Kirill Petrenko, Bomsori og åbningen af Carl Nielsen Konkurrencen

Kirill Petrenko, Bomsori and the Opening of the Carl Nielsen Competition

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Live Klassisk2 min read|7. June 2026

Kirill Petrenko, chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, receives the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2026 at a gala concert in DR Koncerthuset on Saturday evening. For the first time he meets DR Symfoniorkestret in a programme of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Strauss's monumental Also sprach Zarathustra. The Russian pianist Polina Osetinskaya is the soloist in Schumann's Piano Concerto.

On Tuesday Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen visits DR Koncerthuset with the star violinist Bomsori as soloist in Brahms's Violin Concerto. After the interval the orchestra unfolds in Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, Pathétique, under the direction of Jérémie Rhorer.

On Thursday Copenhagen Phil invites you to a concert in Tivolis Koncertsal. Sonning Prize winner Emmanuel Pahud on flute and Anneleen Lenaerts on harp perform Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp, framed by Carl Nielsen's Maskarade overture and Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.

Carl Nielsen takes centre stage when Odense Symfoniorkester opens the international Carl Nielsen Competition on Tuesday. The flautist Liya Petrova is the soloist, and the programme also features Sibelius's Karelia Suite and Nielsen's Third Symphony, Sinfonia Espansiva.

In Southern Jutland the symphony orchestra presents a portrait concert of its resident artist Lil Lacy. Under chief conductor Christian Øland her new symphony receives its premiere, and the orchestra's flautist Thomas Jensen is the soloist in the composer's flute concerto. The concert is performed on Thursday in Sønderborg and on Friday in Haderslev.

On Sunday 7 June at 13.00 Concerto Copenhagen offers Vivaldi in Vor Frue Kirke in Aarhus. The programme includes the concertos La Tempesta di Mare and La Notte as well as other works from the composer's extensive output.

The wind quintet of Det Kongelige Kapel gives a concert on Sunday 7 June at 15.00 in Garnisonskirken together with the pianist Katrine Gislinge. The programme features Mozart's Quintet for Winds and Piano and Carl Nielsen's Wind Quintet.

Østerbro Kammermusikfestival unfolds from Thursday to Saturday. The festival opens with the Dahlia String Trio and the string quartet AKELA. On Friday the Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen and Crusell Trio perform a concert on the theme of the waves of the sea, with works by Debussy, Amy Beach and festival composer Sally Beamish.

On Saturday afternoon the English vocal ensemble I Fagiolini visits Nathanaels Kirke. They are celebrating their 40th anniversary and perform together with Stenbroens Festivalkor under the direction of Robert Hollingworth.

The week offers conductors, soloists and festivals - from Petrenko's first encounter with DR Symfoniorkestret to the opening of the Carl Nielsen Competition and the summer's chamber music festivals.