Danish Music News
Danish pop/rock in focus at Stockholm Culture Festival 10-15 August
[Pop/rock]
10-08-2010
Roskilde Festival visits the Swedish capital, bringing the best in young Danish music.
My World Images in Denmark 26 August-12 September
[World]
5-08-2010
Contemporary Arts Festival with an extensive world music programme.
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2-11 July 2010
[Jazz]
2-07-2010
10 days, more than 1,000 concerts, Danish and great international names...
Prestigious artists' scholarships awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation's Music Committees.
[Classical, Pop/rock]
25-05-2010
Sørens Nils Eichberg composer-in-residence with the Danish Radio
[Classical]
21-05-2010
The Danish Arts Foundation supports the cooperation between the composer and DR for 2010-13.
Danish music on SPOT 20-22 May 2010
[Pop/rock]
20-05-2010
The SPOT festival in Aarhus presents 130 Danish and Nordic bands with international ambitions.
Danish jazz at Jazzahead 22-25 April 2010
[Jazz]
20-04-2010
Meet Danish jazz labels, musicians, etc. in Bremen.
Denmark guests the Budapest Spring Festival
[Classical]
19-03-2010
More than 200 Danish artists are participating in this prestigious festival, which opens today and runs until 5 April.
Danish Dynamite SXSW Day Party
[Pop/rock]
17-03-2010
No less than 16 Danish bands featured at South By SouthWest (SXSW) i Austin, Texas 19 March.
Denmark at MIDEM in Cannes
[Pop/rock, World]
20-01-2010
On 24-27 January, Denmark will be represented for the 24th time at the world's biggest fair of recorded music.
Awards by the Danish Arts Foundation for three CD releases of electronica and jazz
[Jazz, Classical]
18-12-2009
4th edition of WUNDERGRUND is on!
[Classical]
30-10-2009
The Copenhagen cutting edge music festival is on from 31 Oct. to 7 Nov. 2009.
Meet Danish world music at Womex
[World]
28-10-2009
Denmark presented at large joint Nordic stand 29 Oct-1 Nov.
Denmark at Music China 13-16 October
[Classical]
9-10-2009
The Danish Arts Agency/Music Centre will attend Music China trade event in Shanghai.
New Danish jazz on tour in the new EU nations
[Jazz]
3-09-2009
Some of the best Danish jazz musicians visit the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia 8-13 September 2009.
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 3-12 July 2009
[Jazz]
30-06-2009
The 31st edition of the largest jazz event in Denmark will take place in hot Copenhagen.
Danish electronica at SÓNAR 2009
[Pop/rock]
17-06-2009
Six Danish electronica acts are on stage on 20th June in Barcelona.
DMA Jazz 2009
[Jazz]
4-06-2009
The annual Danish Music Awards Jazz event took place in the past weekend in Copenhagen.
SPOT09 Festival 21-23 May
[Pop/rock]
18-05-2009
Upcoming bands, established names and talent spotters meet in Aarhus.
SPOR Festival 7-9 May
[Classical]
6-05-2009
This year's festival for contemporary music and sound art is curated by professor and composer Bent Sørensen.
Prestigious scholarships awarded by the Danish Arts Foundation's music committees
[Classical, Pop/rock, Jazz]
1-05-2009
Three-year scholarships awarded to a composer, a jazz musician and a pop/rock octet.
Danish Music Awards - Folk 2009
[Folk]
10-03-2009
12 prizes were awarded in Tønder on 7th March. The folk group Zar received the Album of the Year prize.
Danish Arts Foundation awards for CD releases
[Jazz, Pop/rock]
30-01-2009
A jazz duo, a songwriter and an electronica composer has received honorable awards.
Denmark at MIDEM
[Pop/rock]
16-01-2009
Meet 100 representatives from the Danish music business, live scene and media in Cannes 17-21 January.
