The Forgotten Legacy Jesper Sivebæk, Bjarke Mogensen, Christina Åstrand, Royal Danish Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra & Max Artved

• Ole Schmidt (1928 - 2010): Guitar Concerto:
• 1 Schmidt: Guitar Concerto: I 05:27
• 2 Schmidt: Guitar Concerto: II 09:04
• 3 Schmidt: Guitar Concerto: III 04:35
• Echoes:
• 4 Schmidt: Echoes 03:12
• Toccata no. 1:
• 5 Schmidt: Toccata no. 1 06:58
• Double Concerto for violin and accordion:
• 6 Schmidt: Double Concerto for violin and accordion: I allegro 03:16
• 7 Schmidt: Double Concerto for violin and accordion: II andante 04:57
• 8 Schmidt: Double Concerto for violin and accordion: III allegro 03:24
• Total Runtime 40:53

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Ole Schmidt (1928–2010) war als Komponist und Dirigent eine zentrale Figur des dänischen Musiklebens und bekannt dafür, klassische Formen mit der rhythmischen und harmonischen Freiheit des Jazz zu verbinden. Er begann als Jazzmusiker, absolvierte eine Ausbildung an der Königlich Dänischen Musikakademie als Pianist und Dirigent und studierte Komposition bei Vagn Holmboe. Sein Debüt gab er 1955.

Als Komponist schrieb er Werke in vielen Genres, darunter Konzerte, Kammermusik, Ballett, Oper und Filmmusik, wobei er eine besondere Vorliebe für das Streichquartett hatte, das er sein Leben lang pflegte. Er hatte eine enge Verbindung zum Musiktheater und war als Ballettdirigent am Königlich Dänischen Theater tätig. Als Dirigent genoss er eine bedeutende internationale Karriere und leitete mehrere dänische und ausländische Orchester. Seine Aufnahmen von Carl Nielsens Sinfonien mit dem London Symphony Orchestra gelten als wegweisend. Schmidt bleibt als energischer und kompromissloser Künstler in Erinnerung, der bewies, dass klassische Musik zeitgemäß und offen für neue Einflüsse sein kann, ohne dabei an künstlerischer Qualität einzubüßen.

Zwei prominente dänische Musiker, beide Professoren an der Königlich Dänischen Musikakademie, der Gitarrist Jesper Sivebæk und der Akkordeonist Bjarke Mogensen, haben ein Forschungsprojekt ins Leben gerufen, um einige der weniger bekannten Werke von Ole Schmidt zu erkunden – ein wahrer Schatz für ihre Instrumente. Das herausragende Kammerorchester der jungen Musiker der Königlichen Dänischen Musikakademie wird von Max Artved dirigiert; mit dabei ist auch Bjarkes Partnerin im Mythos Duo und Konzertmeisterin des Dänischen Nationalen Sinfonieorchesters, Christina Åstrand.

Jesper Sivebæk, Gitarre Rasmus Kjøller, Akkordeon Bjarke Mogensen, Akkordeon Christina Åstrand, Violine Kammerorchester der Königlich Dänischen Musikakademie Max Artved, Dirigent

Royal Danish Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra
has been the country’s only musician-owned orchestra since 2015, though its roots reach back 86 years to its founding in 1939 as the Danish National Radio Light Orchestra.

Through its collaboration with Chief Conductor Adam Fischer, the orchestra has gained broad international ecognition while also maintaining a sharply defined profile in popular music.

The Danish Chamber Orchestra connects Denmark through great musical experiences, insists on the social relevance of music, and is deeply committed to talent development, outreach, and the creation of new concert formats. A special priority is placed on engaging children and young people, and the orchestra works with municipalities across the country to ensure that music reaches audiences of all generations.

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 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.

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.

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