Henrik Dam Thomsen

Henrik Dam Thomsen is a prominent Nordic cellist. Since 2000, he has held the position of solo cellist in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra – an orchestra of international calibre that since 2022 has had an exclusive contract with the record company Deutsche Grammophon. Henrik Dam Thomsen studied in Copenhagen, London and Bloomington (Indiana, USA), under Morten Zeuthen, Torleif Thedeen, William Pleeth and János Starker. He has been strongly influenced by the Scandinavian cello tradition as well as some of the major figures of the international cello world. Henrik Dam Thomsen’s international debut recording, with solo works by Kodály and Britten (Chandos Records, 2004), was nominated for a Danish Music Award and was given a number of excellent reviews in international journals. As a soloist, Henrik Dam Thomsen has performed with leading Danish symphonic and chamber orchestras, and in 2006 he made a remarkable debut as a soloist in Tokyo when, at one and the same concert, he performed solo suites by Bach and the solo sonata by Kodály and was soloist in Dvořák’s cello concerto with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. Henrik Dam Thomsen has participated in more than 150 CD productions as well as a number of award-winning film scores, the most striking of which is cooperation in connection with Lars von Trier’s films.