Danish String Quartet Explained

The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. The group is known for its performances of classical music as well as its own renditions of traditional Nordic folk music. The quartet has also worked with an extensive range of contemporary Scandinavian composers.

Current members

History

Violinists Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and violist Asbjørn Nørgaard met as children at a Danish music summer camp where they played both football and music together, eventually making the transition into a serious string quartet in their teens and studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen. At the time, the name of the group was the Young Danish String Quartet. In 2008, they were joined by Norwegian cellist Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin and changed the group's name to the Danish String Quartet. The quartet was primarily taught and mentored by Tim Frederiksen and has participated in master classes with the Tokyo and Emerson String Quartets, Alasdair Tait, Paul Katz, Hugh Maguire, Levon Chilingirian, and Gábor Takács-Nagy.

Since 2007, the group has curated its own annual festival, the DSQ Festival, in Copenhagen. 2016 marked the beginning of Series of Four, the quartet's concert series in the concert hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

In 2013, the quartet began a three-year appointment at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's CMS Two Program.[1] The quartet was named a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist for 2013–15[2] and Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2019.[3]

In 2023, the quartet announced its third folk music album, to be released in spring 2024.[4]

Awards and recognition

In 2017, NPR Music named the quartet's second folk music album, Last Leaf, the Best Classical Album of 2017;[12] in 2019, the quartet was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for its album Prism I.[13]

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Danish String Quartet - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center . 2023-11-03 . www.chambermusicsociety.org.
  2. Web site: 1 September 2013 . Violist Lise Berthaud and Danish String Quartet join BBC New Generation Artists scheme . 12 October 2020 . The Strad . en.
  3. Web site: Paget . Clive . Ensemble of the Year: Danish String Quartet . 2023-11-03 . Musical America Worldwide.
  4. Web site: Instagram . 2024-02-23 . www.instagram.com.
  5. Web site: 29 February 2004. 1. præmie til Den Unge Danske Strygekvartet. 12 October 2020. DR. da-DK.
  6. Web site: Jacob's Gade Legate . 12 October 2020 . www.tangojalousie.dk . 14 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014045352/https://www.tangojalousie.dk/index.php?sid=2&page=awards_list&level=1&parent_id=4&decade=2000 . dead .
  7. Web site: Prize Winners 2000-2023 . 12 October 2020 . Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition . no.
  8. Web site: Ketting . Knud . 5 November 2005 . Dronningesalen, Det Kgl. Bibliotek: MUSIKANMELDERRINGENS KUNSTNERPRISER 2005 . 12 October 2020 . Jyllands-Posten.
  9. Web site: Previous Winners String Quartet Competition Competitions . 12 October 2020 . Wigmore Hall . en . 26 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026153625/https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/string-quartet-competition/previous-winners . dead .
  10. Web site: 2024-03-08 . Danish String Quartet . 2023-11-03 . Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . en.
  11. Web site: Danish String Quartet . 2023-11-03 . Borletti-Buitoni Trust . en-GB.
  12. Web site: Huizenga . Tom . 19 December 2017 . NPR Music's Top 10 Classical Albums Of 2017 . 12 October 2020 . NPR . en.
  13. Web site: 19 May 2020 . The Danish String Quartet . 12 October 2020 . Grammy Awards . en.

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