Niklas Valentin and Christina Bjørkøe

Name: Niklas Valentin and Christina Bjørkøe
Start: 2026-11-08T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-08T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Kulturarkaden

Sun, 8 Nov 2026 · 19:00

Kulturarkaden, Vordingborg · 0 kr.

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Niklas Valentin and Christina Bjørkøe · Kulturarkaden, Vordingborg

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Niklas Valentin and Christina Bjørkøe - concert: Sunday 8 November 2026, 19:00, Kulturarkaden, Vordingborg. Admission is free.

Violinist Niklas Valentin and pianist Christina Bjørkøe perform works by Mozart, Bacewicz, and Danish contemporary composer Kuno Kjærbye.

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About: Niklas Valentin

Raised on the island of Møn and the holder of more than 25 international music prizes, Niklas Walentin ranks among Denmark's most versatile violinists - equally at home in classical solo repertoire and jazz, with stage credits ranging from Carnegie Hall to the Mariinsky Theatre.

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international music awards

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What's new

2026-08
Niklas Walentin was engaged by string producer Larsen Strings as an artist in August 2026.
2026-04
The album "New Nordic: Pocket Concertos" with Niklas Walentin and Danish Chamber Players was released on Naxos in April 2026 with seven newly composed Nordic violin concertos.
2026-04
The Strad reviewed "New Nordic: Pocket Concertos" and described the project as an ambitious pandemic initiative that bore fruit.

Tracks

Another June NightTribute album to Svend Asmussen with Snorre Kirk Trio (2025), praised by BBC Radio 3

Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3Album with pianist Christina Bjørkøe, released 2024

New Nordic: Pocket ConcertosSeven newly composed Nordic violin concertos with Danish Chamber Players, Naxos 2026

4 Grand Works for Violin by Carl NielsenReleased 2015 after Carnegie Hall concert; named recording of the week by DR

Solo ViolinAlbum with Bach, Ysaÿe and Nielsen for solo violin, released 2014

About: Christina Bjørkøe

Trained at Juilliard and the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Christina Bjørkøe has since her 1997 debut performed with most Danish symphony orchestras and toured across three continents. She is especially recognised for her recordings of Danish piano music, earning the DR P2 Prize twice alongside the Victor Borge Award.

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DR P2 Prize (2005 and 2009)

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First Prize at the Steinway Competition

What's new

2026-05
Bjørkøe released in May 2026 on Dacapo Records a digital album with world premiere recordings of rare piano works by Per Nørgård - a prelude to a double CD planned for 2027.
2025-04
Shortly before Per Nørgård's death, Bjørkøe played Partita Severa privately for the composer in April 2025, to his great delight.
2025-09
Bjørkøe performed on 27 September 2025 in Dronningesalen at the Royal Library with Copenhagen Soloists under conductor Jonathan Ofir with Chopin's first piano concerto.

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Carl Nielsen: Complete Piano WorksRecording awarded the DR P2 Prize 2009 as the year's solo recording

Knudåge Riisager: Piano WorksReceived the DR P2 Prize 2005

Animal Universe12 newly written etudes commissioned from Danish composers, released on Dacapo 2021

Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3Recorded with violinist Niklas Walentin, released on Naxos 2024

Nørgård: Rare Piano Works - SelectionsWorld premiere recordings of rare Per Nørgård works, Dacapo 2026

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