Stina Schmidt

Stina Schmidt

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…

Niklas Walentin Jensen

Niklas Walentin Jensen

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2013 Niklas Walentin Jensen gained 2nd prize in The International Carl Nielsen Violin Competition in 2012, where he also received the prize for the best interpretation of Carl Nielsen’s works and for the best interpretation of Ib Nørholm’s “Ménage à trois”. At the finale concerts he was the soloist with the…

Magnus Fryklund

Magnus Fryklund

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2013 In 2006, Magnus Fryklund began to study piano under Bengt Anderson, cello under Per Helders and composition under Sven David Sandström at the Academy of Music in Falun, Sweden. In 2010, he gained entry to The Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he studied under Amalie Malling, and the following…

Mads Pind Forsby

Mads Pind Forsby

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2013 Mads Forsby (b. 1985) can already boast a wide-ranging career as a musician and composer. He is interested in sound installations and film music and plays drums in numerous different contexts. His activities derive from an unorthodox approach to improvisation, exploration of sound and noise and diverse manipulations of the…

Louise Hjorth Hansen

Louise Hjorth Hansen

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2012 As a soloist and chamber player, Louise Hjorth Hansen has played concerts at home and abroad. Her focus on playing concerts of an experimental nature has led to a collaboration with composers, jazz and electronic musicians where a sound world is created of floating, hypnotic and improvising sound collages. She…

Karen Bach

Karen Bach

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2013 In 2002-2007 Karen Bach studied at the Danish Academy of Rhythmic Music in Copenhagen. Since then she has worked as a pianist, composer and arranger of her own and other people’s projects, including Three Trios, the electropop quartet Next to Beluga and the New York trio Bach/Froman/Gregor as well as…

Ingrid Meidell Noodt

Ingrid Meidell Noodt

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2013 Ingrid Meidell Noodt has assisted in The Royal Danish Orchestra, The Copenhagen Philharmonic, DR UnderholdningsOrkestret, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra and Västerås Sinfonietta. In 2011 she won 2nd prize as well as the jury’s special prize in the Danish Radio P2 Chamber Music Competition together with the wind quintet Mazvila Winds. In…

Anne Holm-Nielsen

Anne Holm-Nielsen

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2012 Anne Holm-Nielsen gained her BA from The Royal Danish Academy of Music, where she studied under Tove Lønskov, Anne Øland and Tim Frederiksen. In 2012 she made her debut with chamber music and accompaniment as her special subjects from The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Aarhus, where she was…

Simon Rattle

Simon Rattle

léonie sonning music prize 2013 The British conductor Sir Simon Rattle received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize of 600,000 Danish kroner with a concert on 2 February at the DR Concert Hall. The concert was broadcast live on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation’s P2 radio channel and its DRK television channel. Citation The prize was presented…