NOVEMBER 2026 NEW ON NAXOS
Teitur LASSEN (b. 1977) TEENS – Questions to Teenagers Ólöf Arnalds, Nive Nielsen, Vocals Teitur Lassen, Vocals, Electronics • Ensemble MidtVest
The concerns, joys and fears of teenagers in the Nordic countries is the focus of TEENS , a project by Faroese composer and performer Teitur Lassen. Their responses to his questions became the basis of 18 songs, for various permutations of instruments, sung by Lassen, Nive Nielsen and Ólöf Arnalds – quirky, funny, droll and sensitive songs about spiders, grandparents, a horse and many more. The recording also preserves the voices of the teenagers themselves, as they answer the questions Lassen posed to them. The result is a new collection of contemporary songs – a genuine collaboration between teenagers, charismatic singers and the acclaimed Ensemble MidtVest. Key features: •
This album is aimed at teenagers in the Nordic countries, offering them a platform for their ideas and perspectives. Faroese composer and performer Teitur Lassen collaborated with organisations and schools across the region, reaching out to young people with questions that became the basis for the lyrics. The result is 18 songs for voice, wind quartet, piano, strings and electronics, performed with Ólöf Arnalds – an Icelandic composer known for collaborations with Björk, Murgison and Slowblow – and Nive Nielsen , the Greenlandic Inuk singer-songwriter and actress who fronts the internationally touring band Nive and the Deer Children.
9.70392 * Release date: 13 Nov 2026
1 I Dress Like My Sister 2 The Weather 3 Confused 4 Seriously 5 Try To Sleep 6 Twinkle 7 I Just Got Here 8 I Am Afraid 9 Long Game
0 Spiders ! Two Meters @ Snapchat # Granny $ Pregnant % Good Person ^ My Mother & In The Barn * Sunshine
• Critical responses to Teitur’s artistry have been consistently strong. British folk singer KT Tunstall described him as ‘the sound of melting ice, haunted woods, and beautiful honesty,’ while composer and instrumentalist John Mayer wrote that ‘music like this is jet fuel on the fire of a broken heart.’ The Guardian praised him as ‘never less than extraordinary,’ and Gramophone admired his album Confessions as ‘brilliantly witty, strangely compelling and at times subtly affecting.’ These voices underline the originality and emotional power that characterise Lassen’s work. • The performances here are supported by Ensemble MidtVest , a group that regularly collaborates with leading artists such as Pekka Kuusisto, Jennifer Stumm, Bo Skovhus and the Danish String Quartet. EMV has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Kings Place in London and at prestigious international festivals, bringing its distinctive energy and refinement to this project. Together with Lassen and his collaborators, the Ensemble ensures that Teens – Questions to Teenagers stands as a striking and imaginative addition to contemporary Nordic music.
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Ensemble MidtVest and Teitur Lassen
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