The mayor jazz event in Copenhagen is annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival, held in July. About 850 concerts, the most prominent jazz artists as guests - it´s a real feast for soul.
At Copenhagen JazzHouse you will meet other people loving jazz.
In the basement the rhymes are pulsing and in the little bar you
can have a refreshing drink. Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, Bud Powell, and many others had played here.
 Classical music
Classical music (mostly) is performed in several places that all have at least one thing in common: the excellent acoustics. Several orchestras and choirs as the Danish National Radio Symphony
Orchestra and the highly regarded Musica Ficta have performances in concert
halls and churches - here are some of them:
Copenhagen Concert Hall
DR Konserthuset - opened in 2009, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, in the DR Byen (Danish Radio´s Town) in Ørestad. A concert hall, four studios. Konserthuset is a new home for the The Danish National
Symphony Orchestra.
Tivoli Concert Hall
has privilege to perform Copenhagen's finest classical music.
The Queen's Hall
The Black Diamond (the Library) also arranges concerts in its Queen's Hall.
Odd Fellow Palæet
In this palace, know also as Schimmelmann's Manor,
concert of classical music, especially Bach,
are held.
The Royal Danish Academy of Music
The Academy arranges about 200 concerts per year, both of classical and contemporary music, as well as
weekly concerts in churches (Wednesdays).
Radiohuset
Radiosymfoniorkestret (The Danish national radio's symphony orchestra)
known for its good acoustics has performances every Thursday in the season
September to May.
 Other music venues
Vega
The Music House Vega is not only one of the most famous places in Copenhagen, but also one of the leading music venues in Scandinavia. Vega is both a concert hall and nightclub (the biggest of the two concert halls, Store VEGA, has a capacity of 1.500 standing guests or 900 seated guests) and has
among others hosted Prince, David Bowie, Björk, Kylie Minogue,
Foo Fighters, Blur, Fatboy Slim, and DJ Shadow.
Forum Copenhagen
A concert hall with tradition of large productions and performances as Metallica,
the Kelly Family, but the biggest success must have been River Dance in 1999 and arrangements
as Erotica 98, 6-days bike race 98 and cars in forum 99. At standing concerts Forum can accommodate up to 10,000 guests.
Parken
Parken is the national stadium of Denmark. This venue is mainly used for sport events but also
holds music events. The arena has a maximum capacity of 50.000 guests. Iggy Pop, Elton John, the Red Hot Chili Peppers
are only some of many world famous artists that performed here. |
