Palle Mikkelborg

What draws me to Palle Mikkelborg is the quiet stubbornness in his story. He taught himself the trumpet yet studied conducting formally, became a professional at nineteen, and went on to lead the Danish Radiojazzgruppen. A musician's musician rather than a headline-chaser, he was honored with the Nordic Council Music Prize and the Ben Webster Prize, recognition from people who actually listen closely. Nordic jazz can sound cold and crystalline, but I suspect his work hides a banked warmth underneath. He strikes me as the kind of artist you discover late at night and then quietly keep returning to for years.

Name (English)

Palle Mikkelborg

Name (Japanese)

パレ・ミッケルボルグ

Reading

ぱれ・みっけるぼるぐ

Born

March 6, 1941 (age 85)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Occupation

composer / jazz musician / record producer / trumpeter

Awards & achievements

• 1987 Niels Prize
• 1991 LO's kulturpris
• 2001 Nordic Council Music Prize
• 2013 Ben Webster Prize

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.mikkelborg.dk/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0

Tags

• composer
• jazz musician
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.