Danish String Quartet

The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. The group is known for its performances of classical music as well as its own renditions of traditional Nordic folk music. The quartet has also worked with an extensive range of contemporary Scandinavian composers.

Danish String Quartet and clarinetist Sebastian Manz, Heidelberger Frühling, 2013

Current members
  • Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (born 1983), violin
  • Frederik Øland (born 1984), violin
  • Asbjørn Nørgaard (born 1984), viola
  • Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (born 1982), cello

History

Violinists Frederik Øland and Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and violist Asbjørn Nørgaard met as children at a Danish music summer camp where they played both football and music together, eventually making the transition into a serious string quartet in their teens and studying at Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Music. At the time the name of the group was The Young Danish String Quartet. In 2008, the three Danes were joined by Norwegian cellist Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin and changed the group's name to Danish String Quartet, removing the word Young. The quartet was primarily taught and mentored by Professor Tim Frederiksen and has participated in master classes with the Tokyo and Emerson String Quartets, Alasdair Tait, Paul Katz, Hugh Maguire, Levon Chilingirian and Gábor Takács-Nagy.

Since 2007, the group has curated its own annual festival, DSQ Festival, in Copenhagen. 2016 marked the beginning of Series of Four, the quartet's new concert series in the concert hall of The Royal Danish Academy of Music.

In 2013, the quartet began a three-year appointment at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's CMS Two Program.[1] The quartet was named a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist for 2013–15[2] and Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2019.[3]

Awards and recognition
  • Danish Radio P2 Chamber Music Competition, First Prize and Audienze Prize (2004)[4]
  • Jacob Gade Award (2004)[5]
  • Trondheim International String Quartet Competition, shared First Prize and Audience Prize (2005)[6]
  • Charles Hennen International Chamber Music Competition, First Prize (2005)
  • Vagn Holmboe String Quartet Competition, First Prize (2005)
  • Danish Music Critics Association Artist Award (2005)[7]
  • London International String Quartet Competition, First Prize, Beethoven Prize, Sidney Griller Award, 20th century Prize, Menton Festival Prize (2009)[8]
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, NORDMETALL-Ensemble Prize (2010)
  • Carl Nielsen Prize (2011)
  • Wilhelm Hansen Prize (2015)
  • Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award (2016)

In 2017, NPR Music named the quartet's second folk music album, Last Leaf, the Best Classical Album of 2017;[9] in 2019, the quartet was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble category for its album Prism I.[10]

Discography
  • Prism V (ECM Records, 2023)
  • Prism IV (ECM Records, 2022)
  • Prism III (ECM Records, 2021)
  • Prism II (ECM Records, 2019)
  • Prism I (ECM Records, 2018)
  • Last Leaf (ECM Records, 2017)
  • Adès, Nørgård & Abrahamsen (ECM Records 2016)
  • Brahms/Fuchs: Clarinet Quintets with clarinetist Sebastian Manz (CAvi-music, 2014)
  • Wood Works (Dacapo Records, 2014)
  • Haydn/Brahms (CAvi-music, 2012)
  • Nielsen: String Quartets, Vol. 2 (Dacapo Records, 2008)
  • Nielsen: String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Dacapo Records, 2007)

References
  1. "Danish String Quartet | The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center". www.chambermusicsociety.org. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. 2013-09-02T00:00:00+01:00. "Violist Lise Berthaud and Danish String Quartet join BBC New Generation Artists scheme". The Strad. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. "Musical America Names Danish String Quartet the 2020 Ensemble of the Year". Classical Post. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. "1. præmie til Den Unge Danske Strygekvartet". DR (in Danish). 29 February 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. "Jacob's Gade Legate". www.tangojalousie.dk. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. "TRONDHEIM INTL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION". TRONDHEIM INTL CHAMBER MUSIC COMPETITION (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. "Dronningesalen, Det Kgl. Bibliotek: MUSIKANMELDERRINGENS KUNSTNERPRISER 2005". jyllands-posten.dk. 5 November 2005. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. richie2. "Previous Winners | String Quartet Competition | Competitions". Wigmore Hall. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  9. "NPR Music's Top 10 Classical Albums Of 2017". NPR.org. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. "The Danish String Quartet". GRAMMY.com. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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