Juryen/The jury
Helmut Deutsch
HELMUT DEUTSCH ranks among the finest, most successful and in-demand song recital accompanists of the world. He was born in Vienna, where he studied at the Conservatory, the Music Academy and the University. He was awarded the Composition Prize of Vienna in 1965 and appointed professor at the age of twenty-four. Although he has performed with leading instrumentalists as a chamber musician, he has concentrated primarily on accompanying in song recitals.
At the beginning of his career he worked with the soprano Irmgard Seefried, but the most important singer of his early years was Hermann Prey, whom he accompanied as a permanent partner for twelve years. Subsequently he has worked with many of the most important recital singers and played in the world’s major music centres. His collaborations with Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau and Michael Volle are currently among his most important.
Andreas Schmidt
Den tyske baryton ANDREAS SCHMIDT studerede hos Ingeborg Reichelt og Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau og havde sin debut i 1984 som Malatesta i Don Pasquale med Deutsche Oper Berlin.
Derefter blev han medlem af ensemblet og sang roller som Guglielmo i Cosi fan tutte, Greven i Figaros Bryllup, Wolfram i Tannhäuser, Posa i Don Carlos og Marcello i La Boheme.
Som gæst har han sunget på Staatsoper Hamburg, Staatsoper Berlin, Staatsoper München, Bayreuther Festspiele, Wiener Staatsoper, Grand Theátre Genève, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Opera de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, La Scala i Milano, og the Metropolitan Opera.
Som koncertsanger har han sunget med en række nordamerikanske orkestre såsom New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, og Cleveland Orchestra, og i Europa har han sunget med så godt som alle førende orkestre. Han er en efterspurgt underviser og er professor og leder af sangfaggruppen på Hochschule für Musik und Theater i München ligesom han er gæsteprofessor på Sibelius Akademiet i Helsinki og på Mozarteum i Salzburg.
Andreas Schmidt har givet masterclasses over hele verden.
The German baritone, ANDREAS SCHMIDT, studied singing with Ingeborg Reichelt and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and made his opera debut in 1984 as Malatesta in Don Pasquale with the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Subsequently he became a member of that company, appearing in such roles as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Wolfram in Tannhäuser, Posa in Don Carlos, and Marcello in La Bohème.
As a guest, he has appeared with the Hamburg State Opera, German State Opera of Berlin, Bavarian State Opera, Bayreuther Festspiele, Vienna State Opera, Grand Theátre Genève, Royal Opera Covent Garden, Opera de Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, La Scala Milan, and the Metropolitan Opera. In concert, he has performed with such North American orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Cleveland Orchestra; in Europe he has appeared with nearly all the leading orchestras. He is a saught after teacher and is currently professor and head of the voice department at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich as well as a guest professor at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Andreas Schmidt has given masterclasses all over the world.
Toke Lund Christiansen
TOKE LUND CHRISTIANSEN (formand for juryen) blev uddannet hos Professor Poul Birkelund på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (DKDM) og fortsatte sine studier hos Marcel Moyse og William Bennett. TLC debuterede som solist i Mozarts Concerto i G-dur, K313 med Marcel Moyse som dirigent. Fra 1968 til 2013 var han solofløjtenist i DR-Symfoniorkestret. Han er docent ved DKDM.
TLC har indspillet en stor del af kammermusikrepertoiret for fløjte: J.S.Bach, Händel, Leclair, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Fauré, Roussel (samlede værker for fløjte), Ibert (samlede kammermusik værker for fløjte), Saint-Saëns (samlede kammermusik værker for fløjte) med pianist Elisabeth Westenholz, Kuhlau Kvartetten, m.fl.
Som forfatter har TLC udgivet en række bøger, herunder noveller, essays og ”Fløjtespil i Danmark”. Se kenderdupan.dk for at læse historien om fløjten i Danmark. (Fløjtespil i Danmark efter 1800).
TOKE LUND CHRISTIANSEN (Chairman of the Jury) was educated with Professor Poul Birkelund at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (RDAM) and had further studies with Marcel Moyse and William Bennett. TLC made his debut as a soloist in Mozart Concerto in G, K-313 with Marcel Moyse conducting. From 1968 until 2013 he held the position as a solo flautist in DR-Symfoniorkester, Danish National Symphony Orchestra. He is associate professor (docent) at RDAM.
