Jesper Andersen
Jesper Andersen is a graduate of the tonmeister programme at RDAM, and as a Grammy-nominated producer, technician and pianist he has recorded around 100 CDs and produced music for radio, TV, theatre, installations and performance. Jesper has also worked as a sound engineer/producer at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
Teaching
Jesper is course co-ordinator and principal study teacher in the tonmeister programme at RDAM. He has previously taught music production and sound engineering at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
In addition to teaching, Jesper works intensively at RDAM on the development of distance learning for instrumentalists.
Additionally, Jesper has given guest lectures at a wide range of international institutions: Amsterdam Conservatoire, Shanghai Conservatory, Royal College London, MDW Vienna, Cleveland Institute, Yale University, Miami University, Eastman School of Music in Rochester, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Conservatorio di Milano, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Dance, Chopin Academy in Warsaw, Manhattan School of Music, Tianjin Conservatory, Düsseldorf Hochschule, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Northwestern University in Chicago, and Memphis University.
Artistic practice
Jesper produces in a wide range of genres, including both classical and popular music. He has worked with, amongst others, the Danish Chamber Orchestra, Athelas Sinfonietta, Holland House, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Figura, Modern Tango Quintet, Inviolata, Bjarke Mogensen, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Under Byen, Efterklang, Choir of Young Believers, Wynona, Homesick Hank, Czeslaw Spiewa, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Mary Gauthier.
Jesper has been involved in a number of development projects in Distance Learning and e-learning, including:
- Intermusic, an EU project in collaboration with the conservatories of Vilnius and Milan
- Dig. Music, a NordPlus project in co-operation with Helsinki, Tallinn, Tampera and Vilnius
- Development of Virtual Audition in co-operation with Oulu and Vilnius
- Five major collaborative projects between RDAM and RMC on rhythmic symphony orchestra concerts.
- MUSAiC is an online meeting place for classical musicians, with a continuously updated video library curated by the US Orchestral Academy. Just as teachers pass on knowledge to their students, MUSAiC provides access to classical music instruction and conversations between both students and professional musicians. The project has been developed in a collaboration between the New World Symphony, Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester), Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London), Manhattan School of Music, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Southern California.
Research
From 2020 to 2025, Jesper is working on the PhD project Music & Technology, which is a collaboration between RDAM and Aalborg University.
Jesper has also participated in a number of research projects, including “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education” and “Towards a More Creative Music Mixing Interface”.
Jesper Andersen has given guest lectures/masterclasses at Aalborg University and a number of international academies of music, including the Royal College of Music in London, the Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Tianjin Conservatory of Music, Miami University, Cleveland Institute of Music, Northwestern University, Yale University, Conservatorio Musica Verdi Milano, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.
Conferences and presentations
2012: Association of Baltic Academies of Music, Copenhagen: “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education”
2014: Internet2, Los Angeles: “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education”, panel discussion
2014: Networking Performing Arts Prod. Workshop, Miami Beach: “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education”, panel discussion
2014: Symposium and Practicum in DL, Helsinki: “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education”, panel discussion
2014: KUM Management Seminar, Svendborg: “Distance Learning at the Academy”
2014: Secretariat for Competence Development, Copenhagen: “Distance learning at the Academy”
2016: Networking Performing Arts Prod. Workshop, Miami Beach: “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education”
2016: Danish e-infrastructure Cooperation, Kolding: “Distance Learning at the Academy”
2016: NordPlus, Copenhagen: “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education”
2016: Summit of internet and music e-education, Shanghai: “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education”
