Experience stunning new music by Danish composer Johannes Steinray – written for symphony orchestra plus pop band, soloists and choir. The music is an orchestral lavish interpretation of both the life of the poet Hans Christian Andersen and of selected characters and situations from some of the many fairy tales. The songs are a delightful mix of intimate ballads, fast-paced modern musicals and moments of impressive, cinematic grandeur.

We invite you to the ODEON concert hall in the middle of Odense, for the opening of the H. C. Andersen Festival 2026. Here you will get a 75-minute concert with 4 of Denmark’s very best musical singers who will give you a unique world premiere of 20 of the greatest songs from the new musical ANDERSEN.

Don’t miss the very first notes from the musical that is currently being created to become the definitive, international musical about Denmark’s greatest cultural personality ever.