The Danish National Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1925 as part of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Today, it is one of the leading symphony orchestras in Europe performing with the world’s leading conductors and soloists and recording for labels like Deutsche Grammophon and EuroArts.
Since 2016, the Chief Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra has been Fabio Luisi, whose contract has been extended until 2026. Former Principal Conductors and Principal Guest Conductors include Herbert Blomstedt (conductor laureate), Thomas Dausgaard (conductor laureate), Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Gerd Albrecht, Leif Segerstam, Dmitri Kitajenko and Yuri Temirkanov.
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra has performed with a.o. Anne Sophie Mutter, Leonidas Kavakos, Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Leif Ove Andsnes, Lang Lang, Nigel Kennedy, Daniel Barenboim, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yehudi Menuhin and Itzhak Perlman.
The orchestra has toured extensively in the USA, in South America, in China, Japan and in most countries in Europe, and performed at some of the most prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Berlin Philharmonic, Suntory Hall, Concertgebouw, Konzertverein (Vienna) and the BBC Proms.
