Erik Kaltoft (pianist) trained in music and the piano at the Royal Academy of Music, Århus, and has later added new perspectives in France with Yvonne Lefébure. His musical profile is characterized by great activity as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. As a member of the chamber music ensembles The Elsinore Players and LINensemble he has toured in South America, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea and most European countries. Erik Kaltoft has been particularly active in the musical life of Århus, for example through his many years of association with the Royal Academy of Music, Århus, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, The National Opera, Århus and The Århus Summeropera. He is also the artistic leader of Århus Sinfonietta. His great interest in contemporary music is reflected in his participation in the premieres of more than 200 works – mainly Danish. Erik Kaltoft is professor at The Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense.