Frederik Munk Larsen

Frederik Munk Larsen was born in 1974 and studied with Erling Møldrup, Roberto Aussel and Alex Garrobé in Denmark, Germany and Spain. He is Associate Professor and head of the classical guitar program at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark.

Frederik Munk Larsen has premiered more than 150 new works for guitar, and composers such as Simon Steen-Andersen, Bent Sørensen, Rei Munakata, Svend Nielsen, Niels Rønsholdt and others have all written solo works for him.

A multi-award winner both as a soloist and chamber musician, Larsen has been awarded prizes from »DAAD« (German Academic Exchange Service), the »Irgens Berg’s Artists Prize«, the 1st Prize in Yamaha of Europe’s music competition, as well as being a prizewinner in the National Danish Radio’s »Chamber music Competition«.