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.

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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)

Occupation

composer / jazz musician / record producer / trumpeter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Awards & achievements

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

• Official sitehttp://www.mikkelborg.dk/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palle%20Mikkelborg
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1374899

Tags

• composer
• jazz musician
• record producer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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