Agnes Obel (DK)
9. 1. 14 19:30 •
Palác Akropolis, Praha
The Danish songwriter and piano player Agnes Obel will perform in Prague on the January 9th as a part of her series Femme Fatal. The concert will be held at Palác Akropolis. Her quitened song-writing engages piano minimalism with methods of independent pop, as does Tori Amos or PJ Harvey. In Berlin settled musicians writes and records her balads by herself and this brings to her songs the atmospehere of solitary meditation. Multiple winner of Danish music awards Agnes Obel will perform on the January 9th at Palác Akropolis.
The concert series Femme Fatale which started in 2013 quickly establised itself among the best what clubs offer. The first fatal women, which will accept the invatation to the stage of Palác Akropolis , will be Agnes Obel. She is actually among the most acclaimed interpreters of the old continent. She wins music awards, scores in charts – but her fragile music built on piano melodies seems that it doesn’t belong to our noisy present.
Agnes Obel broke through by her debut album Philharmonics, which was released three years ago. It is a collection of songs built almost exclusively on piano and vocal. Obel admits very significant influence of Erik Satie and his atmosperic minimalism. Another influences were Claude Debussy or the later records of PJ Harvey. The album amazed the fans not only in her home country Denmark but also in Netherlands, Belgium or France. Almost half a million of pieces were sold. Agnes Obel won 5 anual awards for this album in 2011 and she hosted on the records of the projects Efterklang or The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble.
The Danish songwriter and piano player Agnes Obel will perform in Prague on the January 9th as a part of her series Femme Fatal. The concert will be held at Palác Akropolis. Her quitened song-writing engages piano minimalism with methods of independent pop, as does Tori Amos or PJ Harvey. In Berlin settled musicians writes and records her balads by herself and this brings to her songs the atmospehere of solitary meditation. Multiple winner of Danish music awards Agnes Obel will perform on the January 9th at Palác Akropolis.
The concert series Femme Fatale which started in 2013 quickly establised itself among the best what clubs offer. The first fatal women, which will accept the invatation to the stage of Palác Akropolis , will be Agnes Obel. She is actually among the most acclaimed interpreters of the old continent. She wins music awards, scores in charts – but her fragile music built on piano melodies seems that it doesn’t belong to our noisy present.
Agnes Obel broke through by her debut album Philharmonics, which was released three years ago. It is a collection of songs built almost exclusively on piano and vocal. Obel admits very significant influence of Erik Satie and his atmosperic minimalism. Another influences were Claude Debussy or the later records of PJ Harvey. The album amazed the fans not only in her home country Denmark but also in Netherlands, Belgium or France. Almost half a million of pieces were sold. Agnes Obel won 5 anual awards for this album in 2011 and she hosted on the records of the projects Efterklang or The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble.
