{"id":3665,"date":"2025-10-17T02:29:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T02:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:04:37","slug":"frans-winther-has-left-us-17-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/frans-winther-has-left-us-17-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Frans Winther has left us &#8211; 17 October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DANSK, ENGLISH, ITALIANO, ESPA\u00d1OL <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9f8fba1df724814a97e6bc5c675dba14 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DANSK <br>Frans Winther har forladt os<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeg kan ikke mere. Med disse ord tog Frans Winther afsked med os i dag den 17. oktober 2025. Som komponist og musiker, skuespiller og teaterinstrukt\u00f8r var han en stadig inspiration for os. Efter nogle \u00e5r p\u00e5 blandt andet Nordjysk Musikkonservatorium i Aalborg kom han til Odin Teatret i 1987 og begyndte med det samme et intenst samarbejde med skuespiller Else Marie Laukvik. Resultatet mundede ud i forestillingen, <em>Memoria<\/em>, om de tyske udryddelseslejre og modet hos dem, som forts\u00e6tter at leve uden at \u00f8nske at glemme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efter \u00e5r med turn\u00e9er i et utal af lande fra Kina til Colombia, og inklusive dusinvis af byer i Europa, m\u00e5tte Frans i 2020 p\u00e5 grund af Parkinsons sygdom aflyse en turn\u00e9 til Paris, der skulle mindes Ludwik Flaszen. Flaszen var sammen med Grotowski skaberen af Teatr Laboratorium 13 Rzed\u00f3w i Opole, Polen. Samtidig havde Frans sammen med Else Marie og Rina Skeel sat musik til og optr\u00e5dte i en Odin Teatret-forestilling om Goya, <em>Den d\u00f8ve mands hus<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans komponerede original musik og skabte dristige arrangementer til alle Odin Teatrets forestillinger fra 1990 til 2020, som han selv ogs\u00e5 optr\u00e5dte i. Han var um\u00e5delig t\u00e5lmodig med sine kolleger, s\u00e6rligt med mig, for hvem musikken var en handling i lyd, markeret af skuespillernes impulser. Han var ekspert i at sammens\u00e6tte musikkens toner fra forskellige, fjerne kulturer. Hans operaer <em>Shakuntala<\/em>, <em>Ur-Hamlet <\/em>og diverse musikalske mosaikker til Theatrum Mundis interkulturelle forestillinger er et bevis p\u00e5 dette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ven med utallige digtere skabte han og Ulrik Skeel en m\u00e5nedlig begivenhed, som bragte mange af disse digtervenner til Holstebro til et forestillingsarrangement med titlen <em>Poesi p\u00e5 en Torsdag<\/em>. Frans skabte desuden en opera, <em>Ezra<\/em>, om Ezra Pounds liv og digtning, baseret p\u00e5 en libretto af Peter Laugesen. <em>Tidevandet, dagen og afskedens lys <\/em>er en CD, som er baseret p\u00e5 hans musik til digte af Thomas Boberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans boede i et stykke tid p\u00e5 vores teater i et v\u00e6relse med permanent uorden. Alligevel stod han hver eneste morgen op, f\u00f8r vi andre ankom, ryddede op og gjorde rent i vores k\u00f8kken. Mange af vores g\u00e6ster husker vores teater, fordi vores originale komponist ogs\u00e5 var en ydmyg arbejdsmand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eugenio Barba<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a888ccf3fdf532c77cfa1eb5f0fd57a0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ENGLISH<\/strong><br><strong>Frans Winther has left us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can&#8217;t take it anymore. With these words, Frans Winther has taken his leave of us today, October 17, 2025. Composer and musician, actor and director, he was a constant inspiration to us. After studying at the \u00c5lborg Conservatory, he joined Odin Teatret in 1987 and immediately established an intense collaboration with Else Marie Laukvik. The result was <em>Memoria<\/em> about the German extermination camps and the courage of those who continue to live without wanting to forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years of touring from China to Colombia as well as dozens of cities across Europe, Frans, due to Parkinson&#8217;s disease, had to cancel his trip to Paris in 2020 to remember Ludwik Flaszen, the creator with Grotowski of the Teatr Laboratorium 13 Rzed\u00f3w in Opole. Meanwhile, together with Else Marie and Rina Skeel, he had set to music and acted in a performance about Goya, <em>The Deaf Man\u2019s House<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans composed original music and bold arrangements for all of Odin Teatret&#8217;s performances from 1990 to 2020 in which he also acted. He was extremely patient with his colleagues, especially with me, for whom the music was a sonorous action punctuated by the actors&#8217; impulses. He was expert at blending sounds from distant cultures. His operas <em>Shakuntala<\/em>, <em>Ur-Hamlet<\/em>, and the diverse musical mosaics for Theatrum Mundi&#8217;s intercultural performances are proof of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A friend of countless poets, he and Ulrik Skeel created a monthly event that brought them to Holstebro for a performance entitled <em>Poesi p\u00e5 en Torsdag<\/em>. Frans\u2019 opera <em>Ezra<\/em> is based on Peter Laugesen\u2019s libretto about the life and poems of Ezra Pound. <em>The Tide, the Day, and the Light of Parting <\/em>is a CD featuring his music for the poems of Thomas Boberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans lived in our theatre in a small, permanently untidy room. However, every morning, before we arrived, he tidied up and cleaned our kitchen. Many of our guests remember our theatre