flutist and facilitator
Helene Simonsen’s work is divided into three areas – all centered around classical music:
As a freelance flutist with a long experience in symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles and as a soloist.
As a creative facilitator and owner of Keynote, working with music and leadership/organizational development (www.keynote.dk)
As a process manager working with sustainable worklife for artists
Helene Simonsen works both as a classical musician playing the flute in various professional contexts. This is the basis of all her work. Read about her background below.
Sustainable work life is her other big passion. Her work within this field is divided into two areas:
Helene Simonsen is educated from The Royal Danish Music Conservatory and continued her studies at Conservatoire de Region de Strasbourg and at Swedish National Orchestra Academy with a Master’s Degree in Orchestral Studies.
In addition she has three further studies behind:
As a freelance flutist Helene Simonsen has played with a number of orchestras: The Royal Danish Orchestra, Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Malmö Symphony Orchestra amongst others. She also plays in various chamber ensembles: Trio Pavane with two musicians from The Royal Danish Orchestra and the trio Latino Bambino playing latin music.
In 2012 she released the CD ‘Diversity’
Helene Simonsen is also the founder of Keynote, a company that provides workshops, leadership courses and concerts for cooperate business life.
www.keynote.dk
Helene Simonsen also works as a producer and communicator of classical music.
She has worked for Danmarks Radio as a TV host, participator in radio broadcasts and compere on orchestra tours.
www.keynote.dk– the link between music and the corporate world
www.latinobambino.dk – trio with Francesco Calì and Martin Buono
www.perlange.com– photographer
www.lisbethholten.dk – photographer
www.thomassandberg.dk – danish multimedia artist and web developer