Barbara Hannigan med Copenhagen Phil og Eun Sun Kim i Dvořák

Barbara Hannigan with Copenhagen Phil and Eun Sun Kim in Dvořák

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Live Klassisk2 min read|5. April 2026

The week offers an impressive selection of classical music with international world stars and significant works.

Barbara Hannigan takes over Konservatoriets Koncertsal on Saturday with Copenhagen Phil in a double programme in which she both conducts and sings. The Canadian multi-talent is one of the most fascinating musical personalities of our time, and the programme includes Richard Strauss's monumental Also sprach Zarathustra.

DR Koncerthuset presents the conductor Eun Sun Kim on Thursday with DR SymfoniOrkestret in Dvořák's Symphony No. 8. Kim, whom The New York Times has called "a huge star", leads the orchestra through this bright tribute to nature with its characteristic Bohemian folk music inspiration.

The Opera House offers two major productions: Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier in Elisabeth Linton and Marie Jacquot's new staging on Tuesday, and Donizetti's Don Pasquale, presented in the critically acclaimed production from Glyndebourne Festival Opera on Wednesday and Saturday.

Aarhus Symfoniorkester performs a Romantic programme on Thursday and Friday with Elgar's Enigma Variations and Bruch's Violin Concerto - works that represent the finest traditions of English Romanticism.

The young world-star cellist Jonathan Algot Swensen, winner of the Naumburg International Cello Competition 2024, gives a solo recital in Koncertkapellet, Roskilde on Wednesday. Swensen, who received the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2022, is regarded as one of the most promising cellists of his generation.

Opera soloists from Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium present highlights from the operas of Mozart, Beethoven, Puccini and Strauss on Gamle Scene on Saturday, conducted by Damian Iorio.

Trinitatis Kirke opens the Bach Festival on Friday with the organist Johannes Unger from Marienkirche in Lübeck, formerly assistant organist at St. Thomas Kirke in Leipzig.

A week marked by world stars, great orchestral works and significant opera productions.