Per Nørgård is one of the most important Danish composers of the twentieth century. Julian Anderson considers Danish composer Per Norgaard's Voyage into the Golden Screen for chamber orchestra to be the first "properly instrumental piece of spectral composition" (Fineberg 2000, p.14). He studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and subsequently with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

Ib Nørholm is a Danish composer and organist. Nørholm studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he later taught (from 1973), becoming a professor in 1981. Among the honours Nørholm has received are the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1964, the Carl Nielsen Prize in 1971 and a knighthood in 1981. Initially, Nørholm's music was very much in the tradition of Carl Nielsen, as exemplified by his first symphony (1956-8).

Bent Sørensen is a Danish composer. "Sørensen" studied composition with Ib Nørholm at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and with Per Nørgård at the Jutland Music Academy. "Sørensen's" mature works create a sense of decay that is emotionally similar to viewing an aging visual artwork. There is a sense of compromised beauty. Sørensen achieves this by treating major/minor tonalities with microtonal inflections and blurring the harmonies with glissandi.

Hans Abrahamsen is a Danish composer. Born in Copenhagen, Abrahamsen first got to know music through playing the French horn at school. He later went on to study music theory at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. His music is inspired by his mentors Per Nørgård and Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, who were two of his composition teachers. He is also considered part of a trend called the "New Simplicity", which became popular in the mid-1960s.

Bent Lorentzen (born February 11 1935 in Stenvad, a village in eastern Jutland) is a Danish composer. He studied musicology at Aarhus University and then at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. He is particularly noted for his operatic compositions, which are considered very popular in Denmark and Germany. He has also written works for orchestra, chamber music, organ and choir.

Jorma Panula (August 10 1930 Kauhajoki) is a Finnish conductor, composer, and teacher of conducting. Panula was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra from 1963 to 1965, the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1965 to 1972 and the Aarhus Symphony from 1973 to 1976. He has been a frequent guest conductor of the Finnish National Opera.

Katrine Gislinge (born 1969) is a Danish pianist. She began taking piano lessons at the age of six. After taking her diploma in 1990 at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, she studied with, among others, Seymour Lipkin in New York, Boris Berman at Yale, and Peter Feuchtwanger in London. In recent years, Gislinge has embarked upon endeavours including chamber music collaborations with international musicians such as violinist Gidon Kremer, …

Erling Møldrup is a Danish classical guitarist best known for championing Danish guitar music from all periods. He received his initial training under Jytte Gorki Schmidt at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Århus, obtaining his diploma in 1972. He has performed around the world as a soloist, chamber musician and with various orchestras. He has also toured as a guest lecturer.

Ingrid Kristine Bjoner Pierpoint was a Norwegian soprano noted particularly for her Wagnerian interpretations. Born in Kråkstad, Bjoner was educated as a pharmacist at the University of Oslo but got public notice after an extraordinary performance at Oslo Cathedral, which launched a professional musical career. She travelled to Germany for voice lessons with Paul Lohmann at Frankfurt Musikhochschule and Franziska Mattienseen-Lohmann in Düsseldorf.

Michel Tabachnik has a close affinity with young musicians and works with several important youth orchestras. He was Artistic Director of l'Orchestre des Jeunes du Québec (1985-1989) and, over a twelve year period, l'Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, which he founded in 1984. He is also a respected pedagogue. In addition to leading Master Classes in Amsterdam (NOS), Lisbon (the Gulbenkian Foundation), Paris Conservatoire, Stockholm Conservatory, etc, …

Otto Valdemar Malling (Copenhagen 1848-Copenhagen 1915) was a Danish composer, from 1900 the cathedral organist in Copenhagen and from 1889 professor, then from 1899 Director of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen. Otto Malling was a pupil of Niels Wilhelm Gade and Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann; in his later career he mainly composed organ works and vocal music, but he also wrote a Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra (in F major, opus 20), …

Carlos Moscardini (b. 1959) is an Argentinean composer and guitarist. He is professor of tango guitar at the Gilardo Gilardi Conservatory of Music of Buenos Aires. Moscardini was born in Lomas de Zamora, in the Gran Buenos Aires metropolitan area. After winning the Soloist Prize for guitar at the first New Popular Music Meeting in his province, he recorded his first solo album, "El corazon manda", on Epsa records.

Ólavur Jakobsen, classical guitarist, born 1964 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Ingolf Olsen and received his diploma exam in 1995. Further studies in Paris with French guitarist Roland Dyens, professor at Conservatoire Superieur. Has participated in masterclasses with e.g. Sir Julian Bream and David Russell.

Mr Lauritsen has written concert pieces for ensembles ranging from 2 pianos, quartets, jazz combos, big bands, choirs to full symphonic orchestra. Producer/arranger of CDs and radio shows, conductor of musicals and popular symphony concerts. Music producer/vocal coach for Disney Scandinavia. Recently released album on Universal Records Korea. Orchestrated symphonic music for several Danish/European movies. "Strings" is the first movie he has scored.

Kaja Margrethe Aadne Kaja was born in Roskilde, Denmark in 1980, and began playing the cello at the age of nine studying with Jorn Lauritzen at the Ishoj Musikskole. Three years later she was accepted on the MGK, a three year Conservatory preparatory course in Ishoj, Denmark, to study with Professor Asger Lund Christiansen. In 1992 Kaja was selected to participate in ‘Unge Talenter’ on Norwegian Television.

Thomas Winthereik was born in Copenhagen in 1972 and entered the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1992. Upon studying privately with the Swedish Professor of the guitar, Per-Olov Johnson, Thomas Winthereik continued his studies at the Malmö Academy of Music with Professor Göran Söllscher and Gunnar Spjuth. Here he received his Mastersdiploma with distinction in 1999.

TIM FREDERIKSEN , violin/viola was appointed Principal Violist in the Danish National Radio Symphony in 1980 and from 1983-1996, he was Leader of that orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with most Danish orchestras and has premiered Jan Yngve�s viola concerto which was dedicated to him. He has recorded Vagn Holmboe�s chamber concertos for viola and Jan Maegaard�s solo piece, Labirinto I. Tim Frederiksen is a much sought after chamber musician playing all over the world.

Steven Plank (musicology), Milan Vitek (modern violin) Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, DK Diploma in orchestra with violin as principal study, 1997