Nikolaj Koppel
Nikolaj Koppel (born 6 March 1969 in Gentofte) is a Danish musician, journalist and radio presenter.
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| Born | 6 March 1969 Gentofte, Denmark |
| Alma mater | Royal Danish Academy of Music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician and journalist |
| Spouse | Sille Kroyer Koppel[1] (1998 - present) |
| Children | 2 |
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Life and career
Koppel was born to opera singer Lone Koppel and pianist John Winther.[2] He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and went on to become a concert pianist in 1998, but retired from the business after just two years. He later took up work as a music journalist on Danmarks Radio, he also served as editor for the magazine Euroman. Since 2005, he returned to the music industry where he served as musical director for Tivoli[3] until 2018.[4][5]
For television he was judge on the 2009 edition of Talent (the Danish version of the Got Talent series).[6] Since 2010 he has been a presenter on DR P2, where he is heard every Sunday morning.
On 4 February 2014, DR announced that Koppel would co-host the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 alongside Lise Rønne and Pilou Asbæk.[7]
In 2019, he became content director for Podimo, a commercial podcast content platform.[8]
References
- Gertenberg, Sine (11 November 2018). "Nikolaj Koppel: »Jeg ville aldrig bo i en guddommelig lejlighed et gudsforladt sted«". Berlingske Tidende.
- "John Winther, former head of ANU School of Music, has died". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
- Hansen, Helle Kastholm. "Nikolaj Koppel: Mit livs krise gjorde mig til Tivoli-direktør". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- "Nikolaj Koppel stopper i Tivoli: »Jeg har valgt at give mig selv et sabbatår«". Politiken (in Danish). 2018-08-30. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- "Han har vristet sig fri af en 50-60 timer lang arbejdsuge: I en alder af 50 holder Nikolaj Koppel sabbatår". Jyllandsposten. 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- Eurovision 2014: 9 things you need to know about the song contest's three hosts
- Siim, Jarmo (4 February 2014). "Koppel, Asbæk, Rønne to host Eurovision 2014". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- "Q&A med Nikolaj Koppel: Et spørgsmål om tid, før podcast ikke længere kan hives gratis ned fra hylderne". journalisten.dk. Retrieved 2019-11-03.