Jonas Lyskjær Frølund (22, Denmark)

Jonas Lyskjær Frølund studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under the solo clarinetist of the Royal Danish Orchestra, Lee Morgan, before moving to the Paris Conservatoire to study with Pascal Moragues. Jonas occupies the Principal Clarinet chair at the Danish Entertainment Orchestra and is alternating solo clarinet in the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Danish National, Aarhus and Odense Symphony Orchestras and with the Copenhagen Phil. He has played chamber music with Trio con Brio Copenhagen, Ensemble Storstrøm, the Gershwin Quartet and violinists Sergey Malov and Andrej Bielow. Jonas was a prizewinner at the Marco Fiorindo International Music Competition and at the Lacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition. He has received a Léonie Sonning scholarship and a P2 Talent Prize from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.