Masterclasses

The Royal Danish Academy of Music holds a wide range of masterclasses and courses every year

The number of masterclasses is constantly growing and is an area upon which the Academy places a very high priority. Both professional musicians from abroad and guest professors provide instruction and often concerts during their stay in Denmark.

A selection of master classes: 

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, violin
Yura Lee, viola
Elisabeth Leonskaja, piano
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano
David Russell, guitar
Diotima Quartet
Eero Heinonen, piano
Miquel Trápaka, guitar
Jerusalem String Quartet

A selection of master classes:

Pinchas Zukerman, violin

Yura Lee, viola

Augustin Hadelich, violin

Milan Vitek, violin

Emmanuel Pahud, flute

A selection of master classes:

Malcolm Martineau, piano and voice

Nikolaj Znaider, violin

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

Tuija Hakkila, piano

Mark Messenger, violin

Augustin Hadelich, violin

Jerome Lowenthal, piano

Linda Watson, sang

Evelyn Glennie, percussion

A selection of master classes:

Violin Milan Vitek

Violin Ole Bohm

Piano Christopher Hinterhuber

Violin Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

Sang Audrey Saint-Gil

Cello Torleif Thedeen

Piano

Steven Osborne 

Piano 

Lars Ulrik Mortensen 

Voice 

Anne Sofie von Otter 

Organ 

Wolfgang Zerer 

Voice 

Cæcilie Norby 

Voice 

Christina Aboulkier 

Voice and Piano 

Malcolm Martineau 

Cello 

Istvan Vardai 

Piano 

Dirk Mommertz 

Clarinet 

Yehuda Gilad 

Piano 

Robert Kulek 

Violin 

Johannes Fleischmann 

Voice 

Barbara Hannigan 

 

French horn

James Thatcher

Violin

Grigory Kalinovsky

Violin

Gerhard Schulz

Percussion

Johannes Fischer

Piano

Jean-Jacques Dünki

Violin

Terje Moe Hansen

 

Piano

Borislava Taneva

Violin

Christian Altenburger

Viola

Thomas Selditz

Violin

Pinchas Zukerman

Bassoon

Carl-Sönje Montag

Violin

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

Piano

Andras Schiff

Accordion

Matti Rantanen

Tuba

Patrick Herrold

Trumpet

Phil Cobb

Trombone

Ian Bousfield

Guitar

Ismo Eskelinen

Clarinet

Yehuda Gilad

Percussion

Johannes Fischer

Violin

Gerhard Schulz

Piano

James Giles

Guitar

Ignacio Rodes

 

Voice

Fiona McSherry

Voice

Mikael Eliasen

Voice

Susan McCulloch

Trompet

Sergei Nakariakov

Trombone

Peter Moore

Woodwind Quintet

Slowind

Voice

Christopher Purves

Voice

Malcolm Martineau

Piano

Elisabeth Leonskaja

Piano    

Erik T.Tawaststjerna

Piano

Boris Berman

Piano

Dirk Mommertz

Piano

Michael Endres

Voice

Chantal Mathias

Voice

Riccardo Mascia

Violin

Nikolaj Znaider

Accordion

Mie Miki

French horn

Julius Pranevicius

Clarinet

Jessica Bessac

Organ

Monica Melcova

Guitar

Alvaro Pierri

Clarinet

Phillippe Berrod

Piano

Alexander Rössler 

Piano

Jens Harald Bratlie

Composer

Esbjerg Ensemble

Composer

Bent Soerensen

Voice

Soile Isokoski

 

Voice

Fiona MacSherry

Voice

Mikael Eliasen

Viola

Lawrence Power

Voice

Manfred Cordes

Violin

Nikolaj Znaider

Voice

Wang Xianlin

Voice

David Kempster

Violin

Leonidas Kavakos

Violin

Milan Vitek

Piano

Daniel Blumenthal

Violin

Pierre Amoyal

Organ

Martin Schmeding

Piano

Fabrizio Chiovetta

Piano

Sergey Osokins

Clarinet

Rimvydas Savickas

Trompet

Philip Cobb

Tuba

Fabien Wallerand

Trombone

Ian Bousfield

Piano

Wu Han

French horn

Sarah Willis

Trompet

Guillaume Jehl

Tuba

Alexander von Puttkamer

Trombone

Jesper Busk Sørensen

Timpani

Wieland Welzel

Voice

Anne Sofie von Otter

Composition

The Jack Quartet

Voice

Neville Dove

Voice

Brigitte Stradiot

Voice

Megumi Otsuka

 

