Letter writing concert - Christmas cards
Join us for a letter writing concert - this time we write Christmas cards. Turn off the phone, turn on the senses and indulge in the quiet, confidential space of letter writing.
There are not many spaces left in our everyday life that invite focus and contemplation; a place where you can collect your thoughts and get them down on paper. When darkness descends over Copenhagen, the Royal Danish Library invites you to a letter writing concert, where we provide a warm, calm atmosphere under the glow of the green lamps in our beautiful, historic Old Reading Room.
A skilled musician will create a beautiful soundscape as a setting for your writing, all while you can capture the moment with a glass of wine in one hand and pen in the other and share it with someone else to the sound of live music.
When the thoughts have been settled and the Christmas card has been written, the Royal Danish Library will mail it for you.
Experience Jonas Egholm live
Jonas Egholm is one of Denmark's great musical talents. Egholm has been met with great recognition both at home and abroad and has won several competitions and prizes for his guitar playing. Egholm made his debut from Royal Danish Conservatory of Music's Soloist class in 2023. He has also studied at the prestigious "Máster en Interpretación de Guitarra" in Alicante with some of the world's leading guitarists (David Russell, Ricardo Gallén, Ignacio Rodés and many more). Already in 2022, he released his debut record, which was voted "Album of the Week" on P2, just as Egholm himself was "P2 Talent of the Year 2023":
"The guitarist Jonas Egholm is not just one of the biggest talents in Denmark right now. He is made of the special substance that creates stars. Soloist format, international awards. He masters everything from the earliest to the latest music. And then he has an almost pandemic ability: He can infect!” - DR P2.
Photo: Rene Weigang Beck
Part of Letters in The Black Diamond
Photo: Ophav ukendt
Royal Danish Library contains a collection of over two million letters from great personalities, artists and writers.
The event is part of the series Letters in The Black Diamond, where we awaken Royal Danish Library's large letter collections through letter writing concerts and themed letter performances.
