At the age of 14 Johannes Søe Hansen won the Gold Medal in the Berlingske Tidende Music Competition. Four years later he was a prizewinner in the International Carl Nielsen Violin Competition. He trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Professor Milan Vitek. In 1988 he was awarded the ‘major’ Jacob Gade Grant and the ‘minor’ Sonning Prize, enabling him to study in Bern with Professor Igor Ozim. Johannes Søe Hansen made his debut as a soloist in 1990 after studies with Marta Libalova, and the next year he won the Young Soloist Competition. As a soloist he has played with all the Danish symphony orchestras, as well as several of the other Nordic orchestras and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in Russia. In 1992 he was engaged as leader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, a post in which he has continued since. He also teaches at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. He has had an important parallel career as a chamber musician with concerts in Salzburg, London, Paris, Nuuk, The United Arab Emirates, Tokyo and New York with the string sextet Copenhagen Classic and The Danish Duo. Johannes Søe Hansen has recorded for labels like EM I, CPO, Dacapo and Classico.
20/08/2011 Audiophile Audition
10/11/2010 Klassisk
13/10/2010 Kristeligt Dagblad
11/10/2010 Fyens Stiftstidende
04/10/2010 DR P2
01/09/2010 Gramophone
02/12/2009 The Strad
24/11/2009 Politiken
SACD 6.220563 (2010)
World premiere recording of Raasted’s Neo-Baroque solo violin sonatas in outstanding DXD sonics
CD 8.226063 (2009)
A most convincing love of music-making is evident in these works by the master Holmboe
CD 8.226003 (2006)
Mature, compact works by a master of the art of characterization
CD 8.224141 (2000)
Danmark i lommeformat – de største klassiske hits og skønneste melodier