Danish National Academy of Music

The Danish National Academy of Music is a higher educational institution under the Ministry of Culture Denmark offering music and music educational study programmes at the highest level. Furthermore, SDMK is tasked with developing and promoting its artistic area and the associated cultural life, among other things through artistic and pedagogical innovation. From its bases in Odense and Esbjerg, respectively, the Danish National Academy of Music constitutes a main cultural actor in southern Denmark – both as a place of study and as a cultural institution, but also very much as an active contributor to the region’s musical growth segment and professional music scene. Finally, SDMK, due to the approx. 200 concerts it organises each year, is one of the leading providers of musical events for citizens in the region. In addition to their studies, the academy’s approx. 260 students play a significant and active role in the region’s cultural life – both as performing musicians, organisers and instructors.