Diminuendo" for prepared piano in a concert by MGNM.

September 28th - Munich, Antennenglüh'n – Nacht der Neuen Musik
"Suite für Klavier zu Händen" - performed by students of the Jugendakademie der Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

September 17th - Berlin, BKA Theater, 20h00
Samira Spiegel performs "Tiny Robots" for Violin, Piano and Live-Electronics

August 20th - 00h10 BR - Radio
"innen, Sonne - eine Fantasie" - broadcast of the premiere with Ensemble Recherche

May 31st - Festival Blurred Edges, Pauluskirche, Hamburg,  18h00
Samira Spiegel performs "Tiny Robots" for Violin, Piano and Live-Electronics

May 19th - Kloster Raitenhaslach "Look into the future" (D)
Samira Spiegel performs "Tiny Robots" for Violin, Piano and Live-Electronics

April 26th - Galerie Artoxin, Munich - 19h30
Premiere of "1039" for flute, violine and cello. Performed by Martina Silvester, Nina Takai and Katerina Giannitsioti

April 26th - Schwere Reiter, Munich - 20h00
"Hapax Legomenon" performed by the Dandelion Quintett part of a CD-Release concert on the label Col Legno.

April 28th - Alte Dorfkirche, Hausen bei Aschaffenburg (D) - 17h00
Samira Spiegel performs "Tiny Robots" for Violin, Piano and Live-Electronics

April 8th - Studio für Neue Musik, Würzburg (D) - 19h30
Samira Spiegel premiers "Tiny Robots" for Violin, Piano and Live-Electronics

April 11th - 00h10 BR Klassik -Radio
Broadcast of the 2017 recording of the String Sextet

February 16th 2024 - album release with my piece "Hapax Legnomenon" on Col Legno (Austria) with the Munich based Dandelion Quintet.

December 14th - 00h10 in BR Klassik
Broadcast of the Sonata for Violin and Piano, recording by Samira Spiegel and Nina Scheidmantel

07th 22h05- "Horizonte" in BR Klassik
Broadcast of "Innen, Sonne". Performed by Ensemble Recherche

December 14th 22h05- "Horizonte" in BR Klassik
Broadcast of "Nexus". Performed by Brigitte Helbig

October 13th - 19h00 - Kammermusik! Festival!, Würzburg (D)
"Das Karussell" commission from Kammermusik!Festival

October 14th - 22h00 - Kammermusik! Festival!, Würzburg (D)
"Hapax Legomenon" (2021) for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and french horn

August 10th - 22h30 - "Horizonte in BR Klassik"
Broadcast of "Kindertotenlieder - Betrachtungen zwischen Diesseits und Jenseits"

July 9th - 16h00 Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Julia Yoo Soon Gröning (Ensemble Quillo) performs "Verwinkeltes Dasein".

July 8th - 22h00 Rofinpark, Eberswalde
Julia Yoo Soon Gröning (Ensemble Quillo) performs "Verwinkeltes Dasein".

June 16th - 00h10 BR - Radio
"Pretty much the same thing all the time ..." (Marcel Morikawa, Patrick Stapleton, Perkussion)

June 17th - Hof Quillo, Falkenhagen, (D) 
Julia Yoo Soon Gröning (Ensemble Quillo) performs "Verwinkeltes Dasein".

June 18th - Riedenburger Tag der Gegenwartsmusik (D)
The song cycle "Rhythmusstörung" is performed by Manuel Adt (baritone) and Kathrin Isabelle Klein (piano)

June 22nd - 00h10 BR - Radio

Broadcast of "Nexus" for piano solo. Recording by Brigitte Helbig.

June 24th - Schwere Reiter, Munich (D)
"innen, Sonne" (new piece) for Ensemble Recherche (Fl, Cl, Vln, Vla, Vlc)
Commission from the aDevantgarde festival.


 















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