Cellist

28th Closing Concert. Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye (suite for piano four hands); Brahms: String Quintet in G major, Op. 111; Taneyev: Piano Quartet. Intermission between works.

Blue moon

Stavanger domkirke

Lunchtime concert: Mozart Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 "Kegelstatt" and Korngold String Sextet, Op. 10

Summer and Sun in Vienna

Skur 2

A great deal has been said about Mozart's money problems in the last years of his life. When he died he left behind a wardrobe of 27 coats in shades of red, two billiard tables, and a household with a cook, a maid and a nanny. So things cannot have been as dreadful as all that. It is more likely that Mozart had an extravagant lifestyle during the joyful early years in Vienna, and failed to adjust to a lower income. And there was one man in particular whom Mozart used as a human credit card: his Freemason friend Michael Puchberg. Puchberg must have been a man of good heart, for he kept lending Mozart money even though he rarely got it back.

It may have been out of both cynicism and gratitude that Mozart dedicated his Divertimento in E-flat major for string trio to Puchberg. A divertimento was traditionally a rather light-hearted piece of music, often meant to be played outdoors. But in this case we are talking about some of the most sublime chamber music Mozart wrote. Yes, the divertimento has its light-hearted episodes, especially the two minuet movements. But these may just as well serve to cool us down a little after the two opening movements and the variation movement. The richness of tone colors and the lines Mozart draws out of just three instruments is unparalleled.

This was pioneering work: the string trio genre was untried, and on the first and only attempt Mozart wrote perhaps the finest of them all.

We begin the concert in two places we have never before visited during the festival: Turkey and Syria, with pieces by living composers Fazil Say and Kinan Azmeh, who are both also performing musicians of the highest level, on piano and clarinet respectively. Here we hear folk music in the garb that suits it best: timeless and modern at the same time.

Luxury Trap in 1788

Myths Op. 30 (Szymanowski), Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87 (Britten), Intermezzo from Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 38 (Foote). Fanny og Alexander.

04 Evening Concert

Opening Concert — Pohádka (Janáček), Vox Balaenae (Crumb), Mosaique Musicale (Bentzon), String Sextet in G major, Op. 36 (Brahms)

In the Belly of the Whale

When the Sønderjylland Symphony Orchestra and the Schleswig-Holstein Symphony Orchestra unite, music truly becomes borderless. Across national borders – but with a shared love of symphonic music – the two orchestras create a magnificent concert experience that is only possible in a region with such strong cultural ties. It is a unique opportunity to experience over 100 musicians together on stage, a luxury that is otherwise only found in the largest European capitals.

Collaboration concert: Wagner, Brantelid & Mahler

Alsion Concert Hall

German House

Cellist Andreas Brantelid is one of the best musicians of his generation. At just 14 years old, he made his debut with the Royal Danish Orchestra, playing Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto – the same iconic work that cello legend Jacqueline Du Pré also made his debut with.


When he turned 30, he described his passion for music to DR with the words: “There's something about it that you can't help but do. I can't really give you an answer as to why I have the lifestyle I have, which is to travel a lot and play concerts all the time. It can't be any other way. It would simply hurt too much in the heart to say no to playing.”

Rococo Variations with Andreas Brantelid

Church of the Brethren

We end our anniversary celebration as we began: In the bright surroundings of Mogens Dahl Concert Hall and in the company of good music friends. Trio con Brio Copenhagen, together with Andreas Brantelid on cello, has put together a varied and festive program with a cello extravaganza and Mendelssohn's dramatic piano trio in C minor as the end of a four-day music festival.

Anniversary Concert

Mogens Dahl Koncertsal

We celebrate with some of our best musical friends who have followed the concert hall throughout its journey from car paint shop to world-class concert venue.

Anniversary Concert #2

The beautiful and powerful Double Concerto by Brahms, with Gothenburg’s own supernova Ava Bahari and cellist Andreas Brantelid. Pekka Kuusisto also leads the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Louise Farrenc’s romantic symphony No. 3.

Brahms Double Concerto

Göteborgs Symfoniker

Look forward to choral singing, solo performances, instrumental performances – and not least congregational singing, where the entire church will be filled with Christmas tunes.

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Christmas in Holmen

Church of Holmen

We are rarely confronted with death in our culture. We don't talk about it and we move it to nursing homes and hospices. Perhaps a new attitude towards death and grief is slowly emerging, but we still lack rituals and spaces to face them, because studies show that grief is fundamentally lonely in our society. The concert series 'The Tones of Death' will attempt to create such a space, perhaps a modern mourning ritual, where death is existential and where we can be together about it.

In 2021, the Danish Entertainment Orchestra performed the first concert with 'The Tones of Death', which was framed by excerpts from Naja Marie Aidt's 'If death has taken something from you, give it back. Carl's book', selected and read by the author herself. Since then, there have been successful concerts in 2022 and 2023 with, among others, Søren Ulrik Thomsen and Maren Uthaug as literary guests.

Death Tones

The Royal Danish Academy of Music

Andreas Brantelid is a Danish-Swedish cellist. He began playing the cello at the age of 4 with his father as a teacher, and had his debut concert with the Royal Danish Orchestra at the age of 14, playing Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto. In 2006, he won the Eurovision Song Contest for Young Soloists representing Sweden.

