Instrumentalists

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2018 Played air cello until allowed to play the violin Marthe grew up on a vegetable farm in Norway, and this is perhaps the reason why she prefers participating in festivals and master classes which are located close to beautiful nature. She can then rehearse with a quartet in the morning…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2018 The broad-shouldered prisoners were my best audience ever Kern Westerberg lives with three other musicians in an apartment at Jakob Gade student residence in Copenhagen. The residence has a rehearsal room to use if you need a little more space, but as all residents are musicians, nobody complains about noise…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2018 I pursue development as a human, not a specific performance There is no doubt about Gustav’s idol among composers; if you meet Gustav at a concert, a dip into his pocket will reveal who. Gustav – usually – carries with him a small bust of his idol: Beethoven: Also, when…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2018 I dream about making music flow without too much interference It was somehow a coincidence that I started playing the piano, says Christian Grøvlen. We had a piano at home and one day when I was sitting playing for myself, my mother asked if I would like to take lessons. I…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2018 I preferred football but then I heard Prokofiev As a schoolgirl, Bára was more interested in playing football than playing her instrument, the violin. She grew up in Norway with her Icelandic parents from the age of five and until 13 when they moved back to Iceland. He mother is…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2018 I focus intensely on the marimba Anders grew up in Ribe. His parents played folk music and gave concerts at medieval markets with mora harp, hurdy-gurdy, violin and the like. Anders came along and was inspired to play himself. In the music lessons in elementary school, he became fascinated with…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2018 The cool thing about playing the organ is the sound David grew up in Hungary with his mother Ilona. They often went to classical concerts, which aroused David’s passion for the organ. He heard a very powerful instrument and asked his mother what it was. It was the organ and…

Léonie Sonning Talent prize 2017 Falling in love with the Viola d’Amore Victor Erik Sørensen loves to learn something new. Therefore, he sometimes changes instrument. Lately, he has fallen in love with the viola d’amore, which is a baroque instrument. Victor is Swedish, sort of. His parents are Swedish, but he was born and raised…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2017 Theis wanted to play the drum, but the trombone made him successful Like many others, Theis Stoico started his music career in a local guard, but when a new teacher introduced him to classical music, his fate was sealed. It was his big sister Thea, who inspired him to enter…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2017 Coffee brings the quartet together According to the Nordic String Quartet, it is very important to strengthen the social interaction when a string quartet is going to work. That is why they drink a lot of coffee together. The Nordic String Quartet always starts rehearsals with a cup of coffee….