Biography

Frederik Øland & Rune Tonsgraard Sørensen -  violins
Asbjørn Nørgaard  -  viola
Frederik Schøgen Sjölin  -  cello

The GRAMMY-nominated Danish String Quartet, now in its 23rd season, continues to assert its preeminence among the world’s finest string quartets. It is like no other. Its totally down-to-earth, casual, audience-friendly mentality is embodied in how the musicians describe themselves: “We are three Danes and one Norwegian cellist, making this a truly Scandinavian endeavor. Being relatively bearded, we are often compared to the Vikings. However, we are only pillaging the English coastline occasionally. The three [Danes in the group] met very early in our lives in the Danish countryside at a summer camp for enthusiastic amateur musicians. Not yet teenagers, we were the youngest players, so we hung out all the time playing football and chamber music together.” The group made its first recordings –the complete Nielsen quartets‒ in 2006-2008 as the Young Danish String Quartet, immediately attracting the attention of such publications as Gramophone magazine and the New York Times. Since then the quartet has gone on to perform in major concert halls across the world in repertory ranging from Beethoven and Mozart to Adès and Nørgård and even to folk music. Other interests of the group include vintage cars, cooking, gaming, reading, playing, talking, scuba diving, playing tennis, and being dads of babies and toddlers. The Quartet’s discography reflects the ensemble’s special affinity for Scandinavian composers. LMMC 2nd appearance.


Robert Markow

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Notes

Programme notes will be available two weeks before the concert.