Hvide Sande Masterclass 12.-20 September 2025 offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in classical music through 11 public concerts and daily masterclass sessions. The concerts will feature this year’s distinguished professors: Marianna Shirinyan, Jiyoon Lee, Andrej Bielow, Lars Anders Tomter, and Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj, alongside 25 exceptional young talents.
The young musicians are carefully selected through an application process where the professors handpick the most promising classical talents from both Denmark and abroad.
The masterclass emphasizes both chamber music and solo performances.
The Professors coach daily solo and chamber music lessons, join ensembles with the participants, coach established groups, and perform in the concerts.
This dynamic interaction inspires the young musicians towards continuous personal and artistic growth.
This Year’s Theme – Carl Nielsen
This special concert focuses on Carl Nielsen’s music, including both famous and lesser-known works, highlighting the richness of Danish music. This is to let you as listener, experiencing the beauty of the Danish music treasure, but also to teach the young talents from all over the world what Danish music has to offer. That’s why Carl Nielsen’s music will be heard at several of this year’s 11 concerts, and especially at the Carl Nielsen Concert the 18th of September. The concert will tell the story of Carl Nielsen’s life, his challenges and victories, from childhood to his death. BUY HERE
Peace concert at Flugt, Refugee Museum
The world has become an unsafe place in recent years and many people are currently refugees. Music is a peacebuilding element that unites people and therefore we are organizing a special peace concert at the refugee museum called FLUGT. FLUGT Museum, located in Oksbøl, tells the story of the millions of people who are and have been forced to leave their homes. Their story becomes even more concrete and relevant through music, where the audience witnesses how art and history can be united to promote understanding and peace. This year’s Ukrainian professor plays an important role and shares music from Ukraine. BUY HERE
KAMMERMUSIK.NU + Esbjerg Ensemble
As a new initiative, we have established a collaboration with Kolding Music School, and Kammermusik.nu, who is organizing a festival from March 28-30, 2025, in Kolding. Here, young Danish talents from music schools across the country will join forces with Esbjerg Ensemble to rehearse and perform a newly composed work by the Danish composer Niels Mathiesen.
During the festival, exceptionally talented young Danish musicians will be selected to participate in a Kammermusik.nu concert alongside Esbjerg Ensemble at Hvide Sande Masterclass. BUY HERE
Following this, they will have the opportunity to experience the week of masterclass lessons, learning through active listening to the challenges and successes of the young musicians participating in the masterclass. In this way, the next generation of Danish musicians is inspired and given a clear goal to strive for.
“It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to Hvide Sande Masterclass 2025. You, the aspiring young musicians who have poured your heart and soul into mastering challenging repertoire. To you, esteemed professors, bringing your abundance of experience to inspire the next generation.
And to you, our cherished audience, who come to experience music in a truly unique setting.
I hope this year’s masterclass will be a life-affirming musical experience – one you’ll eagerly revisit and fondly remember.”
Since 2020, Sigrid Kongshøj-Munch has served as project leader for Hvide Sande Masterclass and, since 2023, also artistic director. Graduate of The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Sigrid is an accomplished violist, violinist, and music teacher. She has performed extensively in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, including premieres, recordings, and theatrical productions. Currently a member of Trio con Spirito, she has played with the The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Danish Orchestra, and Copenhagen Phil, among others. In 2023 and 2024, she served as a judge at the UKE International Chamber Music Competition in Kyiv, Ukraine. Since August 2018 she has been employed at Tårnby Music School until December 2024 where Sigrid took up the position; Orchestral manager at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. In December 2024, Sigrid took up the position of orchestra director at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Welcome
“It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to Hvide Sande Masterclass 2025.
To you, the aspiring young musicians who have poured your heart and soul into mastering challenging repertoire.
To you, esteemed professors, bringing your wealth of experience to inspire the next generation.
And to you, our cherished audience, who come to experience music in a truly unique setting.
I hope this year’s masterclass will be a life-affirming musical experience – one you’ll eagerly revisit and fondly remember.”
Since 2020, Sigrid Kongshøj-Munch has served as project leader for Hvide Sande Masterclass and, since 2023, its artistic director. A graduate of The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Sigrid is an accomplished violist, violinist, and music educator. She has performed extensively in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings, including premieres, recordings, and theatrical productions. Currently a member of Trio con Spirito, she has played with the DR Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Danish Orchestra, and Copenhagen Phil, among others. In 2023 and 2024, she served as a judge at the UKE International Chamber Music Competition in Kyiv, Ukraine. Since August 2018 she has been employed at Tårnby Music School. In 2023 and 2024, she was a judge at the UKE International Chamber Music Competition in Kyiv, Ukraine. In December 2024 Sigrid took up the position; Orchestral Director at The Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Concerts at
Hvide Sande Masterclass
Ticket per person. 100 kr. Free for children and young people under 20 years.
