The Royal Danish Academy of Music is the oldest music academy in Denmark. It is a dynamic and vibrant artistic educational institution, centred on teaching, which counts among its principal tasks the aim of continuing to develop classical music and enhance its relevance on an ongoing basis, as a central part of contemporary musical and cultural life. The Academy has a broad musical and stylistic span, ranging from period music to classical-romantic, as well as more recent and new contemporary music, including the compositional music of tomorrow. The majority of the Academy’s courses are aimed at performance at the highest level, and many also include pedagogical training with a view to professional music teaching. Besides the purely instrumentalist and vocalist programmes, specialised courses are also available within the fields of music teaching, composition, conducting and church music, as well as recording direction. In addition to the study programmes the academy has important assignments within artistic and pedagogical development activities and research, as well as activities furthering both music and music culture (concerts, festivals, CD recordings, book releases, etc.). (Source: the university’s website)