Karen Johanne Pedersen is a Danish violinist, born in Oxford in 1984, who began her musical training at age five at Odense Musikskole. She went on to study at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under professor Serguei Azizian and later at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Yfrah Neaman and Simon Fischer, followed by further studies in Berlin. As a chamber musician she performs with Trio Gemini, the Wang-Pedersen Ensemble and the string ensemble LiveStrings, and has appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Odense Symphony Orchestra. She plays a 1699 Giovanni Granchino violin on loan from the Augustinus Foundation.
Karen Johanne Pedersen participates in the string quartet on jazz musician Lis Wessberg's album 'In the Wake of Blue', released in April 2026.
Her ensemble LiveStrings performed at the X Factor final on TV2 in spring 2025.
LiveStrings also contributed musically to the X Factor semi-final and to Go' Morgen Danmark in March 2025.
The ensemble also performed at the DR program '20 years with the Crown Prince Couple's prizes' in November 2024.
