Born in Copenhagen to Swedish/Danish parents, after receiving early tuition from his father, he made his soloist debut at the age of fourteen in a performance of the Elgar concerto with the Royal Danish Orchestra in Copenhagen. From 2007 to 2011, he studied at Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson.
Highlights of recent orchestra engagements includes appearances with the London Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, BBC Symphony, and BBC Philharmonic Orchestras, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Yomiyuri Nippon Symphony, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Symphony, Hamburger Symphoniker, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and Munich Chamber Orchestra, as well as all the major orchestras in the Nordic countries. He has worked with many distinguished conductors including Andris Nelsons, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philippe Herreweghe, Vasily Petrenko, Thomas Dausgaard, Pablo Heras-Casado, Andrew Manze, Sakari Oramo, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Robin Ticciati, and Heinrich Schiff.
Among the musicians who inspired and strongly influenced him are pianist Bengt Forsberg and violinist Nils-Erik Sparf, both of whom he has played in different chamber music formats. He has also collaborated with artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Gidon Kremer, Joshua Bell, Vadim Repin, Nikolaj Znaider, Lawrence Power and Paul Badura-Skoda. Recently, he has formed a trio with violinist Veronika Eberle and pianist Shai Wosner. Together with pianist Christian Ihle Hadland he also forms the artistic direction of Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival in Norway.
He has appeared in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle, Concertgebouw, Palau de la Música Catalana, Mozarteum and Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre. He also performs at festivals including Verbier, Lockenhaus, Jerusalem, Stavanger, Bergen, Risør, Kuhmo and Wiener Festwochen. He has been a member of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society.
His debut disc of the Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Saint-Saëns cello concertos with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra was released by EMI in 2008, and since then his discography has grown long. Most recent, he released a CD with both Haydn Cello Concertos with the period ensemble Concerto Copenhagen led by Lars Ulrik Mortensen. His latest release, 48 Strings, features music for one, two, four and twelve cellos, and pays homage to the four greatest cellists of the early 20th century. Another notable project of his is a video recording of Piatti’s 12 Caprices, which is available on YouTube and Apple Music.
Winner of the 2006 Eurovison Young Musicians Competition and the 2007 International Paulo Cello Competition, he received music awards and fellowships including the “Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship” in 2008, the BBC’s New Generation Artist 2008-2011, and the European Concert Hall Organization “Rising Star” tour in the 2008/09 season. In 2015 he obtained the Carl Nielsen Prize in Copenhagen.
He plays the 1707 “Boni-Hegar” Stradivarius, which has been made available to him by the generous support of Norwegian art collector Christen Sveaas.