MAGNUS PLEJDRUP
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MAGNUS PLEJDRUP

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…

MAGNUS LARSSON

MAGNUS LARSSON

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2021 What do you do when both your piano and your violin teacher tell you to quit the other instrument? You choose both by choosing a third. That is what Magnus did when he decided to become a conductor. It was the perfect way to utilise his skills on both instruments….

Nils Erik Måseidvåg

Nils Erik Måseidvåg

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2020 Stavanger by night When Nils Erik Måseidvåg was a teenager, the perfect Saturday night for him was when there was absolutely nothing on in his hometown of Stavanger in western Norway. Because that meant he could grab a whole load of scores and immerse himself in e.g. Bruckner’s collected symphonies…

Maria Badstue

Maria Badstue

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 I create the illusion that I have complete control over it. ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ Started with the trumpet in FDF For Maria, it started with the music when she joined the FDF-scouts through her good friends and their parents. ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ Maria Badstue started her conductor studies…