Danish String Quartet
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The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. The group is known for its performances of classical music as well as its own renditions of traditional Nordic folk music. The quartet has also worked with an extensive range of contemporary Scandinavian composers.
Current members
- Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (born 1983), violin
- Frederik Øland (born 1984), violin
- Asbjørn Nørgaard (born 1984), viola
- Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (born 1982), cello
History
Violinists Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and violist Asbjørn Nørgaard met as children at a Danish music summer camp where they played both football and music together, eventually making the transition into a serious string quartet in their teens and studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Copenhagen. At the time, the name of the group was the Young Danish String Quartet. In 2008, they were joined by Norwegian cellist Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin and changed the group's name to the Danish String Quartet. The quartet was primarily taught and mentored by Tim Frederiksen and has participated in master classes with the Tokyo and Emerson String Quartets, Alasdair Tait, Paul Katz, Hugh Maguire, Levon Chilingirian, and Gábor Takács-Nagy.
Since 2007, the group has curated its own annual festival, the DSQ Festival, in Copenhagen. 2016 marked the beginning of Series of Four, the quartet's concert series in the concert hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
In 2013, the quartet began a three-year appointment at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's CMS Two Program.{{Cite web |title=Danish String Quartet - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center |url=https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about-us/people/artists/ensembles/danish-string-quartet/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=www.chambermusicsociety.org}} The quartet was named a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist for 2013–15{{Cite web |last= |date=1 September 2013 |title=Violist Lise Berthaud and Danish String Quartet join BBC New Generation Artists scheme |url=https://www.thestrad.com/violist-lise-berthaud-and-danish-string-quartet-join-bbc-new-generation-artists-scheme/6429.article |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=The Strad |language=en}} and Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Paget |first=Clive |title=Ensemble of the Year: Danish String Quartet |url=https://www.musicalamerica.com/features/index.cfm?fid=345&fyear=2020 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Musical America Worldwide}}
In 2024, the quartet released its third folk music album, Keel Road.{{Cite web |last=Kettle |first=David |title=The Strad Recommends: Danish Quartet: Keel Road |url=https://www.thestrad.com/reviews/the-strad-recommends-danish-quartet-keel-road/18500.article |date=20 September 2024 |website=The Strad |access-date=19 December 2024 |language=en}}
Awards and recognition
- Danish Radio P2 Chamber Music Competition, First Prize and Audience Prize (2004){{Cite web|date=29 February 2004|title=1. præmie til Den Unge Danske Strygekvartet|url=https://www.dr.dk/presse/1-praemie-til-den-unge-danske-strygekvartet|access-date=12 October 2020|website=DR|language=da-DK}}
- Jacob Gade Award (2004){{Cite web |title=Jacob's Gade Legate |url=https://www.tangojalousie.dk/index.php?sid=2&page=awards_list&level=1&parent_id=4&decade=2000 |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=www.tangojalousie.dk |archive-date=14 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014045352/https://www.tangojalousie.dk/index.php?sid=2&page=awards_list&level=1&parent_id=4&decade=2000 |url-status=dead }}
- Trondheim International String Quartet Competition, shared First Prize and Audience Prize (2005){{Cite web |title=Prize Winners 2000-2023 |url=https://www.ticc.no/archive#Prizewinners2000%E2%80%932021 |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition |language=no}}
- Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition, First Prize (2005)
- Vagn Holmboe String Quartet Competition, First Prize (2005)
- Danish Music Critics Association Artist Award (2005){{Cite web |last=Ketting |first=Knud |date=5 November 2005 |title=Dronningesalen, Det Kgl. Bibliotek: MUSIKANMELDERRINGENS KUNSTNERPRISER 2005 |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/kultur/anmeldelser/rytmisk/ECE3816577/Dronningesalen-Det-Kgl.-Bibliotek-MUSIKANMELDERRINGENS-KUNSTNERPRISER-2005/ |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=Jyllands-Posten}}
- London International String Quartet Competition, First Prize, Beethoven Prize, Sidney Griller Award, 20th century Prize, Menton Festival Prize (2009){{Cite web |title=Previous Winners {{!}} String Quartet Competition {{!}} Competitions |url=https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/string-quartet-competition/previous-winners |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=Wigmore Hall |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026153625/https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/string-quartet-competition/previous-winners |url-status=dead }}
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, NORDMETALL-Ensemble Prize (2010){{Cite web |date=2024-03-08 |title=Danish String Quartet |url=https://festspiele-mv.de/en/discover-festival/prize-winners/eng-detail/kuenstler/danish-string-quartet/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |language=en}}
- Carl Nielsen Prize (2011)
- Wilhelm Hansen Prize (2015)
- Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award (2016){{Cite web |title=Danish String Quartet |url=https://www.bbtrust.com/artist/danish-string-quartet/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Borletti-Buitoni Trust |language=en-GB}}
In 2017, NPR Music named the quartet's second folk music album, Last Leaf, the Best Classical Album of 2017;{{Cite web |last=Huizenga |first=Tom |date=19 December 2017 |title=NPR Music's Top 10 Classical Albums Of 2017 |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2017/12/19/570182207/npr-musics-top-10-classical-albums-of-2017 |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=NPR |language=en}} in 2019, the quartet was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for its album Prism I.{{Cite web |date=19 May 2020 |title=The Danish String Quartet |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/danish-string-quartet/243640 |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=Grammy Awards |language=en}}
Discography
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- Keel Road (ECM Records, 2024)
- Prism V (ECM Records, 2023)
- Prism IV (ECM Records, 2022)
- Prism III (ECM Records, 2021)
- Prism II (ECM Records, 2019)
- Prism I (ECM Records, 2018)
- Last Leaf (ECM Records, 2017)
- Adès, Nørgård & Abrahamsen (ECM Records 2016)
- Brahms/Fuchs: Clarinet Quintets with clarinetist Sebastian Manz (CAvi-music, 2014)
- Wood Works (Dacapo Records, 2014)
- Haydn/Brahms (CAvi-music, 2012)
- Nielsen: String Quartets, Vol. 2 (Dacapo Records, 2008)
- Nielsen: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Dacapo Records, 2007)
References
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