Andreas Brantelid, born in 1987, is one of Scandinavia’s leading cellists of his generation. He is the first Scandinavian to win 1st Prize in the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition (2006) and in the Paulo International Cello Competition (2007). In addition he has won a number of local competitions in Denmark and Sweden. He is elected ”Rising Star” by European Concert Hall Organization in 2008, and he will give recitals in major prestigious halls all over Europe; Brussels, Salzburg, Birmingham, Vienna, Köln, Luxembourg, Stockholm and Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. Andreas Brantelid was Danish Radio’s ”Artist in Residence, 2007”.