RIKKE SANDBERG Rikke Sandberg was born in 1977. She has played the piano since she was 8 years old. She took her education at The Royal Danish Music conservatory with Anne Øland and José Ribera. Further more has she studied with Professor Nina Svetlanova at Manhattan School of Music in New York. Rikke Sandberg was the prize winner at the Steinway piano festival in 1990 and 1993 and she was the represent for Denmark at the International Steinway Festival in Hamburg in 1994. Same year she began her studies at The Royal Danish Music conservatory and won the only gold medal at the Berlingske Tidendes classical Music competition. In 1997 she won The Royal Danish Music competition for soloist. In 2001 she was the double prize winner at The Royal Danish Music conservatory grant competition and besides that she received the Carl Nielsens travel grant and Jacob Gades grant. Rikke Sandberg also plays in The Young Danish string quartet which was formed in 2001. The String Quartet was in 2004 winner of DR’s Camber music competition and in 2005 Rikke Sandberg and the Young Danish string quartet received The Music- reviewer-rings art prize. POUL ROSENBAUM POUL ROSENBAUM, born 1952, is one of the leading pianists in Denmark. He has concertized widely in USA, Europe and Mexico, and he is especially renowned for his performance of contemporary and romantic music. He has appeared at major festivals (ISCM World Music Days, American Music Week and others), and he has made a number of first performances. Poul Rosenbaum, graduate from Royal Danish Academy of Music, won a scholarship for further studies at the Juilliard School, New York, and he made his New York debut in 1978. He received Jacob Gade Prize 1978. His recordings include piano music by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Schumann, Medtner, complete Charles Griffes Piano Works and other repertoire of the 20’ Century. His recording of Poul Ruders’ Piano Concerto was nominated for a Grammy in 1995.
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