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Signe Madsen

    violin
    1968

    Violinist Signe Madsen trained at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus under Professors Henrik Sachsenskjold and Tutter Givskov, graduating from the soloist class in 1992. She continued her studies in London with David Takeno and in the USA with Ronald and Almita Vamos. Early in her career, she won the principal solo seat in the second violin section of the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. Since 1999, she has been the leader of the second violins in the Odense Symphony Orchestra and has remained an active chamber musician. Additionally, she has served as guest concertmaster, soloist, and chamber musician with various ensembles, including the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Randers Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble MidtVest, and Esbjerg Ensemble. Madsen is a highly sought-after chamber musician, with a repertoire that spans from Baroque music to contemporary works. She is the concertmaster of Århus Sinfonietta and a member of the MIRA string quartet.

    • Tage Nielsen

      Piano and Chamber Works

      This album presents music from all five decades of Tage Nielsen’s career – altogether highly varied music that curiously breaks with the currents of its time yet remains condensed, precise and clear in thought and expression.

    • Simon Christensen

      MANIFEST – But There's No Need To Shout

      Simon Christensen’s uncompromising take on the string quartet genre

    • Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Chamber Music

      The provocative Plateaux pour deux for cello and squeeze-bulb horn – and what followed after

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