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…

Lea Quortrup

Lea Quortrup

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…

Martin Stauning

Martin Stauning

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 Music and characters are a kind of choreography for the instruments ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ ‏‏‎ ‎ Career so far After having trained and worked as a dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, Martin Stauning (b. 1982) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in the soloist class under…

Kirstine Schneider

Kirstine Schneider

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 It has been wonderful to have a voice in the violin during the confused teenage years Kirstine has never missed anything when the violin has been by her side. Kirstine Schneider (b. 1993) has studied under Tove Detreköy and Gunnar Tagmose. In 2013, she studied in New York under Sylvia…

Jonas Frølund

Jonas Frølund

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 Jonas Lyskjær Frølund started playing the clarinet at the age of 10. He was later admitted to the 4-year talent course, MGK, at Sankt Annæ Gymnasium under John Kruse. He studies under Lee Morgan at the Royal Danish Academy of Music while finishing his MGK studies at the same time….

Jákup Lützen

Jákup Lützen

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 Jákup Lützen (b. 1988) was born and raised in the Faeroe Islands. He graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2013 and was subsequently admitted to the soloist class under Lars Anders Tomter. In 2013, Jákup Lützen was admitted to Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester with which he has been…

Jacob la Cour

Jacob la Cour

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 Jacob la Cour (b. 1988) was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus/Aalborg, RAMA, under Henrik Brendstrup. Three years later, he continued his studies at Claudio Bohórquez in Berlin and was thereafter admitted to Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover under Tilmann Wick. Here, he finished his studies…

Frederik Rolin

Frederik Rolin

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…

Elisabeth Holmegaard Nielsen

Elisabeth Holmegaard Nielsen

Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2016 After graduating from the Royal Danish Academy of Music where she studied under Niklas Sivelöv, Elisabeth Holmegaard Nielsen was admitted to the soloist class studying under Marianna Shirinyan and to Universität für Musik in Vienna under Christopher Hinterhuber. https://vimeo.com/161013869 She will make her debut in 2017. Elisabeth Holmegaard Nielsen has…