Founded in 2002, Ensemble MidtVest consists of a string quartet, a wind quintet and a pianist. Ensemble MidtVest understands that classical music is a living tradition, rooted in the past, but as relevant today as it has been for centuries, therefore, it is our credo to make the most beautiful music of the past 500 years accessible to the 21st century audience. In order to achieve this goal, the ensemble is not only presenting classical chamber music repertoire, but also free improvisation. Performing more than 100 concerts a year both in Denmark and abroad, the ensemble has been invited to such venues as the Carnegie Hall, New York, Kings’ Place, London, and to festivals as the Musikfestspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Rio International Chamber Music Week, ULTIMA Festival, Oslo, the Vale of Glamorgan Festival; and the Mantova Chamber Music Festival. The ensemble has collaborated with renowned musicians, as Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Martin Fröst, Charles Neidich and Johannes Peitz (clarinet), Torleif Thedéen, Christoph Richter and Andreas Brantelid (cello), Alexander Lonquich, Christina Bjørkøe, Christian Ihle Hadland and Aleksandar Madžar (piano), Johannes Fischer (percussion), Christina Landshamer (soprano), Bo Skovhus (baritone), the Danish String Quartet and Trio con Brio Copenhagen.