LÉONIE SONNING TALENT PRIZE 2023 Ruben Høgh was born in 1996 in York to Danish parents. He grew up in Aarhus, and with his mother as his teacher, he started playing the piano at the age of eight. In 2020, he received a bachelor’s degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he will finish…
The British Solo Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie received The Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2023 of 1,000,000 Danish kroner at a special tribute concert in DR Koncerthuset on the 15th of June 2023.
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2022 Emilie Ravn Jensen was born in 1999 in Lavik in Norway. She is this year’s youngest Talent Award recipient but despite her age, she has managed to get into Copenhagen Phil. Previously, she has been studying at Norges Musikhøgskole in Oslo and The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen….
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2022 Frederik Zeuthen was born in 1996 and grew up in Vig in Odsherred, Denmark. He started playing guitar at the age of seven and started composing jazz music at the age of 15. Currently, he is living in Malmö, where he is in the process of taking a master’s degree…
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2022 Isabella Bania is born in 1989 and grew up in Gøteborg in Sweden and is now living in Copenhagen. Isabelle was 6 years old when she held a violin for the first time. She graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the University of the Arts, Berlin. She…
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2022 Johana Maria Nylund is born in 1992 in Lappeerante in Finland and is now living in Copenhagen. Johanna has a bachelor’s degree in music pedagogy from Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Finland and a master’s degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Today, she is part of the…
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2022 Katrin Raasthøj Mathiesen was born in 1997 and grew up in Greve, Denmark. She started playing the clarinet when she was seven years old at Greve Municipal Music School. She has since taken a bachelor’s degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, been on an exchange at the Conservatoire…
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2022 Lorenzo Colombo is born in 1990 in Milano and is now living in Copenhagen. He has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in percussion from the Royal Danish Academy of Music. In addition to being a prize winner at DKDM for his reflection assignment “KONTAKTE – reflections towards a new chamber…
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2022 Magnus Plejdrup was born in 1995 in Viborg and grew up in Randers, Denmark. He is a trained classical composer from the Conservatory in Aarhus and has studied orchestra conducting in Glasgow at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. While doing his studies, Magnus has conducted e.g., Scottish Opera Orchestra and…
Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2022 Martin Møller Vilbrand was born in 1989 and grew up on Amager. His musical background started at Sankt Annæ Gymnasium, where he spent both his primary school and high school time. Martin then took MGK in Frederiksberg and has since been trained as an opera singer at the Royal Danish…
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