Danish String Quartet

Name: Danish String Quartet
Start: 2026-09-27T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-27T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Lille Sal Musikhuset

took place · 27 Sep 2026

Lille Sal Musikhuset, Aarhus

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The Danish String Quartet plays Lille Sal at Musikhuset, Aarhus on 26 September 2026 at 19:30.

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About the event: Danish String Quartet

2002

debut year

4 musicians

cast

Good to know

Saturday 26 September 2026 at 19:30
Venue: Lille Sal, Musikhuset Aarhus, Thomas Jensens Allé 2, 8000 Aarhus C
Intimate hall with approximately 300 seats in a curved semicircle
The hall was originally designed for chamber music - suitable for acoustic music
Classical chamber music with Nordic folk music in the programme
Tickets are purchased via Musikhuset Aarhus: musikhusetaarhus.dk or tel. +45 89 40 90 00
Approximately 5 minutes walk from Aarhus Central Station

What's new

2026-09
Danish String Quartet plays two concerts in Lille Sal, Musikhuset Aarhus - Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th September 2026 at 19:30.
2025-06
Danish String Quartet received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize in June 2025 - as the first ensemble ever.

About: Danish String Quartet

The quartet behind the folk-inflected ECM albums Wood Works, Last Leaf and Keel Road - three Danes and a Norwegian cellist who have risen to the top of the international chamber music world since their 2002 debut, and in 2025 became the first ensemble to win the prestigious Léonie Sonning Music Prize.

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What's new

2025-06
Danish String Quartet received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2025 - as the first ensemble in the prize's history - at a ceremony in Copenhagen, where the prize was presented by the King of Denmark.
2024-08
The quartet's latest album Keel Road was released on ECM Records in August 2024 and was named one of the year's best classical albums by The New York Times and nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Award 2025.
2026-04
In April 2026, the quartet performed a coast-to-coast tour in the USA together with the Danish Girls' Choir, including a New York premiere of David Lang's newly composed work in wildness at Carnegie Hall on April 17.

Tour

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Tracks

Keel RoadLatest ECM album (2024), named one of the year's best classical albums by New York Times

Last LeafECM album (2017) with Nordic folk melodies; album of the year in classical music according to NPR and New York Times

Wood WorksFolk music debut (2014) that put the quartet's distinctive profile on the map

Prism I-VAmbitious five-part series (2018-2023) on ECM, pairing Beethoven with Bach and contemporary composers

Adès, Nørgård, Abrahamsen: Music for String QuartetECM album (2016), the quartet's first release on the label

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