Max Artved
Max Artved studied at RDAM under Professor Jørgen Hammergaard, with further studies in London under Gordon Hunt and in Paris under Maurice Bourgue. He made his debut concert from RDAM’s soloist class (Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Music) in 1990, to subsequent overwhelming critical acclaim.
“Max Artved is an internationally outstanding personality, who knows how to combine musical inspiration and creativity with the finest instrumental craftmanship.”
- Henrik Wiese, Principal flutist, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
“I [..] have had the pleasure of performing with Max Artved, both as a chamber and orchestral musician, and have observed his excellent teaching on several occasions. He is a prime example of the ideal mix of practitioner and educator”
- Ole Kristian Dahl, Solo bassoonist and Professor, Musikhochschule Mannheim
Teaching
Max Artved has been professor of oboe and woodwind at RDAM since 2009. In addition to his teaching at RDAM, he has also been affiliated with Malmö Academy of Music as an oboe teacher.
Many of Max’s students today hold various positions in Danish and Swedish orchestras, including Eva Steinaa: Principal oboist with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DNSO), Felicia Greciuc: Principal oboist with the Royal Danish Orchestra, Oliver Nordahl: Principal oboist with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, and Inken Menk: Principal oboist in Falun Symphony Orchestra.
Artistic practice
Max is a renowned solo oboist and chamber musician. He has been a soloist several times with, amongst others, the DNSO, the Copenhagen Phil, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and Odense Symphony Orchestra, in oboe concertos by R. Strauss, W.A. Mozart, Jouni Kaipainen, A. Honegger, F. Henriques, V. Holmboe and Bo Holten.
Max has been a member of Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Danish Orchestra, and in 1990 he was appointed principal oboist of the DNSO, 1991-2010 as first principal oboist. Together with the DNSO, he has toured most of the world and has recorded a number of key symphonies by Carl Nielsen, Ludvig v. Beethoven and G. Mahler, amongst others.
From 2004-2018 Max was artistic director of the Diamond Ensemble – the Royal Library’s own ensemble – which consists of five wind players and five string players, who currently hold key positions in, amongst others, the DNSO, the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Copenhagen Phil and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. A large number of international soloists have performed with the ensemble since its inception, including star soloists such as Leif Ove Andsnes and Nikolaj Znaider. The ensemble has collaborated with key Danish artists and young talents in recent years, which has been realised in co-operation with RDAM.
Max has also been a frequent chamber musician and soloist in Danish chamber music societies, and founded the DNSO’s Wind Quintet.
- Jakob Gade Scholarship - Other recipients have included: Thomas Dausgaard, Nikolaj Znaider, Katrine Gislinge and Michael Schönwandt.
- Artist’s Prize of the Circle of Music Critics (Musikanmelderringen)
Other recipients have included: Christina Astrand, The Danish String Quartet and Marianna Shirinyan.
- Gladsaxe Music Prize
- Van Hauen major scholarship
- Fritz Busch major scholarship - Awarded by DNSO
Artistic development (KUV)
- Release of the CDs Unfaithful and Sletternes Sønner.
- Wind Power Video Podcast – a series of 6 video podcasts: One for each of the wind quintet’s five instruments, and a final one in which the wind quintet concludes together and plays a concert.
Max has often performed as a chamber musician and soloist abroad, with concerts in Sweden, Norway, Germany and Italy (including in Venice for the Italian TV channel RAI Uno).
During his time as oboe and woodwind professor at RDAM, Max has taught and performed several times in China.
He is currently heading a collaboration between RDAM, the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Swedish Royal College of Music, which aims to bring the Scandinavian woodwind tradition closer together.
- Spokesperson for the professors at RDAM.
- Member and deputy chair of the RDAM Cooperation Committee, SU.
- Member of the RDAM Academy Council and Study Board.
- Board member of the Rødovre Prize Committee.
Max has appeared on innumerable recordings with the DNSO, of which only a selection are mentioned below.
DVD releases
L.v. Beethoven
Symfonierne 1-9 m.m.
