Danish String Quartet
The Danish String Quartet has the unusual distinction of being a group of young musicians with an extensive history of musical collaboration. Its three Danish-born members, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Frederik Øland and Asbjørn Nørgaard first played chamber music together in a music summer camp before they were even teenagers, and then continued to do so throughout the school year of their own volition.
In 2001 Tim Frederiksen of The Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen, who had been the leader of Den Danske Strygekvartet became the quartet’s mentor and main teacher. “All of a sudden, at the ages of 15 and 16, we were a serious string quartet. It all happened so fast that none of us seemed to notice the transition. We were enrolled at The Royal Academy of Music and our life as music students had begun. None of us have any memory of our lives without the string [...]
The Danish String Quartet has the unusual distinction of being a group of young musicians with an extensive history of musical collaboration. Its three Danish-born members, Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Frederik Øland and Asbjørn Nørgaard first played chamber music together in a music summer camp before they were even teenagers, and then continued to do so throughout the school year of their own volition.
In 2001 Tim Frederiksen of The Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen, who had been the leader of Den Danske Strygekvartet became the quartet’s mentor and main teacher. “All of a sudden, at the ages of 15 and 16, we were a serious string quartet. It all happened so fast that none of us seemed to notice the transition. We were enrolled at The Royal Academy of Music and our life as music students had begun. None of us have any memory of our lives without the string quartet.”
In 2006 they made their first recordings – of Carl Nielsen’s quartets – as the Young Danish String Quartet, immediately attracting the attention of publications from Gramophone to the New York Times.
In 2008, Norwegian cellist Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin joined the quartet, and the group has since gone from strength to strength, with a concert programme embracing core classical repertoire and contemporary music and highlighting Scandinavian composers, as well as folk music, which they also play with verve and commitment.
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| YEAR | DATE | Artist | VENUE | LOCATION | |
| 2023 | April 13 | Danish String Quartet | UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures | Santa Barbara CA, United States | |
| 2023 | April 14 | Danish String Quartet | Cal Performances, Zellerbach Hall | Berkeley CA, United States | |
| 2023 | April 15 | Danish String Quartet | Chamber Music in Napa Valley | Napa CA, United States | |
| 2023 | April 16 | Danish String Quartet | Vancouver Recital Society | Vancouver BC, Canada | |
| 2023 | April 18 | Danish String Quartet | University of Wisconsin | Madison WI, United States | |
| 2023 | April 20 | Danish String Quartet | Carnegie Hall | New York NY, United States | |
| 2023 | April 21 | Danish String Quartet | Washington Performing Arts | Washington DC, United States | |
| 2023 | May 14 | Danish String Quartet | Prinzregententheater | Munich, Germany |