At Hvide Sande Masterclass September 12-20, 2025, there is a unique opportunity to experience and immerse yourself in classical music through 11 public concerts and daily masterclass lessons. The concerts will be performed by this year’s professors Marianna Shirinyan, Jiyoon Lee, Andrej Bielow, Lars Anders Tomter and Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj and this year’s exceptional young talents. The young musicians participating in the Hvide Sande Masterclass are carefully selected through an application process where the Masterclass professors select the most promising classical talents, both nationally and internationally.
The focus of the masterclass is on chamber music ensemble playing, but also on solo performances. Professors provide solo lessons, join chamber 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 year there will be a special Carl Nielsen concert where some of his famous but also unknown works will be performed. highlighting the richness of Danish music. This is both to let you, the concertgoers, experience the beauty of the Danish musical treasure, but also to teach the young talents from all over the world what Danish musical life has to offer. That’s why Carl Nielsen’s music will be heard at several of this year’s 11 concerts, and especially at this Carl Nielsen Concert. 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 on the run. Music is a peacebuilding element that unites people and therefore we are organizing a special peace concert at FLUGT Museum. 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 something new, we have established a collaboration with Kolding Music School and MGK and Kammermusik.nu, which organizes a festival on 28-30 March 2025 in Kolding. Here, young Danish talents from the country’s music schools and MGKs will meet Esbjerg Ensemble and rehearse and perform a newly written work by the Danish composer Niels Mathiesen. During the festival, particularly talented young musicians will be selected to participate in a Kammermusik.nu concert together with 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 gives me 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. You, dear professor, who come with your many years of experience, countless concerts and hours with your instrument and you, who come and experience music in full bloom in a completely different concert hall. I hope you will have a life-giving musical experience that you can look forward to (re)experiencing and then look back on with pleasure.”
Sigrid Kongshøj-Munch has been project manager at Hvide Sande Masterclass since 2020 and artistic director since 2023. She is a violist and violinist, and a music teacher, educated at The Royal Danish Academy of Music where she finished her master’s degree in 2015. 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 gives me 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. You dear professor, who comes with your many years of experience from numerous concerts and hours with your instrument. 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.”
Sigrid Kongshøj-Munch has been project manager at Hvide Sande Masterclass since 2020 and artistic director since 2023. She is a violist and violinist, and a music teacher, educated at The Royal Danish Academy of Music where she finished her master’s degree in 2015. 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; 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.