Winter Jazz in the Nordic countries
[Jazz]
15-01-2009
From 23 January to 8 February there is Winter Jazz Festival in Denmark and a NordJazz tour to all of the Nordic countries.
Opening of new DR Concert House
[Classical]
2-01-2009
On the 17 January the new concert house by Jean Nouvel will be officially inaugurated.
Danish music in the world
[Classical, Jazz, Pop/rock]
17-12-2008
The Arts Council held a conference in November under the heading "Danish music in the world – on the way".
WOMEX to Copenhagen 2009-11
[World]
11-12-2008
The most important meeting place for World Music will be hosted in Copenhagen in October 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Danish World Music Awards 2008
[World, World (general)]
23-11-2008
The three Danish World Music Awards 2008 were distributed last night in Copenhagen.
Danish Jazz in Paris
[Jazz]
7-11-2008
In November the Danish Jazz Federation presents jazz in Paris for the 6th time.
Wundergrund - Copenhagen-Berlin
[Classical]
27-10-2008
Contemporary music in joint ventures with jazz, rock and electronica, 29 Oct. to 8 Nov.
Nordic Council Music Prize for "Miki Alone"
[Classical]
17-10-2008
Peter Bruun and Ursula Andkjær Olsen's musical monodrama was premiered with great succes in Copenhagen in 2002.
Meet the Danes at PopKomm
[Pop/rock]
25-09-2008
100 persons representing the pop/rock music business in Denmark will be present in Berlin 8-10 October. Danish bands will be featued.
Copenhagen Blues Festival is on!
[Jazz]
24-09-2008
The 8th edition of the festival takes place 24-28 September and offers en extensive programme.
Danish focus at Usedom Music Festival
[Classical]
17-09-2008
Danish music and Danish artists within classical music, jazz and folk will be featured in Northern Germany from 20 Sep. to 11 Oct.
Europe Jazz Network in Copenhagen
[Jazz]
3-09-2008
On 18-21 September one hundred jazz people meet in Copenhagen. In the same weekend fourty young musicians take part in Young Nordic Jazz Comets.
Danish acts at the Tønder Festival 28-31 August 2008
[Folk]
6-08-2008
The music programme includes Niels Hausgaard, Haugaard/Høirup, Valravn and Henrik Jansberg Band among others.
Danish Music Awards JAZZ 2008
[Jazz]
6-06-2008
6 prizes were awarded on 6 June in CopenhagenJazzHouse.
The 8th Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition
[Classical]
26-05-2008
Odense Concert Hall May 30, - June 9.
Danish hat trick in Shanghai
[Classical]
16-05-2008
Three Danish composers have received awards at the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival.
Spor Festival 2008
[Classical]
8-05-2008
SPOR 2008 is a 24 hour music event in Aarhus with concerts, sound installations, etc. starting May 9th at 16:00.
Roots event in Copenhagen
[Folk]
7-05-2008
A mix of klezmer, rock, swing and bluegrass at the Copenhagen venue Pumpehuset on May 30.
"Maskarade" on DVD
[Classical]
3-05-2008
Carl Nielsen's treasured comic opera from 1906 has been released for the first time on DVD.
Copenhagen Jazz Festival in Berlin
[Jazz]
17-04-2008
7-11 May 2008 a Danish jazz festival in Berlin can be experienced for the fourth time.
World Music Festival 11-12 April
[World]
8-04-2008
World Music Fesival WMF 2008 in Copenhagen presents talented & upcoming Danish bands.
Danish jazz at Jazzahead! 17-19 April
[Jazz]
3-04-2008
The festival programme at Congress Centrum Bremen features Jazzkamikaze and Marilyn Mazur.
Danish Music Awards - Folk 2008
[Folk]
10-03-2008
The folk group Trio Mio was awarded four prizes at the Danish Music Awards' Folk 2008 show.
Danish Music Awards 2008
[Pop/rock]
3-03-2008
The annual awards ceremony of the Danish music industry took place in the Glass Hall in Tivoli on 23 February.