Frans Hansen trained as a percussion teacher and soloist at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Aarhus. For many years he has been active in the contemporary music milieu in Denmark, among other ways as a member of the Elsinore Players, Dansk Pianoteater, Touché, Tukutukahh ..., Aarhus Sinfonietta, the Janus Ensemble and ATHELAS Sinfonietta Copenhagen.