Morten Schuldt-Jensen is a Danish conductor born in Skærbæk, whose career spans Danish amateur choral life and the major European concert stages. He founded Sokkelund Sangkor in 1984 and the Immortal Bach Ensemble, serves as professor of choral and orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, and was chief choral director at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig from 1999 to 2007. As guest conductor and choir master he has worked with ensembles including the RIAS Kammerchor, NDR Chor and the Berlin Philharmonic, alongside conductors such as Simon Rattle, John Eliot Gardiner and Herbert Blomstedt.
Sokkelund Sangkor and Schuldt-Jensen performed at Bornholms Musikfestival with a program of Nordic choral lyric, Brahms and Carl Nielsen.
Sokkelund Sangkor performed a passion concert in Skovvejskirken in Ballerup on 13 April 2025 with works by Poulenc, Bach, Mendelssohn and Reger.
Schuldt-Jensen published SAM-Klang, a new series of choral music arrangements for publishers that addresses the lack of deep voices in choirs.
Sokkelund Sangkor celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special Christmas concert, where Bach's Magnificat was performed for the first time together with the Christmas Oratorio.
Schuldt-Jensen conducted Kammerchor der Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in a concert at Hørsholm Kirke with a subsequent masterclass open to choir singers and music enthusiasts.
Sokkelund Sangkor and the jazz duo Mads Granum and Thomas Fonnesbæk perform a Christmas concert blending Bach chorales, Danish hymns, and jazzy Christmas arrangements built around Luke's Christmas Gospel.
Sokkelund Sangkor performs Bach's Magnificat and Christmas Oratorio with the Leipzig Chamber Orchestra and soloists under conductor Morten Schuldt-Jensen. The concert includes a pre-concert introduction explaining the music's key moments.