The Royal Danish Academy of Music
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
was founded in 1867 by the composer Niels Wilhelm Gade
Niels Wilhelm Gade
Niels Wilhelm Gade was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. He is considered the most important Danish musician of his day.-Biography:...
. It is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
as well as the largest with approximately 400 students. Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II is Protector of the institution.
Directors
- 1867-1890 Niels Gade
- 1890-1899 Johan Peter Emilius HartmannJohan Peter Emilius HartmannJohan Peter Emilius Hartmann was a Danish composer.-Biography:Hartmann came from a musical family of German descent. Although he received his music lessons initially from his father, he taught himself as much as possible...
- 1899-1915 Otto MallingOtto MallingOtto Valdemar Malling was a Danish composer, from 1900 the cathedral organist in Copenhagen and from 1889 professor, then from 1899 Director of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen....
- 1915-1930 Anton Svendsen
- 1930-1931 Carl NielsenCarl NielsenCarl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...
- 1931-1947 Rudolph SimonsenRudolph SimonsenRudolph Hermann Simonsen was a Danish composer who studied under Otto Malling.In 1928, he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his Symphony No. 2: Hellas....
- 1947-1954 Christian ChristiansenChristian Christiansen (musician)Christian Christiansen was Danish pianist and organist born in 1884.He was known as a strong supporter of Carl Nielsen's music and used to perform it while touring in Europe....
- 1954-1955 Finn HøffdingFinn HøffdingNiels Finn Høffding was a Danish composer. Høffding studied composition under Knud Jeppesen and Thomas Laub, and then under Joseph Marx in Vienna from 1921-22. His works first became well-known in Denmark in the 1920s, particularly the piece Karlsvognen...
- 1956-1967 Knudåge RiisagerKnudåge RiisagerKnudåge Riisager was a Danish composer.Knudåge Riisager was born in Estonia of Danish parents. His father Emil Riisager was an engineer, and the family returned to Denmark in 1900 when Knudåge was three years old.- Notable works :*Ballet music**Benzin op. 17 **Cocktails-Party op...
- 1967-1971 Svend WestergaardSvend WestergaardSvend Westergaard was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
- 1971-1975 Poul Birkelund
- 1979-1986 Anne-Karin Høgenhaven
- 1992-2007 Steen PadeSteen PadeSteen Pade is a Danish composer. He studied composition with Ib Nørholm, Per Nørgård, and Karl Aage Rasmussen.From 1992 to 2007 he was director of the Royal Danish Academy of Music-External links:* *...
- 2007- Bertel Krarup