Andreas Brantelid & Christian Ihle Hadland

MantziusLive

Opening concert. Experience an extraordinary evening with star cellist Andreas Brantelid and the festival's own director Filip Michalak, who join their artistic voices in a program full of passion and depth.

The Cello's Voice – Masterworks with Brantelid/Michalak

Vor Frue Kirke

Andreas Brantelid and Concerto Copenhagen delve into the musical connections that have bound Europe together over time – across countries, styles and generations.

What does it sound like when Europe's musical history is gathered together in one concert? On the occasion of Denmark's EU presidency, Concerto Copenhagen and cellist Andreas Brantelid gather the threads from the continent's musical network – and bring them to life.

Common Ground: Andreas Brantelid & Concerto Copenhagen

Bozar

The Arild Quartet is one of Denmark's leading string ensembles, formed in 2008.

Arild Quartet & Andreas Brantelid

The Concert Chapel

Study concert with cello students under Andreas Brantelid

Study concert with cello students

Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard welcomes you to the concert, where we look back to learn more - and rather to be inspired: What is the role of the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in the city's history, and what position does the orchestra occupy in the rich and diverse cultural life that makes Aarhus something special ?

90th birthday

Musikhuset Aarhus

DUEN returns once again to Klassiske Dage, where for more than 10 years we have honored an annual recurring guest based at OrkesterEfterskolen. Klassiske Dage has often – especially at the mid-part concert's meditative moment in the candlelight – had a tradition of performing music from the Baltics.

Bridges of Light – midnight concert at Classical Days 2024

Holstebro Church

Ved denne koncert vender den populære cellist Andreas Brantelid tilbage til Tivoli som solist i Richard Strauss’ tonedigt Don Quixote. Det er musik, som fortæller historien om adelsmanden Don Quixote fra Cervantes ridderroman. Værket er som en gigantisk cellokoncert, hvor Andreas Brantelid – med sin cello – skildrer Don Quixote, der rejser ud i verden for at bekæmpe ondskab. Tivoli Copenhagen Phil dirigeres af Christoph Gedschold, som også har Mozarts vidunderlige symfoni nr. 40 med.

Tivoli / Brantelid og Strauss’ Don Quixote

Tivolis Koncertsal

We must inform you that, unfortunately, we have received a notice of illness from prizewinning soloist Alva Holm, who was to have performed at this concert. Cellist Andreas Brantelid will be replacing her.

TRIO – Andreas Brantelid, Mathias Kjøller & Christian Ihle Hadland

Rosenfredsskolan

Prokofiev’s autumnal spirit alongside a fiery piece by Shostakovich: two thrilling works for cello and piano.

Prokofiev Sonatas: Andreas Brantelid and Julien Quentin

LSO St Luke's

Trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth joins some of her closest musical partners from across Europe and beyond for a programme marking the lasting influence of Nadia and Lili Boulanger.

Tine Thing Helseth & Friends: The Boulangerie

Southbank Centre

Cello and piano recital: Beethoven cello sonatas op. 102 nr. 1 and nr. 2, and Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata D821.

Star Duo: Andreas Brantelid and Christian Ihle Hadland

Odense Valgmenighed

Conductor: Brad Lubman. Soloist: Andreas Brantelid, cello. Program: I. Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks; R. Glerup: Cello Concerto: Om det der forsvinder; L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7. The concert lasts approx. 1 hr. and 40 min. incl. intermission. Concert introduction in the Carl Nielsen Hall at 6 p.m.

Cellist

Andreas Brantelid

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 5, 2026

Prokofiev Sonatas: Andreas Brantelid and Julien Quentin · London Symphony Orchestra

Nov 7, 2026

Tine Thing Helseth & Friends: The Boulangerie · Southbank Centre

Nov 29, 2026

Star Duo: Andreas Brantelid and Christian Ihle Hadland · Kammermusik Odense

Apr 15, 2027

Stravinsky & Beethoven's 7th. · Odense Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Aug 9, 2026

Blue moon · Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival

Aug 7, 2026

Summer and Sun in Vienna · Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival

Future and recently performed repertoire

Cello in Cello Sonata No. 1 by Brahms

Birkerød Kammermusikforening

Cello in Double Concerto by Brahms

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Cello in String Quintet by Schubert

Schubertselskabet

Cello in Cantique by Boulanger

Southbank Centre

Cello in Cello suites by Britten

Mogens Dahl Koncertsal

Cello in String Quartets by Haydn

Schubertselskabet

Cello in Symphony No. 3 by Farrenc

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Cello in Cello Sonata by Prokofiev

London Symphony Orchestra

Cello in Cello Concerto in C Major by Haydn

Concerto Copenhagen

Cello in Cello Sonata by Shostakovich

Birkerød Kammermusikforening

Cello in Cello Concerto by Elgar

Birkerød Kammermusikforening

Cello in Cello Sonata No. 2 by Myaskovsky

The Royal Danish Academy of Music

Cello in Cello Sonata No. 1 by Myaskovsky

The Royal Danish Academy of Music

Cello in 2 Pieces by Rachmaninoff

The Royal Danish Academy of Music

Cello in Om det der forsvinder by Glerup

Danish Chamber Orchestra

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