Carsten Dahl b. 1967 in Copenhagen 
 Professor emeritus, musician, composer and painter. 
 Carsten Dahl began playing the drums at the age of nine. When he was 12 years old, he was already a professional drummer and studio musician. When he was 19 years old - he entered the Rhythmic Music Conservatory. 
 He appears on more than 350 albums – mainly within jazz, but Carsten Dahl also composes classical pieces such as a Requiem for choir and orchestra in 2019 for his brother who tragically died in a falling accident in 2017. The piece – along with quite a number of other classical pieces - has not been played publicly yet. 
 Carsten Dahl has received various music awards: Ben Webster Award 1997, Rodovre Music Prize 1997, Jaza Prize 2002, honoured by the Danish Music Council in 2003 for 'Moonwater' and in 2013 for 'DreamChild', DMA Jazz in 2004 for the piece 'Solo Piano' ( jazz record of the year ), Django D'orPrize in 2006 'Master of Jazz', DMA Jazz ( jazz record of the year ) in 2011 for the piece 'Effata', and Jazz Specials Prize for album of the year 2011 ‘Metamorphosis’. His new solo CD "Papillon" won the Carl Nielsen Prize in 2014. He has also been nominated for the Robert Music Prize for 'Charlie Butterfly', and received the prize of honor EWH with NHOP and Premie for 'DreamChild'. ‘DreamChild' was also nominated for a Grammy in 2013 and Goldberg Variations nominated for record of the year in 2015.