Mathias Hedegaard

tenor

Mathias Hedegaard (tenor) studied with Kirsten Buhl at the Royal Danish Opera Academy in Copenhagen, gra duating in 2007. He made his debut at the Royal Theatre in 2006 as Gastone in "La traviata" and has since appeared there in the title-role in "Orfeo." Mathias Hedegaard has been a soloist with most of the Danish symphony orchestras, Concerto Copenhagen and orchestras in Sweden and Germany, and has worked with conductors such as Adam Fischer, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Christoph Eberle and Roy Goodman. He is also in demand as a Lieder singer and has given much acclaimed recitals throughout Denmark. Mathias Hedegaard's recordings include two Dacapo discs featuring songs by C.E.F. Weyse and Danish serenades and romances with the Danish National Chamber Orchestra under Adam Fischer. He received the Gladsaxe Music Prize in 2006, the Axel Schiøtz Prize the same year and the Artist's Prize of the Danish Music Reviewers' Club in 2007.

Live Dates

03/05/2013   New video: Fête Galante - An Opera Resurrected
View the documentary about the concert performance and CD recording of Poul Schierbeck's opera "Fête Galante" online
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04/10/2010   DR P2 Prize 2010 – Danish Vocal Release of the Year
En håndfuld sjældent hørte Nielsen-kantater løb med P2 Prisen for Årets Vokaludgivelse 2010
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29/09/2010   DR P2 Prisen 2010

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18/10/2010 MusicWeb

Heise, Weise & Lange-Müller: Love Songs
“Mathias Hedegaard makes the most of these songs and the recording is out of Dacapo’s top drawer.”
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04/10/2010 DR P2

DR P2 Prize 2010 – Danish Vocal Release of the Year

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29/09/2010 MusicWeb International

C.E.F. Weyse: The Key Masterpieces
"This set gives every appearance of being a well informed and inspiringly chosen Weyse introduction"
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06/09/2010 Opera News

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas
"All four works on this disc receive first-rate performances."
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07/05/2010 Århus Stiftstidende

Heise, Weyse and Lange-Müller: Love Songs
"Den unge tenor Mathias Hedegaard har stemmen og klangen til at bære sangene frem på en måde, der både respekterer og forfrisker."
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01/05/2010 Klassisk

Heise, Weyse and Lange-Müller: Love Songs
4 Stars

"Mathias Hedegard har en let og egal lyrisk tenor med fin og let forståelig tekstudtale. Ikke mindst Weyse-afdelingen er en fornøjelse med sangerens elegante melodiføring og energiske diktion."
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18/04/2010 Dansk Musik Tidsskrift

Love Songs
"Mathias Hedegaard har en naturlig sans for disse sange. Hans stemme er fast og præcis med en ung, overtonerig klang. Tove Lønskov akkompagnerer med stort pianistisk overskud, og hun lever med i alle de mindste musikalske og tekstnære nuancer."
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18/04/2010 Dansk Musik Tidsskrift

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas
"Den entusiasme, der præger indspilningen, og den klingende tidsånd fra begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede berettiger fuldt ud udgivelsen."
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04/04/2010 Diapason

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas

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01/04/2010 Classics Today

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas
"All of the music here is well sung, played, and recorded"
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26/03/2010 Classical Lost and Found

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas
"The substantial combined forces (...) under conductor Bo Holten are perfectly suited to this celebratory music."
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09/03/2010 allmusic.com

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas
4 Stars

"The performances led by Bo Holten are sincere, heartfelt, and determined."
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04/03/2010 OPUS

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas
4½ Stars

"Framförandena är goda. Mathias Hedegaards tenor påminner om tenorlegenden (och lansmannen) Aksel Schiøtz."
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03/03/2010 Kristeligt Dagblad

Love Songs - Mathias Hedegaard and Tove Lønskov
5/5 Stars

"Hvor er det dog en pragtfuld udgivelse, som tenoren Mathias Hedegaard og pianisten Tove Lønskov sammen har begået (...) En noget nær perfekt CD."
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09/02/2010 Musicweb International

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas
"The pleasure is enhanced by some wonderfully well-rehearsed singing - burnished and superbly drilled."
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31/10/2009 Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten

Carl Nielsen: Cantatas
"Bo Holten får alt ud af musikken"
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Discography

	Fête galante Poul Schierbeck SACD 6.220637-38 (2013)
	Idomeneo, re di Creta Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SACD 6.220586-89 (2010) Adam Fischer’s sparkling Idomeneo includes the original ballet music in the complete recording of Mozart’s opera seria
	The Key Masterpieces Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse CD 8.226105-06 (2010) The 3rd issue in Dacapo’s Perspectives series fully portrays this ingenious composer of the Danish Golden Age
	Love Songs Heise, Weyse & Lange-Müller CD 8.226141 (2010) Love songs by three masters of Danish Romanticism performed by Mathias Hedegaard
	Cantatas Carl Nielsen CD 8.226079 (2009) First recordings of newly unveiled and festive works by the great Danish composer
	Serenades and Romances Nielsen, Weyse, Lange-Müller, Kunzen CD 8.226012 (2007) Smiles and longings of a summer night embodied by the young tenor Mathias Hedegaard
	Morning and Evening Songs C.E.F. Weyse CD 8.224714 (2006) The greatest in the smallest – an imperishable treasure in Danish music

Mathias Hedegaard

tenor

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Discography

Poul Schierbeck

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse

Heise, Weyse & Lange-Müller

Carl Nielsen

Nielsen, Weyse, Lange-Müller, Kunzen

C.E.F. Weyse