Bolette Roed

Debut: Bolette Roed is one of the most talented and inquisitive musicians, the conservatory in Copenhagen has fostered.

“ (…) From fine sonatas with harpsichord to electrically amplifed asthma sounds. So broadly spanned this Friday’s debut soloist from the Royal Danish Music Academy – recorder player Bolette Roed. She did this with eight colleagues, who all shined like stars that night. And she did it without losing a single listener. The girl is simply among the most exciting musicians, the conservatory has educated.
In that all the music sounds relevant in her mouth. There is drama in the play between the pretty outer appearance and the artist’s seriousness (…) and that, in the most beautiful way (…). All the tones grow out of an inner melancholy. Bolette is, in short, a musical virtuoso (…)”

6 stars Søren H. Schauser, Berlingske Tidende, March 30th 2004

Musical Resources

Novel recorder player’s talent is superior and expansive in an inspired debut.

“Bolette Roed’s debut recital started with a premiere, ended in the high medieval age and in between touched on both renaissance, baroque and rococo and the encore was a folk dance (…). The cards were shuffled for a maximum of diversity (…) a convincing whole: an exciting and stimulating account of the instrument’s many capacities.
And, of a fascinating and intelligent musician. Bolette Roed is not only a virtuoso; she is one with the music (…) intense and directly committed (...)
With three pieces, new music was heavily weighted in the program, eloquent in the communication. (…) with spontaneous lyric expressiveness.
Sensitivity characterized a … sonata by C.P.E. Bach, while father Sebastian’s trio sonata in G major turned into vivid, playful chamber music with delicacy and perky joy of playing (…). And as tight, intimate phrasing progressively dissolved into jubilant embellishment, Jacob van Eyck’s solo variations on “Psalm 118” became a concentrate of Bolette Roed’s musical resources”
Jan Jacoby, Politiken, April 1 st 2004

Reviews from Eva Barath’s debut composer recital

” .. many superb performances helped make Eva Barath’s debut composer recital successful. Let one performance count for them all: The recorder player Bolette Roed, who both as a soloist, and in complementation with others displayed a technical command of the instrument and an artistic appreciation of Eva Barath’s music, which was exemplary.”
Jens Brinkner, Berlingske Tidende, November 16th 2001

“ … only the recorder solo “sprachlos” painted a dramatically comprehensible sequence from equilibrium to panic and ending with a resigning lethargy, in that an imaginative, “talking” or moaning treatment of the instrument emphasized the expression. Bolette Roed’s skilled and emphatic interpretation was the night’s highlight…”
Jan Jacoby, Politiken, November 18th 2001

Concert in Engholm Kirke, Allerød, James Crabb og Bolette Roed Duo, 9-17-2000

Distinctive accompaniment - A splendid concert for recorder and accordion

"(…) Bolette Roed is only 21 years old (…) and she easily stands on her own. Her technique is outstanding, her approach to the pieces easy and smiling (...) Although, the concert peaked with Bolette Roed’s unmatched performance of Ryohei Hirose's “Meditation” from 1975, (…) with intimate moments of eloquent peace and profound dedication (…). The enthusiasm was ample and understandably so. One sat and yearned for an hour’s worth of music with the two on a cd for casual listening at home, so alleviating and excellent was the direct encounter with the two adept musicians."
Frederiksborg Amts Avis, Knud Cornelius, september 2000

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