Previous events

Find an overview of previous events held in The Black Diamond in Copenhagen.

November
Gammel Læsesal oplyst i stemningsfulde farver ved aftentide
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Talk events

Reading Salon 2024

Ssshhh... now it is reading time. Find your best book and enjoy a quiet moment for literary immersion in the library's most beautiful surroundings, the Old Reading Room.

The Black Diamond, Old Reading Room 
Actor stands on stage and recites
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Talk events

Letter Performance: The Journey

Experience or relive unique, experience-hungry and homesick travel letters from the most important cultural figures in Scandinavian cultural history brought to life by a number of fantastic actors.

The Queen's Hall 
En mand står med et ældre videokamera og en cigaret i munden
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Music events

Musical Balling

In the company of Erik Balling's granddaughter, we pay tribute to the popular film director and the music that played such a big role in his work.

The Queen's Hall 
October
The Black Diamond seen from the outside but illuminated from the inside by strong light source
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For children

Cultural Night 2024

Meet the past, experience the present and learn more about the future. Bring the whole family to a sparkling night of culture when we open the doors to a journey through cultural heritage.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
September
August
July
Picture of Paloma Pradal looking to the side
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Music events

Paloma Pradal Quartet (ES)

Experience Paloma Pradal's great voice and fantastic energy when she unleashes the flamenco in the Queen's Hall together with her quartet.

The Queen's Hall 
June
Image from the exhibition Blinde Vinkler
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Talk events, Members events

Pretalk: Deborah Willis

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Join us on an exciting journey through Danish art and colonial history!

The Black Diamond, Blixen 
May
April
March
Press photo of the year 2023
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Guided tours

Tour: Press Photo of the Year 2023

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB – Join us on an exciting tour through the Press Photo of the Year Exhibition with photojournalist and chairman of the Press Photographers' Association Sisse Stroyer.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
Picture of the Ebene Quartet
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Music events

The Ébène Quartet

The French super quartet Ébène returns to the Queen's Hall.

The Queen's Hall 
Line drawing of The Black Diamond's facade seen from Knippelsbro.
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Guided tours

Tour: The Black Diamond 25 years

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Join us for a tour of the anniversary exhibition on The Black Diamond, which has been an architectural landmark in the Copenhagen harbour for 25 years now.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
February
The Diamond for children
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For children

Winter holidays for children

Free entry. During the winter holidays, the Royal Danish Library invites all curious children and their adults inside The Diamond for creative activities and an exciting Treasure Expedition!

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
January
Picture of the old reading room
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Talk events

Letter-writing concert 2024

Join us for a letter-writing concert in the Old Reading Room in The Black Diamond! Turn off the phone, turn on the senses and indulge in the quiet, confidential space of letter-writing.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
December 2023
Actor stands on stage and recites
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Talk events

Queer letters in the Diamond

Experience or relive the unique, heartbreaking and deeply in love letters of the most important queers in Scandinavian cultural history brought to life by a number of fantastic actors.

The Queen's Hall 
The Black Diamond in the sunshine
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The Diamond Club - End of season

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB: We want to thank you for the fantastic year that has passed, while introducing you to the upcoming new events and experiences that await in the coming year.

The Black Diamond, Blixen 
November 2023
Image of the Fauré Quartet
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Music events

The Fauré Quartet

The Fauré Quartet returns to The Diamond - this time with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition!

The Queen's Hall 
October 2023
Gustav Piekut, Anna Egholm, Michael Germer, Nicholas Algot Swensen, Jonathan Algot Swensen
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Music events

Gustav Piekut with friends

The classical music scene's young rising stars occupy the Queen's Hall with pianist Gustav Piekut at the helm.

The Queen's Hall 
Father and daughter at workshop
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For children

Autumn holidays for children

Visit the library's creative workshop during the autumn holidays, where you can make your own gaming gadget or play your way through the exhibition in the game "Alt på spil".

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
Girl at cultural night, disco ball light
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For children

Cultural Night 2023

The Diamond offers activities for children, free access to exhibitions and much more during Cultural Night.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
September 2023
Image from the computer game Cosmic Top Secret
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For children

Game jam for children

Create yourself as a game character in your very own game design.

The Black Diamond, Galley Hall 
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
Photograph of a previous letter writing concert in the Old Reading Room
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Talk events

Letter writing concert

Come and join us for a letter writing concert in the Old Reading Room in Royal Danish Library! Turn off your phone, turn on the senses and indulge in the quiet, confidential space of letter writing.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
Image by Per Bak Jensen with the title The Beginning (2021)
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Exhibition

TWO ROOMS

Dialogue about the nature of war is the central focal point for this spring's special exhibition in the Black Diamond with Ismar Cirkinagic and Per Bak Jensen.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
The art photograph The Beginning by Per Bak Jensen
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Other

Exhibition opening: TWO ROOMS

Join us when the Royal Danish Library opens the exhibition TWO ROOMS with Ismar Čirkinagić and Per Bak Jensen. Free entrance.

The Black Diamond, Exhibition 
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
The Black Diamond in evening lighting across the canal
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For children

Culture Night 2022

The Diamond offers activities for children, free access to exhibitions and much more during Culture Night.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
Ying-Hsueh Chen plays at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the composer Xenakis
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Music events

Xenakis 100 years

Tribute to the legendary composer Iannis Xenakis with JACK Quartet, Ying-Hsueh Chen and Maciej Nerkowski, among others.

The Queen's Hall 
Photograph of Art Library
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Guided tours

Art Library in Nyhavn

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Get an exclusive insight into one of the library's smallest and most exclusive places to visit: the Art Library.

The Art Library 
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
Picture of Paloma Pradal looking to the side
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Music events

Paloma Pradal with trio

Paloma Pradal is a rare and original talent and is already considered a great flamenco singer - especially when flamenco meets other styles, like here.

The Queen's Hall 
June 2022
Black and white split image of Lee Miller with Picasso and Charlotte Schwartz
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Guided tours

Exhibition Tour: Lee Miller

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Photography curator Charlotte Præstegaard Schwartz gives a tour of the exhibition LEE MILLER - Photographer. Icon. Surrealist.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
The four members of the Diotima Quartet in blue suits
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Music events

Diotima Quartet (FR)

Three-day mini festival of top string quartets: The fantastic Diotima Quartet plays chamber music of the highest quality.

The Queen's Hall 
Brooklyn Rider
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Music events

Brooklyn Rider (US)

Three-day mini-festival with string quartets: Classical chamber music with the energy of a young rock band.

The Queen's Hall 
May 2022
The Poseidon Quartet with instruments
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Music events

Poseidonkvartetten

Three-day mini-festival with string quartets: Poseidonkvartetten performs the last quartets of the two great masters Schubert and Beethoven.

The Queen's Hall 
April 2022
March 2022
Last Folio
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Exhibition

Last Folio

An abandoned Jewish school in eastern Slovakia is the starting point for this photo exhibition by Yuri Dojc.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
Tina Enghoff: You run, but the circle surrounds us
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Guided tours

Exclusive tour: Displaced

As a member of the Diamond Club, you can get an exclusive tour of Tina Enghoff's exhibition 'Displaced'.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen 
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
September 2021
A woman is sitting in profile with her head covered by a strude mask
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Exhibition

WORKS by Trine Søndergaard

The landscape and reflections of memory, silent inner spaces and women's experiences throughout history. The photographs in Trine Søndergaard's exhibition WORKS let us see the invisible.

The Black Diamond, Copenhagen