Sofie Thorsbro Dan

 

Born in 1990 the Danish violinist Sofie Thorsbro Dan studied at The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus with Emile Cantor and Michelle Makarski from where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in 2012. She continued at The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Ernst Kovacic and in June 2015 she gained a Master’s Degree from The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in "Performance Practice in Contemporary Music" (PPCM) with Klangforum Wien.

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During her studies Sofie attended several courses with violinists as Ruben Aharonian, Milan Vitek, Eszter Haffner, Mark Gothoni, Graeme Jennings and Priya Mitchell. She collaborated with composers including Simon Steen-Andersen, Beat Furrer, Bernhard Lang, Georges Aperghis, Tristan Murail, Gerd Kühr, Agostino de Scipio and conductors as Emilio Pomàrico, Peter Rundel, Rei Munakata and Clement Power. 

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Sofie played in various festivals and venues such as Wiener Konzerthaus, Porgy & Bess (Vienna), Danish Radio Concert Hall, Wiener Festwochen, Wien Modern, Unsafe&Sounds Festival, Impuls Festival, Donaueschinger Musiktage and performed with ensembles as Klangforum Wien, Scenatet (DK), Schallfeld Ensemble (AT), Prometheus Ensemble Berlin and Kammerensemble für Neue Musik Berlin. 

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She is member and co-founder of the Black Page Orchestra, an ensemble for radical and uncompromising music.