Viola

Tatjana Masurenko

Piano

Artur Pizzaro

Chamber Music

Apollon Musagette

Cello

Torleif Thedéen

Composition

Thomas Adès

Trombone

Jesper Busk Sørensen

Voice

Bo Skovhus

Chamber Music

Han Quartet

Guitar

Daniel Murray

Viola d'Amore

Christoph Angerer

Cello

Alisa Weilerstein

Cello

David Geber

Cello

Julia Lichten

Piano

Kathryn Stott

Clarinet

Pascal Moragues

Composition

Helmut Lachenmann

Accordion

Matti Rantanen

Accordion

Raimondas Sviackevicius

Voice

Julian Prégardien

Voice

Reginaldo Pinheiro

Guitar

Hubert Käppel

Voice    

Jane Klaviter

Voice

Susan McCulloch

 

Voice

Christopher Purves

Organ

Henry Fairs

Voice

Susan McCulloch

Voice

Mikael Eliasen

Voice

Fiona Macsherry

Trombone

Massimo La Rosa

Organ

Edoardo Bellotti

Voice

Franz Lukasovsky

Early Music

Andrew Lawrence-King

Voice

Istvan Bonyhadi

Voice

Georgia Michaelides

Composition

Sofia Gubaidulina

Violin

Nicola Benedetti

Percussion

Nebojsa Zivkovic

Voice

Stephen Delaney

Piano

Boris Berman

Composition

Ensemble Alternance

Piano

Ferenc Rados

Voice

Mireia Pintò

Composition

Arditti String Quartet

Voice

Karin Greenhead

 

Voice

Lynne Dawson

Voice

Christopher Purves

Organ

Peter Planyavsky

Organ

William Porter

Guitar

Marcin Dylla

Piano

Boris Berman

Violin

Milan Vitek

Trompet

Tine Thing Helseth

Trombone

Nathaniel Brickens

Trombone

Niels-Ole Bo Johansen

Composition

Slowind Wind Quintet

Oboe

Matej Sarc

Piano

Ferenc Rados

Clarinet

Martin Fröst

 

Piano

Dirk Mommertz

Cello

Konstantin Heidrich

Piano

Salvatore Spanò

Violin

Natalia Prishepenko

Bratsch

Tatjana Masurenko

Violin

Benjamin Schmid

Bratsch

Volker Jacobsen

Clarinet

Olli Leppäniemi

Early Music

Jordi Savall

Hammer- and forte piano

Malcolm Bilson

Recorder

William Porter

Recorder

Kees Boeke

Piano

Boris Berman

Accordion

Claudio Jacomucci

Guitar

Alvaro Pierri

Music Production and Sound Engineering  

Bernhardt Güttler

Music Production and Sound Engineering

Jon Schumann

Organ

Hans Hellsten

Organ

Martin Schmeding

Voice

Benton Hess

Voice

Fiona Macsherry

Voice

Mikael Eliasen

 

Violoncello

Pieter Wispelwey

Voice

Carlo Allemano

Voice

Josef Protschka

Viola

Tatjana Masurenko

Clarinet

Wenzel Fuchs

Voice

Helmut Deutsch

Guitar

Göran Söllscher

Viola

Lars Anders Tomter

Voice

Mikael Eliasen

Organ

Jacques van Oortmerssen

Piano

Luiz de Moura Castro

Voice

James Johnson

Accordion pedagogics

Helka Kymäläinen

Percussion

Eriko Daimo

Voice

Fiona Macsherry

Choir conducting

Peter Hanke

Bassoon

Ole Kristian Dahl

Guitar

Michael Tröster

Children's choir conducting

Pia Boysen

Chamber music

Tokyo String Quartet

Voice

Bo Skovhus

Organ

Gerhard Gnann

Organ

Mattias Wager

Brasilian Choro / 
various instruments

Tresafinado: Pia Kaufmanas, flute, Torsten Borbye Nielsen, guitar, Afonso Correa, percussion

Trumpet

Philip Cobb

Violin

Milan Vitek

 

 

