Rikke Sandberg is one of the most prolific young musicians in Denmark. Since her debut from the Royal Danish Academy of music´s soloist class in 2002, she has received wide critical acclaim for her solo recitals and CD recordings. In 2005, she received the prestigious Andmeldingens Artist Award.

Rikke began to play the piano at the age of 8. She was accepted to the Royal Danish Academy of Music at the age of 16, studying with Anne Øland and Jose Ribera. Whilst there, she was awarded the higest distinction after winning several first prizes at the Steinway Festival and the gold medal at the Berlinske Music Competition. Following her studies in Copenhagen, Rikke went on to study at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, with Nina Svetlanova and Jacob Lateiner, Professor at the Julliard School. On her return to Denmark, Rikke was appointed Jose Ribera`s teaching assistant at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2006. She has been a jury member for the German ” Jugend Musiziert ” Competition and is often invited to give masterclasses throughout Denmark.

Rikke has made solo performances with, amongst others, The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, The Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, Tivoli`s Promenade Orchestra, The Danish National Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Leipzig Philharmonia, the Luxembourg Philharmonia and the Band of the Royal Danish Lifeguards. She has worked with Dausgaard, Bellincampi, Cernat, Storgaards, Mei Ann Chen, De La Parra, Fischer, Mandeal and Porcelain.

Rikke has been awarded some of Denmark`s most prestigious awards, including Jacob Gade`s Grand Prize, Carl Nielsen`s Travel Scholarship, the Victor Schiøler Memorial Prize, Aenchenn and Eigil Harby`s ” Young Sonning Award ”, the Helge and Merete Finsen Award and scholarships from the Wilhelm Hansen Foundation, Augustinus Foundation and the Leonie Sonning Foundation. Her solo Brahms CD ( 2005 ) was awarded CD of the Year by the Danish Radio ” Amadeus ” program and she was pronounced Classical Musician of the Year by the newspaper Politiken.

She has performed throughout Scandinavia and widely in Europe as well as the United States, with concerts in The Alice Tully Hall, Concertgebouw and Musikhalle Hamburg. She has collaborated with the likes of Sabine Meyer, Nikolaj Znaider, Radek Barborak, Pillippe Berrod, Vincent Lucas and many other acclaimed Soloists and Concertmasters. She is Artistic Director of the Tisvilde and Langvad Music Festivals and has, aside from her two solo Cds ( with works by Brahms and Rachmaninov ) and the Anders Koppel Double Concerto for Piano and Saxophone with the Danish National Radio Orchestra, also recorded music for the film ” The Abyss ” with the Danish National Radio Chamber Orchestra, ” Rebus ” with the band Mad Cows Sing, ” Symbiosis ” with Tanja Zapolski and both Liszt 2nd Piano Concerto and Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concerto with Luxembourg Philharmonia.