Søren Nils Eichberg is a German/Danish composer. In 2010 he was announced as the first composer-in-residence of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra , is a Danish orchestra based in Copenhagen. The DNSO is the principal orchestra of DR...

 in the orchestra's history.

He studied piano and orchestra conducting in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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 and Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

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After winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, a founding member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions has been, since its foundation, considered the world over to be one of the most prestigious and most difficult. It is devoted to violin , piano , to composition and to singing...

 for Composers in Brussels in 2001, he mostly concentrated on composition. Other prizes and awards include a Tanglewood

Tanglewood

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 fellowship, the German Konrad-Adenauer Composition Grant and the Composition Stipend of the Danish Arts Foundation.

His works include two symphonies, violin - piano- and cello concertos, an opera as well as solo- and chamber music. He collaborates with Ensemble Modern

Ensemble Modern

Ensemble Modern is a chamber ensemble dedicated to the music of modern composers. Formed in 1980, the group is based in Frankfurt, Germany and made up variously of about twenty members from numerous countries....

, Hilary Hahn

Hilary Hahn

Hilary Hahn is an American violinist.Hahn was born in Lexington, Virginia. Beginning her studies when she was three years old at Baltimore's Peabody Institute, she was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at age ten, and in 1991, made her major orchestral debut with the...

 and Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is a professional touring chamber orchestra founded by Claudio Abbado and former members of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in 1997....

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External links

• Eichberg's web-site
• Søren Nils Eichberg biography and works on the UE website (publisher)
• Søren Nils Eichberg biography and works on the ChesterNovello website (publisher)