Accordion

Inaki Alberdi

Violin

Gerhard Schulz

Voice

Carlo Vincenzo Allemano

Organ

Eduardo Bellotti

Guitar

Nigel North

Voice

Helmut Deutsch

Guitar

Marco Tamayo

Voice

Mikael Eliasen

Viola

Lars Anders Tomter

Piano    

Juhani Lagerspetz

Piano

Hans Pålsson

Piano

Anne Øland

Harpsichord

Göran Karlsson

Voice

Jane Klaviter

Chamber Music

Nikolaj Znaider

Early Music/baroque harp

Andrew Lawrence-King

Violin

Milan Vitek

Voice

Fiona Macsherry

Percussion

Marinus Komst

Early Music/Baroque Oboe

Alfredo Bernardini

Voice

Diana Montague

Early training

Bodil Westergaard

Accordion

Mika Väyrynen

Trompet

Niels Heidø

Piano

Erik Kaltoft

Guitar

Gérard Abiton

Voice

Josef Protschka

Composition

Simon Steen-Andersen

Early Music/Baroque Oboe

Gonzalo Ruiz

Early Music/Baroque Violin

Rachel Podger

Flute

Henrik Wiese

Bassoon

Martynas Sedbaras

Clarinet

Stefan Schneider

 

 

Piano

Boris Berman

Tonmeister

Dennis Baxter

Tonmeister

Christopher Alder

Violoncello

Mischa Maisky

Violin

Gerhard Schulz

Recorder

Dan Laurin

Guitar

Ricardo Gallen

Violin

Milan Vitek

Percussion

Thomas Georgi

Percussion

Safri Duo

Composition

Peter Maxwell Davies

Piano

Lisa Pohjola

Guitar

Dusan Bogdanovic

Voice

Bo Boje Skovhus

Violin

Daniel Rachlin

Oboe

Jacques Thys

Chamber Music

The Tokyo Quartet

Piano

Andrzej Jasinski

Early music / baroque oboe

Alfredo Bernardini

Piano

Josef Stompel 

Flute

Henrik Wiese

Violoncello

Lilia Schulz-Bayrova

Violin

Mihaela Martin

Clarinet

Yehuda Gilad

Clarinet

Charles Neidich

Percussion

Nebojsa Zivkovic

Organ

David Sanger

Organ improvisation

Franz Danksagmüller

Organ

Hans Hellsten

Recorder

Dan Laurin

Clarinet

Charles Neidich

Clarinet

Yehuda Gilad

Flute

Ulla Miilman

Voice

Cecilia Bartoli

Early music / Traverso

Alexis Kossenko

 

 

Violin

Milan Vitek

Violin

Gerhard Schulz

Violoncello

Lili Schulz-Bayrova

Trombone

Carsten Svanberg

Viola

Jacques Dupriez

Guitar

Wolfgang Lendle

Organ

Michel Bouvard

Compositon

Philippe Leroux

Percussion

Thomas Georgi

Baroque Trumpet

Klaus Bjørn Olsen

Trombone/drama

Elias Feingerish

Chamber Music, woodwind

Ulla Miilmann

Winds, Breathing

Ingrid Holck

Percussion

Safri Duo

Percussion

David Hildebrandt

Martial Arts and Mental training

Niels Gerhardt

German Lieder

Bo Skovhus

Percussion

Jeanhua Wang

Voice

Martin Isepp

Piano

Liisa Pohjola

Early Music

Alfredo Bernardini

Recorder

Dan Laurin

Composition

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Tonmeister

Finn T. Agerkvist

Tonmeister

Reinhold Fried

Early Music

Marco Horvat & Ensemble Faenza

Tonmeister

Marc Weiser

Tonmeister

Robert Seidel

Tonmeister

Bruce Swedien

Media Course for all

Christian Have

Early Music

Erik Beselin

 

 

Piano

Victor Derevianko

Chamber music

Nikolaj Znaider

Composition

Simon Bainbridge

Tonmeister

David Sheppard

Violoncello

Hans Jørgen Jensen

Trompet    

Uffe Fogtmann

Guitar

Alvaro Pierri

Voice

Martin Isepp

Violin

Gerhard Schulz

Voice    

Helmut Deutsch

Percussion

Matthias Philipzen

Voice

Fiona Macsherry

Accordion

Adam Ørvad

Piano

Volker Banfield

Brass

Raymond Munnecom

Harp/Early music

Andrew Lawrence-King

Percussion

Niels Henkel

Chamber music

Alban Berg Quartet

Voice

Mikael Eliasen

Organ

Hans-Ola Ericsson

Voice

Martin Isepp

Recorder Quartet

"Sirena"

Voice

Stig Fogh Andersen

Percussion

Frédéric Macarez

Guitar

Oren Fader

Trombone

Carsten Svnaberg

Clarinet

Philippe Berrod