BRUUN HYLDIG DUO
Ever since Hetna Regitze Bruun and Kristoffer Hyldig first met at the annual summer course with “The Danish Song Society” in 2006, they have been working together continuously as a duo, especially with focus on spreading the knowledge of Oliver Messiaen´s music, and to which they have succeeded greatly by giving concerts in DR concerthouse, Aarhus Concert Hall, Hindsgavl Festival, Aalborg Art Museum, in “The Danish Song Society´s” concert series, Oremandsgaard Musicfestival, Bornholm Musicfestival, Leeds Lieder, UK, Maison du Danemark, Paris and at the launching of the lobby concerts in the new Danish Radio´s Concert Hall (studio 4).
They released their first CD at NAXOS in dec. 2009 with the songcycle “Harawi” with great succes and have been praised highly worldwide in the musicmagazine. (See Press). There were also nominated for their “Harawi” CD at the Danish Radio Music channel P2 in the vocal category and preformed at the live prize ceremony in the DR great concerthall.
Other repertoire are also lieder by Schubert, Strauss, Mahler, Nielsen, Koppel, Poulenc, Debussy and Duparc.
In dec. 2010 they released a CD at NAXOS with songs by Danish composers from the 20th century, H.D.Koppel, P.Rovsing Olsen, V.Holmboe, P.Schierbeck and E.Norby.
Pianist Kristoffer Nyholm Hyldig took his diploma examination in 2007 at The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, with the highest marks after studying with Tove Lønskov and in 2010 he made his concert début in the soloist class with Professor Niklas Sivelöv. At the same time he has been very active in Danish music life and frequently plays for music societies and at festivals both as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. In addition he has given concerts in Carnegie Hall, New York and in several European countries. He has performed with orchestras conducted by among others Michael Schønwandt and Jean Thorel. In 2008 he performed Messiaen’s extensive piano work Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus. Kristoffer has been awarded many prizes, including the jury’s special prize in the EU piano competition 2009 and the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation Scholarship. He has also taken part in several films both on the sound-track and on film in Zentropa.