Origin: Where Music and Words Create Each Other
On Thursday 1 October, the Reading Room opens its doors to Århus Sinfonietta and poet Anne Green Munk as part of 'Behind the Culture'.
The poetry moves through a landscape of sounds, creating a shared space for contemplation –a place where meaning is not only understood rationally, but also experienced.
The concert is an invitation to listen in a new way: to hear the rhythm of language and the music’s storytelling as two sides of the same coin. Here, there are no sharp genres distinctions – only a smooth motion between sound and meaning, between thought and tone.
The concert begins with a talk featuring poet Anne Green Munk and the participating musicians, where the audience is invited into the creative process. A concert is performed afterwards, where music and words are intertwined to create a new whole.
The concert is part of 'Behind the Culture'.
Participants
Anne Green Munk, poet and Aarhus Sinfonietta: Maria Edlund, cello, Henrik Larsen, percussion, Frederik Munk Larsen, guitar, Niels-Ole Bo Johansen, trombone, Ann Sophie Rønne Andersen, moderator
Behind the Culture: Meet those who are shaping cultural life in Aarhus
Come behind the scenes of culture and meet those who work with dance, music, literature, theatre and visual arts every day.
From 1-11 October 2026, the city’s cultural scene will be opening its doors – and you are invited. With 'Behind the Culture' you can experience ten days of culture and activities for everyone all throughout Aarhus. And you can meet those who work with dance, music, literature, theatre and visual arts every day.
Kultursamvirket Aarhus represents 66 different cultural institutions, and with 'Behind the Culture' we focus on all those who shape the cultural landscape in Aarhus.
Aarhus Sinfonietta
Aarhus Sinfonietta strives to perform music that understands its past, plays its present and develops its future.
Aarhus Sinfonietta was founded in 1990 by a group of musicians from the Aarhus Sinfonietta and Det Jyske Ensemble in collaboration with the composer Hans Abrahamsen, today consisting of 19 permanent musicians.
