William Linwood, artistic director of Aventa — the Vancouver-based contemporary music ensemble (www.aventa.ca) — has long been a champion of new music, especially that of the lands of the Aurora Borealis. Beginning this month, Aventa presents its 2007 "Moonlit" tour to Montréal, Toronto, Halifax, and New York City. The tour highlights Nordic repertoire by Hans Abrahamsen, Per Nørgård, Bent Sørensen, including the US premiere Poul Ruders's Abysm at New York's Scandinavia House.
In May, Aventa again brings things Nordic to our shores with the North American premiere of Anders Nordentoft's opera On This Planet, a story of the journey from birth to death, featuring Danish performance artist Thomas Sandberg.
