Aarhus Symphony Orchestra

The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1935 and resides in the award-winning Symphonic Hall at Musikhuset Aarhus. The orchestra employs 66 full-time musicians, with the legendary Leif Segerstam serving as an honorary conductor. The orchestra attracts a diverse and large audience through a wide range of concerts, including weekly subscription concerts, family concerts, chamber concerts, and collaborative concerts with festivals and venues throughout Denmark. Additionally, the orchestra has a longstanding partnership with the Danish National Opera (Den Jyske Opera) and has recorded a significant amount of Danish contemporary works and classical repertoire. The orchestra is deeply committed to the community and performs special concerts for vulnerable populations and arranges free school concerts, reaching over 10,000 children annually. In 2018, the orchestra launched Musikkens børn (The Children of Music), an ambitious family project that targets pre-school children and their parents.

In 2021, the orchestra introduced a range of new concert formats, including KonTAKT (Contact), VelLyd (Wellbeing through sound) and Fyraftenskoncerter (After-work concerts), each of which expands the concert experience and places the audience at the center by offering direct interaction with the orchestra, a space for relaxation and contemplation, and concerts that prioritise socialising and cozying up.