Jens Ibsen
SF Bay Area-based composer/tenor alchemizing metal into music for the concert hall.
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Next Concert: Scene Symphony with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Next Concert: Scene Symphony with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Feature in SFCV | Catching Up With the Winners of SF Symphony’s Emerging Black Composers Project
Feature in SFCV | Catching Up With the Winners of SF Symphony’s Emerging Black Composers Project
Before 2026 applications are due, learn how the project has positively impacted composers Jens Ibsen, Kyle Rivera, and Trevor Weston.
Putting the nail in the coffin on Sleep Token. | Substack
Putting the nail in the coffin on Sleep Token. | Substack
Or: He Knows These Chords are Boring
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Jens Ibsen, composer/tenor, is a multidisciplinary artist who has performed globally, and the recent winner of the San Francisco Symphony's Emerging Black Composters award.
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Music criticism of metal and classical music by Jens Ibsen, a singer/composer fluent in both genres. Click to read Poetic Tramplings, by Jens Ibsen, a Substack publication. Launched 7 months ago.
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Jens Ibsen, composer/tenor, is a multidisciplinary artist whose vocal talents have led him to performances from Dubai to Shanghai as a principal soloist and the first African-born member of the world-renowned Vienna Boys Choir. His music is equally globe-trotting, with performances from The Polish Hearth in London to the San Francisco Symphony. Ibsen’s music seeks to liberate the definition of metal music from the confines of the metal band. He natively composes music in this style for traditional classical ensembles while infusing the musical knowledge of his multicultural upbringing including Western classical and avant-garde music, Arab and Turkish music, and African diasporic music. He uses polystylism as a language through which to pursue questions of queerness, ancestry, and structural power.
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