TLC has recorded a great part of the chamber music repertoire for flute: J.S. Bach, Händel, Leclair, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Fauré, Roussel (complete music with flute), Ibert (complete chamber music with flute), Saint-Saëns (complete chamber music with flute) with pianist Elisabeth Westenholz, The Kuhlau Quartet a.o. .
As a writer TLC has published a number of books including novels, essays and “Flute Playing in Denmark”. Look up: kenderdupan.dk to read (in Danish only!) the story of playing the flute in Denmark (Fløjtespil i Danmark efter 1800).
Amalie Malling
AMALIE MALLING er født af danske forældre i Lübeck, Tyskland, hvor hun begyndte at spille klaver som 6 årig. Som 12 årig flyttede hun til København, hvor hun fik sin uddannelse hos pianisterne Herman D. Koppel og Georg Vásárhelyi. Hun fik sin konservatorieuddannelse hos Hans Leygraf ved Hochschule für Musik und Theater i Hannover, hvor hun afsluttede med koncerteksamen i 1972. Efterfølgende har Amalie Malling haft adskillige studieophold hos Alfred Brendel.
Amalie er en af sin generations førende solister. Hun har haft en omfattende koncertvirksomhed som solist og kammermusiker såvel herhjemme som i det øvrige Europa, USA, Canada, Japan og Kina. Amalie Malling har genne årene været meget aktiv i forskellige kammermusikalske sammenhænge.Blandt Amalie Mallings nuværende kammermusikaktiviteter er: Cello/klaver-duo med cellisten Morten Zeuthen, Lied-samarbejde med sopranen Henriette Bonde-Hansen samt klaver-duo med pianisten Hans Pålsson.
Amalie Malling var fra 1981 til 2023 docent på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium, hvor hun igennem årene har uddannet nogle af den unge generations store klaverpersonligheder, såsom Marie Rørbech, Martin Qvist Hansen og Tanja Zapolski.
AMALIE MALLING was born to Danish parents in Lübeck, Germany, where she began playing the piano at the age of 6. At the age of 12, she moved to Copenhagen, where she studied with pianists Herman D. Koppel and Georg Vásárhelyi. She received her conservatory education from Hans Leygraf at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, where she completed her concert exam in 1972. Subsequently, Amalie Malling undertook several study stays with Alfred Brendel.
Amalie is one of the leading soloists of her generation. She has had an extensive concert career as a soloist and chamber musician both in Denmark and in the rest of Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan, and China. Over the years, Amalie Malling has been very active in various chamber music contexts. Among her current chamber music activities are: a cello/piano duo with cellist Morten Zeuthen, Lied collaboration with soprano Henriette Bonde-Hansen, and a piano duo with pianist Hans Pålsson.
From 1981 to 2023, Amalie Malling was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where over the years she has educated some of the young generation’s prominent piano personalities, such as Marie Rørbech, Martin Qvist Hansen, and Tanja Zapolski.
Kirsten Buhl Møller
KIRSTEN BUHL MØLLER studerede først på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium og ved Operaakademiet i København. Senere studerede hun i London hos Thomas Hemsley og i New York hos Oren Brown. Efter hun dimitterede fra operaakademiet sang hun flere forskellige roller på Den Jyske Opera. Hendes optrædener som Cherubino, Dorabella, Cenerentola, Orlovsky og Nicklaus har høstet særlig opmærksomhed. Hun har også haft et omfattende virke som koncertsanger i ind- og udland, herunder Lied- og oratoriekoncerter. Gennem sin karriere har hun ofte optrådt på radio og TV, ligesom hun har indspillet flere CD’er.
Kirsten har undervist gennem hele sin karriere som sanger, og hun var i flere år underviser på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium inden hun blev udnævnt til professor og faggruppeleder for sangfaggruppen fra 1996-2017. Hun har givet masterclasses og kurser og har undervist et stort antal af skandinaviens professionelle sangere.