2017: Networking Performing Arts Prod. Workshop, Copenhagen: “Sound for Distance Learning”
2017: Networking Performing Arts Prod. Workshop, Copenhagen: “Distance Learning in Higher Music Education”
2018: Networking Performing Arts Prod. Workshop, Miami: “Sound for Distance Learning”
2019: Networking Performing Arts Prod. Workshop, Prague: Panel Discussion
2019: Distance Learning Startup workshop, Düsseldorf, Keynote
2020: Networking Performing Arts Prod. Workshop, Online “Distance Learning in Music Education”
2020: Teaching Music Online, Melbourne, Online
2020: New Time Music Conference, Tallin, Online: “Distance Learning in Music Education”
2020: Beethoven Festival, RDAM “Beethoven’s Hearing Loss”
2021: Music Pedagogy Conference, RDAM, Online: “Distance Learning: problems, solutions and possibilities”
2021: Danish Music and Culture Schools workshop, Online: “Distance Learning”
Articles
Gelineck, Andersen, Büchert: Music Mixing Surface. Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international conference on interactive tabletops and surfaces. Published 2013 by the Association for Computing Machinery
Overholt, Gelineck, Andersen, Büchert: Towards an Interface for music mixing based on smart tangibles and multitouch. Published 2013 by the Association for Computing Machinery
Gelineck, Andersen, Büchert: Towards a more flexible and creative music mixing interface. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Published 2013 by the Association for Computing Machinery
Buhl, Levinsen, Ørngreen, Andersen, Solak: Telepresence as Educational Practice in the Third Teaching-Room: A Study in Higher Music Education. Published 2013 by Academic Conferences and Publishing International
Buhl, Levinsen, Ørngreen, Andersen, Solak: Video Conferencing in Music Education at the Conservatory Level. Published by Aalborg University for the Third International Conference Exploring Learning Environments, 2012
Buhl, Levinsen, Ørngreen, Andersen, Solak: Performativity, Materiality and Time: Tacit Dimensions of Pedagogy. Published 2014 by Waxmann Verlag
Buhl, Levinsen, Ørngreen, Andersen, Solak: Teaching performance in performing arts: Video conference at the highest level of music education. Published 2014 by Waxmann Verlag
Buhl, Levinsen, Ørngreen, Andersen, Solak: Teaching performance in performative arts: Video conference in higher music education. Published in connection with the conference ‘Performativity, Materiality and Time in Pedagogy’, Aalborg University 2013
CD releases
Tesco Value: Tesco Value
– Cope, 2002 (Technician/Producer)
Wynona: Santiago
– Playground, 2003 (Technician/producer/keyboards)
Halph: Answering Machines
– PonyRec, 2004 (Technician/producer/keyboards)
Homesick Hank: Hey
– Noiz, 2004 (Technician/producer/keyboards)
Tuco Brothers: The day is done
– Cope, 2005 (Technician/keyboards/vocals)
Tesco Value: Songs for the Gatekeeper
– Cope, 2005 (Technician)
Homesick Hank: Leave it behind
– Playground, 2006 (Technician/producer/keyboards)
Modern Tango Quintet, Kim Sjögren: MTQ
– Cowbell, 2006 (Technician/producer)
Nana Jacobi: This is it
– Alarm, 2006 (Technician/co-producer)
Halph: Ode to you
– PonyRec, 2006 (Technician)
The Danish Chamber Orchestra & Under Byen, Siamesisk
– Morningside, 2007 (Technician/producer)
Soma Allpass: Sway
– SumSum, 2007 (Co-producer/technician/keyboards)
Bennebox: 7 boxes for lb
– Mystic, 2007 (Technician/producer)
Czeslaw Spiewa: Debut
– Mystic, 2008 (Technician)
The Danish Chamber Orchestra & Efterklang: Performing Parades
– The Leaf Label, 2009 (Producer/technician)
Homesick Hank: Ghosts
– VME, 2009 (Technician/producer/keyboards)
Elisabeth Zeuthen Schneider, Ulrik Stærk: Conv. For klaver og violin
- Dacapo, 2009 (Technician)
Percurama, Per Nørgaard: En Lys Time
- Dacapo, 2009 (Technician)
Hans Fagius: German Romantic organ
– CDK, 2010
Czeslaw Spiewa: Pop
– Mystic, 2010 (Technician/producer/keyboards)
The Danish Chamber Orchestra and Tina Dickow: True North
– A:Larm, 2011 (PA producer)
Amalie Malling & Morten Zeuthen: Værker for cello og klaver
– Dacapo, 2011 (Technician)
Czeslaw Spiewa: Milosza
– Mystic, 2011 (Producer/technician)
CODY: Fractures
– VME, 2012 (Accordion/vocals)
Bjarke Mogensen /Kasper Rofelt: The song I’ll never sing
– Dacapo, 2012
Mathias Kryger Folkpop
– Grip, 2013 (Technician/piano/vocals)
Inviolata: BACH
– Gateway, 2014 (Producer/technician)
Modern Tango Quintet: You Nunca Estado
– Cowbell, 2014 (Producer/technician)
Homesick Hank: Beautiful Life
– Slow Shark, 2015 (Keyboards/vocals/technician)
Tobacco: Live på Kajen
– Hr. Andersen Musik Produktion, 2017 (Technician/producer/keyboards)
Hanzhi Wang
– Naxos, 2017 (Mix/mastering)
Poorboy Poul: Wouldn’t mind dying
– Villa Ø.P., 2017 (Technician/producer/keyboards)
Disillusionist: Sleeper
– Over the Under, 2021 (Co-producer)
