Josefine Opsahl (born 18 January 1992) is a Danish composer and cellist based in Copenhagen and Berlin.
[1] She studied both classical and contemporary music at the Royal Danish Conservatory and Northwestern University (IL, US) where she completed a Master's degree in cello and later she received a degree as a composer in Contemporary Creative Art at South Danish Conservatory.
[2] As a cellist and performer she has played and released classical music with the groups Kottos[3] and We Like We[4] and as a solo artist the album, Atrium,[5] in 2022.
As a composer she has written operas,[6][7] ballet music, [8] and numerous symphonic works,[9] among others a cello concerto[10] and symphonic works premiered at the Elbphilharmonie.
[9] Josefine has received the 2022 Crown Prince Couple's Stardust Award[11] The 2021 Léonie Sonning Music Prize[12] and the Wilhelm Hansen Foundation's Prize of Honor 2020.