KIRSTEN BUHL MØLLER first studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and at the Opera Academy in Copenhagen and then later pursued further studies in London with Thomas Hemsley and in New York with Oren Brown. After graduating from the Academy she sang many different roles at the Danish National Opera. Her performances as Cherubino, Dorabella, Cenerentola, Orlovsky and Nicklaus are especially renowned. She has also had an extensive career on the Danish and international concert stage, including recitals and oratorios. Throughout her singing career, she has often appeared on radio and television, and she has made several recordings.
All along Kirsten has been teaching at the same time as pursuing her singing career, and she was for several years a member of the voice faculty at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, before she was appointed as a Professor and Head of the Voice Department from 1996 – 2017. She has given many Masterclasses and courses, and she has taught a great number of Scandinavia’s professional singers.
Tove Lønskov
I mange år var TOVE LØNSKOV underviser i klaver på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium og Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium. Hun har en omfattende karriere som solist, kammermusiker og akkompagnatør i Danmark og i udlandet. Hun har været solist med de fleste danske symfoniorkestre og har arbejdet med dirigenter som Uri Segal, Thomas Briccetti, Jorma Panula, Zdenek Macal og Avi Ostrowsky. Som kammermusiker har hun spillet med så prominente navne som fløjtenisten Jean-Pierre Rampal og den russiske violinist Leonid Kogan, og i mange år har hun været fast duo partner med fløjtenisten András Adorján.
Med pianist Rudolfo Llambias udgør hun en højt skattet klaver duo, som har modtaget flere priser. Duoen har indspillet mange CD’er, deriblandt Debussys samlede værker, og har givet koncerter over hele verden.
For many years TOVE LØNSKOV was a member of the piano faculty at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and at the North Jutland Academy of Music.
She has a wide-ranging career as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist in Denmark and abroad. She has been a soloist with most of the Danish symphony orchestras and has worked with such conductors as Uri Segal, Thomas Briccetti, Jorma Panula, Zdenek Macal, and Avi Ostrowsky. As a chamber musician she has played with such famous names as the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal and the Russian violinist Leonid Kogan, and for many years she has been a regular duo partner with the flautist András Adorján.
With the pianist Rodolfo Llambias she forms a much-appreciated piano duo which has received several prizes. The duo has recorded many CDs, including the collected piano works of Debussy and Schubert, and it has given concerts all over the world.
Eva Hess Thaysen
EVA HESS THAYSEN har været ansat som underviser i sang på Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium siden 2008 og tiltrådte i 2024 stillingen som professor og leder af sangfaggruppen samme sted. Siden 2006 har hun desuden undervist på The Bel Canto Institute i Firenze, ligesom hun har givet talrige masterclasses på konservatorier i Europa og Asien. Som operasanger har Eva sunget mere end 40 roller på scenen, primært som solist ved Den Jyske Opera. Hendes roller dækker et bredt og varieret repertoire fra Händel og Mozart via bel canto til romantisk og nutidig opera.
Liedgenren har altid haft en stor plads i Eva Hess Thaysens virke som sanger og som underviser.
Hun har været formand for Det Danske Sangselskab siden 2000 og hun har siden 2013 arbejdet intenst for at udbrede kendskabet til danske sange, hvilket blandt andet har manifesteret sig i udgivelsen ”Danish Diction in Art Song” fra 2023.
EVA HESS THAYSEN has been a member of the voice faculty at The Royal Danish Academy of Music since 2008, and in 2024 she was appointed professor of voice and head of the voice department at the same instutution. Since 2006 she has also been teaching voice at The Bel Canto
Institute in Florence, Italy as well as giving several masterclasses at conservatoires in Europe and Asia. As an opera singer, Eva has sung more than 40 roles on stage, mainly as a principal soloist with The Danish National Opera. Her roles cover a wide and varied repertoire from Händel to Mozart via Bel Canto to romantic and contemporary opera.
The Lied genre has always had a prominent place in Eva Hess Thaysen’s carreer as a singer and as a teacher. She has been the president of the Board of The Danish Lied Society since 2000, and since 2013 she has worked passionately for the global dissemination of Danish Art Song, a.o. through the publication of the anthology ”Danish Diction in Art Song” from 2023.