Singers

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 A teacher lured Lea Quortrup away from jazz with a CD by Wunderlich ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ Lea Quortrup (b. 1987) graduated from the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg RAMA, in 2011, and studied from 2012-15 at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen under Kirsten Buhl-Møller. Throughout her study, she has…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 Frederik Rolin (b. 1988) was taught by Kirsten Buhl Møller at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and is now studying at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen. He has appeared in Ravel’s opera L’enfant et les Sortileges at RDAM and has sung the role of Schaunard in La Bohème at…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2015 Morten Grove Frandsen (b. 1987) began his studies in 2007 under Hanna Hjort at MGK Frederiksberg. In 2010, he was accepted as a student at RDAM, where he first studied under Jens Krogsgaard and completed his BA under Kirsten Buhl Møller. In 2012, he decided to change from baritone to…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2015 Anna Maria Wierød has completed the soloist class and holds an MA in classical singing and Renaissance vocal ensemble from The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, Hochschule für Künste Bremen and Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. She has studied under Anthony Rooley, Evelyn Tubb, Bodil Øland, Harry van der Kamp and Lars…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2014 Lise Davidsen has a bachelor’s degree from the Grieg Academy in Bergen and a master’s degree from The Royal Danish Academy of Music. She is studying under Susanna Eken at The Academy of Opera in Copenhagen. She has appeared with several Norwegian symphony orchestras, also as a soloist with the…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2013 Stina Schmidt made her debut at The Royal Danish theatre as Flora in La Traviata, and later toured the country with the performance “Opera ind til benet”. In 2012 she could be heard as Cherubino in “The Marriage of Figaro”, Ophelia in Beach Edition and as the 3rd lady/boy in…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2012 Thomas Storm has performed with Odense Symphony on several occasions, both as a soloist and compère at a number of schools and family concerts. Most recently as a soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana. In 2009 he made his debut at The Royal Danish Theatre in the role of Moralès in…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2012 Sofie Elkjær Jensen started as a 17-year-old on Slagelse Basic Music Course – while also completely her upper secondary education. She completed both in 2005, and was accepted that same year at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. In 2009 she won 1st prize in the “Friends of Opera” competition…

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2012 In 2008, Dénise Beck made her debut at Volksoper Wien in the role of Countess Anastasia in Kalman’s ‘Die Csardasfürstin’. In 2010, she was awarded 2nd prize in the Richard Tauber Competition in London, and the following year she won both the Ina Nielsen Prize and the Danish Radio P2’s…