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
2025 January 31 Danish String Quartet Campbell Hall Santa Barbara CA, United States
2025 February 01 Danish String Quartet Irvine Barclay Theatre Irvine CA, United States
2025 February 02 Danish String Quartet Hertz Hall Berkeley CA, United States
2025 February 03 Danish String Quartet Lincoln Perfomance Hall Portland OR, United States
2025 February 04 Danish String Quartet Lincoln Perfomance Hall Portland OR, United States
2025 February 06 Danish String Quartet Gates Hall Newman Center Denver CO, United States
2025 March 08 Danish String Quartet Series of Four Copenhagen, Denmark
2025 March 18 Danish String Quartet Ringe Church Ringe, Denmark
2025 March 19 Danish String Quartet Mogens Dahl Koncertsal Copenhagen, Denmark
2025 March 20 Danish String Quartet Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025 March 21 Danish String Quartet Flagey Brussels, Belgium
2025 March 22 Danish String Quartet Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025 April 02 Danish String Quartet Perelman Theater Kimmel Center Philadelphia PA, United States
2025 April 04 Danish String Quartet Carnegie Hall New York NY, United States
2025 April 07 Danish String Quartet Daniel Recital Hall Spartanburg SC, United States
2025 April 08 Danish String Quartet Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County Camden SC, United States
2025 April 29 Danish String Quartet Prinzregententheater Munich, Germany
2025 May 10 Danish String Quartet Schloßtheater Celle, Germany
2025 May 18 Danish String Quartet Guldkoncert Svendborg, Denmark
2025 May 19 Danish String Quartet Guldkoncert Aarhus, Denmark
2025 May 20 Danish String Quartet Guldkoncert Roskilde, Denmark
2025 May 21 Danish String Quartet Guldkoncert Copenhagen, Denmark
2025 May 26 Danish String Quartet Jeg trykker varmt din hand Klampenborg, Denmark
2025 May 31 Danish String Quartet Tunes & Trads Copenhagen, Denmark
2025 June 05 Danish String Quartet Sonnings Musikpris 2025 Frederiksberg, Denmark
2025 June 10 Danish String Quartet Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, Germany Event
2025 June 12 Danish String Quartet House Of Music Innsbruck, Austria
2025 June 14 Danish String Quartet Parktheater Bensheim, Germany