DNSO, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Dacapo 2.110417-22 DVD
CD releases:
Carl Nielsen
Symphony 1-6 (on The Masterworks Vol. 2.)
DNSO, Michael Schønwandt
Dacapo 8.206002
Carl Nielsen
Chamber Music Vol. 1
The Diamond Ensemble, Trio Ondine, Erik Heide, Jens Elvekjær, Martin Qvist Hansen, Ulla Miilmann, Anna Dina Schick, Nina Kathrin Schlemm, Katrine Øigaard, Søren Elbo, Katrine Bundgaard, Jens Tofte-Hansen, Jonathan Slaatto, Øistein Sonstad, Henning Due Hansen, Max Artved
Dacapo 8.226064
Fini Henriques
Orkesterværker
Christina Åstrand, Max Artved, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Giordano Bellincampi
Dacapo 8.224173
Vagn Holmboe
Complete Chamber Concertos Vol. IV nos. 10-13
Jacques Mauger, Ole Edvard Antonsen, Max Artved, Tim Frederiksen, Hannu Koivula, the Danish Chamber Orchestra
Dacapo 8.224087
Vagn Holmboe
Complete Chamber Concertos Vol. III nos. 7-9
Max Artved, Mikkel Futtrup, Tim Frederiksen, the Danish Chamber Orchestra, Hannu Koivula
Dacapo 8.224086
Carl Nielsen, Niels Viggo Bentzon, Otto Mortensen, Vagn Holmboe, Per Nørgård
Oboe and Piano
Max Artved, Per Salo
Dacapo 8.224043
Nielsen, Mortensen, Jersild, Wellejus
Music for Wind Quintet
The Wind Quintet of the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dacapo 8.224151
Mozart, Crusell, J.C. Bach
Music for oboe and strings
Max Artved, Elise Batnes, Dimitri Golovanov, Lars Holm Johansen, Tue Lautrup
Naxos 8.557361
Carl Nielsen
The Masterworks Vol. 2.
The Danish String Quartet, Trio Ondine, the Diamond Ensemble, Tue Lautrup, Jon Gjesme, Jens Elvekjær, Herman D. Koppel, Max Artved, Søren Elbo, Henning Hansen, Katrine Oigaard, Oystein Sonstad
Dacapo 8.206003
Dvorak, Spohr
The Diamond Ensemble plays Dvorak and Spohr
The Diamond Ensemble
Naxos 8.570214
Poulenc, Ibert, Milhaud, Francaix
French Music for Wind Quintet
The Wind Quintet of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Anna Dina Schick, Max Artved, Søren Elbo, Henning Due Hansen, Jens Tofte-Hansen, Ralf Gothoni
Naxos 8.557356
Mozart, Beethoven
Piano Quintets
Wind quintet of the DNSO, Ralf Gothoni
CLASSCD 453
Beethoven, Triebensee
Trios for two oboes and English horn
Gert Herzberg, Max Artved, Ulrich Ortmann
CLASSCD 494
Unfaithful – Clazz Music
J. Emborg, Max Artved
Moonsong Music MoM-2
Various composers
Outstanding Oboe
Various artists
Naxos 8.578178
Carl Nielsen (arr. Peter Jensen)
Sletternes Sønner: C. Nielsen sange - uden ord
Max Artved, Thomas Fonnesbæk, Søren Møller, The Danish String Quartet
Naxos 8.573559
August Enna
Kleopatra
Elsebeth Dreisig, Magnus Vigilius, Lars Møller, Ruslana Koval, Kirsten Grønfeldt, Jens Bové, Den Jyske Operas Kor, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Joachim Gustafsson
Dacapo 8.226708-09
Bo Holten
The Emperor’s New Clothes, Oboe Concerto, Songs of Dusk
Palle Knudsen, Gert Henning-Jensen, Christine Nonbo Andersen, Morten Østergaard, Max Artved, Musica Ficta, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Eva Sommestad Holten, Bo Holten
Dacapo 6.220701
Various composers
150th Anniversary of the Royal Danish Academy of Music
Various artists
Dacapo 8.201202