Guest Artists & Collaborative Work

GUEST ARTIST — 2026

Concert Violist | Soloist

Loan Cazal is a French violist whose work spans orchestral performance, chamber music, and artistic collaboration across Europe. He trained at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, and later completed his Artistic Diploma at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel under Miguel Da Silva.

At the age of 19, he was appointed principal viola of the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, becoming one of the youngest musicians to hold such a position in Germany. Since then, he has performed widely as both a principal and guest musician with leading orchestras including the Luxembourg Philharmonic, Brussels Philharmonic, Danish Radio Orchestra, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, working with conductors such as Klaus Mäkelä and John Storgårds.

Alongside his orchestral work, Cazal is an active chamber musician and the founder of Ensemble Libertalia. Since 2023, he has served as principal viola at the Royal Danish Opera, continuing to develop a practice that moves fluidly between performance, collaboration, and artistic exchange.

GUEST ARTIST — 2026

Concert Violinist | Soloist

Nicolas Dautricourt is a French violinist recognised for his dynamic and versatile international career as a soloist and chamber musician. A recipient of the SACEM Georges Enesco Prize and named ADAMI Classical Discovery of the Year, he has appeared at major venues including the Philharmonie de Paris, Wigmore Hall, Kennedy Center, and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan.

He has performed with leading orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra, working with conductors including Paavo Järvi, Leonard Slatkin, and Tugan Sokhiev. Alongside his orchestral work, he is an active chamber musician and a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Dautricourt is also the artistic director of the Accords de Cassis and Fêtes Musicales de Corbigny festivals. Since 2023, he has been a member of Ensemble MidtVest in Denmark. He performs on a 1704 Stradivarius, “Château Pape-Clément,” and was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 2021.

GUEST ARTIST — 2025

Concert Pianist | Educator | Soloist | Musical Director

Søren Rastogi is a pianist and educator based in Denmark, with an active international career as a soloist and chamber musician. His work spans performance, collaboration, and teaching, with a repertoire that bridges classical and contemporary music.

As a concerto soloist, Rastogi has appeared with most of Denmark’s leading symphony orchestras and has collaborated with conductors including Christian Mandeál, Thomas Søndergård, Jayce Ogren, Maria Badstue, Hans Graf, and Ilan Volkov. His repertoire ranges from Mozart, Schumann, and Rachmaninov to Stravinsky, Bernstein, and Gershwin, and includes several of Mozart’s piano concertos, among them K. 466, K. 491, K. 451, and K. 488.

Rastogi featured in the 2025 collaborative concert, where 17 Danish students performed with the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI), led by conductor Maria Badstue.

Alongside his artistic practice, he is engaged in education and artistic development, contributing to the growth of emerging musicians and cross-cultural exchange within the classical music space.

GUEST ARTISTS — 2024

Chamber Players Ensemble

Each year the Ensemble performs between 90-100 concerts and events. 2 annual festivals, which the ensemble hosts, are the seasons artistic flagships. New concert rooms and formats help to convey the music to a diverse audience. More than 110 new works have been commissioned by the ensemble from prominent composers of the time, helping to renew and update the classical repertoire with a special focus on Danish music.

Over 30 CD recordings, numerous radio transmissions in DR P2 and continuous digital visibility place the Danish Chamber Players as a significant cultural institution in the Danish music scene. With an emphasis on international collaboration, the Danish Chamber Players function as an important cultural ambassador for Danish chamber music and its region nationally and internationally.

GUEST ARTIST — 2023

Concert Pianist | Soloist

The pianist Christina Bjørkøe is one of Denmark’s leading musicians. She performs solo, as a chamber musician and as a soloist with the Danish symphony orchestras. She is also an associate professor at the Danish National Academy of Music. Christina Bjørkøe trained privately with Therese Koppel then spent two years at the Juilliard School of Music, New York.

She made her debut from the soloist class at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen in 1997. She has has also worked with well known pianists including Krystian Zimerman and Emanuel Ax. She has performed throughout the Nordic countries and Germany, France, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Croatia, China, South America and the United States. She has given notable concerts, including works by Beethoven, Chopin and Schubert, in Copenhagen’s Tivoli Concert Hall.

Among the numerous awards Christina Bjørkøe has received are the Victor Borges Award, the Carl Nielsen Travel Scholarship and the Gladsaxe Music Prize.