This afternoon's concert begins with music by one of the most original and exciting composers of our time, Danish Matias Vestergård. As  Artist in Residence  at the dynamic and hip chamber music festival  Festival & Friends  in Copenhagen, he composed the chamber work  Die Welt ohne Schwere in 2024. It has now become a full-fledged orchestral work. The music is inspired by a comic medieval motif, where knights carry flowers, cakes and fragrant oils as weapons.

Gladsaxe Music Prize 2026

Grønnemose Skole

Elgar's legendary cello concerto requires a virtuoso – and such a virtuoso is Denmark's new cello star, Jonathan Swensen! Not yet 30 and recipient of both the Léonie Sonning talent prize and a host of international cello prizes. Matias Vestergård is among the most original composers of our time. And Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 is simply among the most magnificent symphonies ever. At the head of the whole glory is chief conductor Christoph Gedschold.

Sibelius and Elgar

The Conservatory Concert Hall

Experience a spine-tingling children’s ballet written by one of Denmark’s funniest and most innovative authors, Kim Fupz Aakeson.
 

An ordinary girl is dancing in front of the mirror on an ordinary day when she suddenly stops. Something about her reflection isn’t quite ordinary. Perhaps she isn’t alone after all…

This is how the children’s ballet The Forgotten Children begins. The curious and fearless girl is determined to find out what happens if she climbs through the mirror—and this is where the adventure truly takes off. Suddenly, she finds herself in a bizarre underworld filled with strange characters, including the wicked Miss Master, who delights in stealing children’s hearts, a sneaky gang of cats, a troupe of cunning mice, and ghost children—lots of ghost children. But who are they? Why are they there? And what do they want?

Matias Vestergård

Events

Past events

Apr 18, 2026

Gladsaxe Music Prize 2026 · Copenhagen Phil

Apr 17, 2026

Sibelius and Elgar · Copenhagen Phil

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