Copenhagen's music scene

What a great place to enjoy budding musicians from all corners of the globe. Copenhagen offers regular almost nightly concerts from students of the Royal Danish Academy of Music. In fact, last week I was invited to a concert in which four cellists gave performances of Max Bruch, Eduard Lalo, Tchaikovsky and Bach. 

The concert itself was held in a beautiful and very fitting location called Admiral Gjeddes Gaard.

Among the four players, was Josefine, the sister of a mountain biker I met the weekend before last while helping build a trail in a forest about 20km north of Copenhagen. So, back to the concert - all the performers were amazing and posses obvious incredible talent. Josefine's parents introduced themselves to me before the concert, and then after the concert I also met Bjarke, her boyfriend, who is an accordian player. They've invited me to their house later in the month for coffee, to play the Shakuhachi, and perhaps even a duet with the mother who is a harpist and composer of considerable talent. Sometimes Shakuhachi is played ensemble with a Japanese harp (Koto). Probably quite different, but a lovely idea :–)

Here’s a piece played by the mother:

And, here’s an example of Shakuhachi and Japanese harp:

With all the music on offer in Copenhagen, I'm sure that I'll quickly be able to quickly extend this section.