because its original composer was also a humble worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eugenio Barba<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-da35e11f41d1df62170907c826f8e400 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ITALIANO<\/strong><br><strong>Frans Winther <strong>ci ha lasciato<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Non ce la faccio pi\u00f9. Con queste parole Frans Winther ha preso congedo da noi oggi, 17 ottobre 2025. Compositore e musicista, attore e regista, era per noi un incessante stimolo. Dopo i suoi studi al Conservatorio di \u00c5lborg, aveva raggiunto l\u2019Odin Teatret nel 1987 e subito stabilito un\u2019intensa collaborazione con Else Marie Laukvik. Il risultato fu <em>Memoria<\/em>, uno spettacolo sui campi di sterminio tedeschi e sul coraggio di chi continua a vivere senza voler dimenticare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dopo anni di tourn\u00e9e dalla Cina alla Colombia e in decine di citt\u00e0 in Europa, Frans dovette rinunciare, a causa del Parkinson, di andare a Parigi nel 2020 per ricordare Ludwik Flaszen, il creatore insieme a Grotowski del Teatr Laboratorium 13 Rzed\u00f3w di Opole. Nel frattempo, insieme a Else Marie e Rina Skeel, aveva messo in musica un altro spettacolo su Goya, <em>La casa del sordo<\/em>,in cui anche recitava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans ha composto musiche originali e arrangiamenti arditi per tutti gli spettacoli dell\u2019Odin Teatret dal 1990 fino al 2020. Era di un\u2019estrema pazienza con i suoi compagni di lavoro e soprattutto con me, per cui la musica era un\u2019azione sonora scandita dagli impulsi degli attori. Era esperto nel fondere sonorit\u00e0 di culture distanti. Le sue opere <em>Shakuntala, Ur-Hamlet<\/em> e i differenti mosaici musicali degli spettacoli interculturali del Theatrum Mundi ne sono la prova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amico di innumerevoli poeti, aveva insieme a Ulrik Skeel inventato un evento mensile che li invitava a Holstebro a una performance dal titolo <em>Poesi p\u00e5 en torsdag<\/em>. La sua opera <em>Ezra <\/em>\u00e8basata sul libretto del poeta Peter Laugesen sulla vita e i poemi di Ezra Pound. <em>The Tide, the Day, and the Light of Parting <\/em>\u00e8 un CD che include le sue musiche composte per le poesie di Thomas Boberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans abitava nel nostro teatro in una cameretta permanentemente in disordine. Per\u00f2 ogni mattina, prima che noi arrivassimo, metteva in ordine e puliva la nostra cucina. Molti dei nostri ospiti ricordano il nostro teatro perch\u00e9 il suo originale compositore era un umile lavoratore.<br>Eugenio Barba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4ff9eea92e2d2d90d41c7b2b077139bf wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ESPA\u00d1OL<br>FRANS WINTHER NOS HA DEJADO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No lo soporto m\u00e1s. Con estas palabras, Frans Winther nos despidi\u00f3 hoy, 17 de octubre de 2025. Compositor y m\u00fasico, actor y director, fue una inspiraci\u00f3n constante para nosotros. Tras estudiar en el Conservatorio de \u00c5lborg, se uni\u00f3 al Odin Teatret en 1987 e inmediatamente estableci\u00f3 una intensa colaboraci\u00f3n con Else Marie Laukvik. El resultado fue <em>Memoria<\/em>, una obra sobre los campos de exterminio alemanes y sobre la valent\u00eda de quienes siguen viviendo sin querer olvidar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tras a\u00f1os de giras desde China hasta Colombia y en decenas de ciudades de toda Europa, Frans tuvo que renunciar, debido al Parkinson, a un viaje a Par\u00eds en el 2020 para recordar a Ludwik Flaszen, creador, junto con Grotowski, del Teatr Laboratorium 13 Rzed\u00f3w en Opole. Mientras tanto, junto con Else Marie y Rina Skeel, hab\u00eda musicalizado otro espect\u00e1culo sobre Goya, <em>La casa del sordo<\/em>, en la que tambi\u00e9n actu\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans compuso m\u00fasica original y arreglos audaces para todas las funciones del Odin Teatret entre 1990 y 2020. Era incre\u00edblemente paciente con sus compa\u00f1eros de trabajo, especialmente conmigo, para quien la m\u00fasica era una acci\u00f3n sonora acentuada por los impulsos de los actores. Era experto en fusionar la sonoridad de culturas lejanas. Sus obras Shakuntala, Ur-Hamlet y los diversos mosaicos musicales de las funciones interculturales del Theatrum Mundi son prueba de ello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amigo de innumerables poetas, \u00e9l y Ulrik Skeel crearon un evento mensual que los invitaba a Holstebro para una performance titulada <em>Poesi p\u00e5 en torsdag<\/em>. Su \u00f3pera <em>Ezra <\/em>est\u00e1 basada en el libreto del poeta Peter Laugesen sobre la vida y los poemas de Ezra Pound. <em>The Tide, the Day, and the Light of Parting<\/em> es un CD con su m\u00fasica para los poemas de Thomas Boberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frans viv\u00eda en nuestro teatro, en una habitaci\u00f3n peque\u00f1a y siempre desordenada. Pero cada ma\u00f1ana, antes de nuestra llegada, ordenaba y limpiaba nuestra cocina. Muchos de nuestros visitantes recuerdan nuestro teatro porque su compositor original era un humilde trabajador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eugenio Barba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANSK, ENGLISH, ITALIANO, ESPA\u00d1OL <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3670,"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3665\/revisions\/3670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/odinteatret.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}