
Raphaëlis: Sound of World Heritage #1
The first concert in the Raphaëlis project explores Roskilde's musical heritage from the 17th-18th centuries with vocal and instrumental music plus improvisations on the historic cathedral organ.
Bine Bryndorf (born 1969 in Helsingør) is a Danish organist who serves as cathedral organist and director of music at Roskilde Cathedral. She trained in Vienna, specialising in organ, harpsichord and sacred music, and won prizes at three international organ competitions - in Innsbruck, Bruges and Odense. After twenty-four years on the faculty of the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, latterly as head of department, she now holds a professorship in organ at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her discography includes a complete recording of Buxtehude's organ works as well as music by Bach, Scheidemann, Carl Nielsen and Niels la Cour.
Bryndorf is part of the project group behind the four-year research project 'Raphaëlis' (2026-2030), which with support from The Royal Library, Roskilde Cathedral and Kind Of Opera will map the musical culture at the cathedral from c. 1500 to 1800.
At a symposium in May 2025, Bryndorf led an ensemble that performed music reconstructed from historical fragments found as book bindings in Roskilde Cathedral School's book collection.
Bryndorf performs as continuo organist at concerts with Theatre of Voices in Fredensborg Palace Church, including Bach's motet 'Jesu, meine Freude' and the world premiere of Julia Wolfe's 'Italian Lesson'.
In 2019, Bryndorf was appointed Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London and received the Frobenius Foundation's Grand Prize that same year.