Danish ­National ­Girls’ Choir

50 talented girls aged 16-22, several centuries of Danish song tradition and a young, fervently ambitious conductor.  These are the key ingre­dients in the Danish National Girls’ Choir / DR – one of the world’s best girls’ choirs and one of Denmark’s strongest musical brands.

The Danish National Girls’ Choir was established in 1938 as part of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), and over the years the choir has garnered great acclaim both in Denmark and abroad. The young ensemble has a special ability to move effortlessly among songs, hymns, modern choral works and well known pop songs, guided by their charismatic young conductor Phillip Faber.

A unique combination of professionalism, commitment and obvious joy in singing makes the Danish National Girls’ Choir a natural ambassador for Denmark – both when they tour abroad and when they sing for world leaders and prominent guests at official events all over Denmark.

Phillip Faber has conducted the Danish National Girls’ Choir since 2013, and from the outset has made his mark on the sound and expression of the choir. “In reality the singers in the Danish National Girls’ Choir aren’t just girls, they are young women, and I want to show how incredibly much their voices can express,“ he says.

Phillip trained as both a composer and conductor at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Before coming to the Danish National Girls’ Choir he has for example conducted the Danish Boys’ Choir, Landskoret and Värmlands Nations Kör.

The girls in the Danish National Girls’ Choir have a range of voices that cover the whole spectrum from the delicate and graceful to the dramatic and dangerous.