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 | 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 27 | Danish String Quartet | Festspielhaus | Baden-Baden, Germany | |
| 2025 | April 28 | Danish String Quartet | Conservatorio di musica | Bolzano, Italy | |
| 2025 | April 29 | Danish String Quartet | Prinzregententheater | Munich, Germany | |
| 2025 | May 08 | Danish String Quartet | Concert Hall | Athens, Greece | |
| 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 |