Danish String Quartet

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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 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
2026 February 21 Danish String Quartet Buckley Recital Hall Amherst MA, United States Event
2026 February 22 Danish String Quartet Spivey Hall Morrow GA, United States
2026 February 24 Danish String Quartet Riverview Performing Arts Center Sarasota FL, United States Event
2026 February 25 Danish String Quartet Society of the Four Arts Palm Beach FL, United States Event
2026 February 26 Danish String Quartet Memorial Hall Chapel Hill NC, United States Event
2026 February 27 Danish String Quartet Jordan Hall Boston MA, United States Event
2026 February 28 Danish String Quartet The Royal Conservatory Toronto ON, Canada Event
2026 April 10 Danish String Quartet The Granada Theatre Santa Barbara CA, United States Event
2026 April 11 Danish String Quartet Segerstrom Concert Hall Costa Mesa CA, United States Event
2026 April 12 Danish String Quartet Baker-Baum Concert Hall La Jolla Ca, United States Event
2026 April 14 Danish String Quartet Herbst Theater San Francisco CA, United States Event
2026 April 15 Danish String Quartet Stanford Live- Big Concert Hall Stanford CT, United States
2026 April 17 Danish String Quartet Carnegie Hall New York NY, United States Event
2026 April 18 Danish String Quartet Church of the Epiphany Washington DC, United States Event
2026 May 08 Danish String Quartet ehem. Synagoge Fellheim, Germany
2026 May 09 Danish String Quartet Mozartfest Augsburg, Germany Event
2026 May 22 Danish String Quartet Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Germany
2026 May 28 Danish String Quartet Grand Manège- Namur Concert Hall Namur, Belgium
2026 May 29 Danish String Quartet Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands
2026 May 30 Danish String Quartet Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands
2026 May 31 Danish String Quartet SPOT / De Oosterpoort Groningen, Netherlands
2026 June 10 Danish String Quartet Dvorák Hall - Rudolfinum Prague, Czechia