Closing Concert Frederiksberg Festspil 2026

Name: Closing Concert Frederiksberg Festspil 2026
Start: 2026-09-13T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-13T18:00:00+02:00
Location: La Oficina

took place · 13 Sep 2026

La Oficina, Frederiksberg

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The closing concert of Frederiksberg Festspil 2026 brings together a selection of the festival's artists in new configurations. The programme spans from Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms to Astor Piazzolla's tangos.

The concert opens with a work by Clara Schumann, with Mathias Hammer exploring the life hidden within the notes. The Stenhammar Quartet then meets Katrine Gislinge and saxophonist Christian Hougård in Piazzolla's sonic landscapes - accompanied by ballet dancer Morten Eggert, who specializes in tango and brings movement to the music. The concert concludes with Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor, opus 25 - the same work Clara Schumann performed at its premiere in 1861.

Performers: Stenhammar Quartet, Christian Hougård (saxophone), Julie Eskær (violin), Ettore Causa (viola), Katrine Gislinge (piano). Dance: Morten Eggert and Nefeli Komninou. Music commentary: Mathias Hammer.

Frederiksberg Festspil is a 4-day festival featuring jazz, classical music, literature, theatre and dance, held 10-13 September 2026. For more information, visit Frederiksbergfestspil.dk.

About the venue: La Oficina

La Oficina on Suomisvej in Frederiksberg C is a coworking space that opened in 2008, set in the former drawing hall of Det Kongelige Klasselotteri (the Royal Class Lottery). The building holds a large hall with a balcony, meeting and training rooms, private offices and a café. External guests can hire the spaces for conferences, courses and events; in the evenings and at weekends the hall hosts everything from concerts to receptions.

Suomisvej 4, 1927 Frederiksberg C Get directions

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Christian Hougård
Julie Eskær
Morten Eggert
Nefeli Komninou

About: Stenhammar Quartet

Sweden's Stenhammar Quartet has built its reputation since 2002 as one of the Nordic region's most distinctive string quartets, taking its name from composer Wilhelm Stenhammar. Beyond being the first to record his complete quartet cycle on disc, the group keeps an active commissioning practice with Nordic composers.

40+

recordings for Sveriges Radio

2×

nominated for Swedish Grammis Awards

What's new

2024-12
Stenhammar Quartet released on BIS Records the first part of a planned two-part recording with string quartets by Finnish composer Kalevi Aho (quartets no. 1-3).
2024
The quartet toured in Canada in 2024 and performed in Winnipeg, among other places, with two world premieres of new Canadian music.
2023
BIS Records released a box set with Stenhammar Quartet's complete recordings of Wilhelm Stenhammar's string quartets.

Tracks

Wilhelm Stenhammar: String Quartets (komplet cyklus, BIS)First complete recording of Stenhammar's quartet cycle, incl. world premiere recording of the f-minor quartet

Kalevi Aho: String Quartets 1-3 (BIS, 2024)Latest release on BIS Records, December 2024

Debussy / Ravel: String Quartets (Alba Records)Grammis-nominated album from 2019

About: Mathias Hammer

One of Denmark's best-known faces in classical music, Mathias Hammer is a trained concert pianist and DR broadcaster who has hosted radio and television programmes since 2010. He brings music history to life at the piano and is a regular presence at concerts and communal singing events across the country.

600.000+

Danes sang along in the TV marathon Live from Højskolesangbogen

seasons as team captain in Den Klassiske Musikquiz on DR

2010

year Léonie Sonning Talentprisen was received

What's new

2025-01
From January 2025, Før Søndagen will be broadcast on DR1 with Katrine Muff and Mathias Hammer - a more prominent slot than the previous DR2 broadcast.
2024-11
Før Søndagen premiered on November 30, 2024 on DR2 and DRTV with Katrine Muff and Mathias Hammer as hosts.
2024-10
Hammers Komponister on P2 and DR LYD is currently airing new episodes, where Hammer tells about the lives and music of the great classical composers.

Tracks

Hammers KomponisterPodcast and radio series on P2/DR LYD about the lives and music of the great classical composers

Sangbogen med Muff og HammerRegular song program on P2 with Katrine Muff

Før SøndagenWeekly hymn and song program on DR1/DRTV from 2024, with Katrine Muff

Carl Nielsens symfonier (podcast)Podcast series nominated for Prix Europa and Prix Italia; won Prix Europa 2015 as best radio music program

Live fra HøjskolesangbogenTV marathon format with over 600,000 watching/singing Danes

About: Katrine Gislinge

Since her 1992 debut, Katrine Gislinge has built a career spanning major European festivals and Carnegie Hall. Her interpretations of Mozart and of works by her husband, composer Bent Sørensen, have made her a distinctive voice in both Danish and international classical music.

First Danish pianist to record on Deutsche Grammophon (1999)

30+

Years on the Scandinavian and international concert scene

What's new

2026-01
Katrine Gislinge released in January 2026 the album 'Bent Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes & Piano Concerto No. 3 "La sera estatica"' on Dacapo Records with Copenhagen Phil under John Storgårds - including the world premiere of Sørensen's third piano concerto.
2026-01
Kammermusik Odense announced Katrine Gislinge as soloist at the season's first concert in 2026 with a program of Schumann, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Bent Sørensen.
2025-10
In October 2025 Katrine Gislinge performed a solo program in Svenstrup Sognegård near Aalborg, and DR rebroadcast 'Musik-Quizzen' with her as a participant at the same time.

Tracks

Bent Sørensen: 12 Nocturnes & Piano Concerto No. 3 "La sera estatica"Dacapo album released January 2026 with Copenhagen Phil and John Storgårds; incl. world premiere of Sørensen's 3rd piano concerto

Bent Sørensen: Papillons-trilogien (Mignon, Rosenbad, Pantomime)World premiere and recorded by Gislinge; released on Dacapo 2017-2018

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 11-13Recorded with Stenhammar Quartet on Alba Records; praised by critics for chamber music intimacy

Schumann: Kreisleriana op. 16Danacord recording from 2014 paired with Per Nørgård; praised by among others Gramophone

Danish Romantic Piano TriosDacapo album with Den Danske Klavertrio (Lars Bjørnkjær and Toke Møldrup)

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