Organization

Trio con Brio Copenhagen forms the artistic direction of the festival.

For the last 20 years, the trio has been an institution in Danish classical music life and consists of the sisters Soo-Jin Hong (violin) and Soo-Kyung Hong (cello) as well as pianist Jens Elvekjær (piano). They have won a great number of international competitions, and perform at concert halls and festivals all over the world. Furthermore Soo-Jin Hong and Soo-Kyung Hong are concertmasters of violin and cello at the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Jens Elvekjær is professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. In 2019 Trio con Brio Copenhagen received Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl Nielsen’s honorary award.

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Neel Teilmann started his career as a pianist with a soloist degree in both piano and chamber music from The Royal Danish Academy of Music. However, she became interested in working behind the scenes early on and has worked with Chamber Music at Lundsgaard since 2017, where she became managing director in 2020. From 2019-2024 Neel was employed by Nordic Artists Management as artist manager and project manager for orchestra tours and festival projects. Since September 2024, Neel has been music director at Mogens Dahl Concert Hall in Copenhagen, where she works with the artistic planning and as ensemble director of Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir.

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Lennart Nielsen is festival stage manager – assisted by Marcus Bernack Larsen

Birgit Tengberg is the festival photographer as well as founder and previous director of the festival.

Georgina Høgsholm and Tina Linn Austad – festival crew members

– Jens Elvekjær (chairman – Trio con Brio)
– Soo-Kyung Hong (Trio con Brio)
– Jacob Soelberg (CEO, Nordic Artists Management)
– Neel Teilmann (Artist Manager, Nordic Artists Management)
– Jens Lund Mosbek (lawyer, partner Kromann Reumert)

– Birgit Tengberg (cand. Phil., previous festival director, photographer)
– Esben Tange (editor DR P2)
– Vini Iuel (Lundsgaard Estate)
– Soo-Jin Hong (Trio con Brio)