Frederik Magle began playing the pipe organ at the age of 9 and started taking lessons with professor Ib Bindel from the age of 10.

As international concert organist he has given hundreds of recitals in Denmark and abroad. A small selection:

- Saint Peter's basilica, Vatican, Rome
- St. George Chapel, Windsor Castle
- Riga Cathedral, Latvia
- Niguliste Church, Tallinn, Estonia
- Barcelona Cathedral, Spain
- Danish National Radio Concert Hall
- Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Poland
- Temppeliaukio Church, Finland

As a soloist in concertos with orchestra, Frederik Magle has played with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Riga Philharmonic Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, Zürcher Kammerorchester and many other orchestras and ensembles. He has also performed with many outstanding soloists, amongst them the violinist Nikolaj Znaider.

Frederik Magle has been invited to play at royal occasions and concerts many times by the Danish Royal Family.

In 1994 (at the age of 16) he won the Danish national finals of the "Eurovision Contest for Young Soloists" and made it through the international semi-finals to the finals in Warsaw, where he reached a 4th place (the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places were won by a violinist, a cellist and a pianist), performing Francis Poulenc's Organ Concerto with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. The Finale concert was broadcasted to a worldwide audience of more than 100,000,000 television-viewers. Frederik Magle is the only concert organist to have ever reached the finals.

Frederik Magle is also involved in the construction of new pipe organs and has created the stop-list and tonal design for a new organ in Jørlunde church, Denmark. You can read an essay about the new pipe organ here.

Frederik Magle in front of the organ in Jørlunde church

Some examples of Frederik Magle playing his own works on the pipe organ (Click on the links for more information and free MP3 download):

- »Towards Truth«

- »Like a Flame«

- »Through The Mist«

- »Origin«

- Symphony for Organ No. 2 »Let there be Light«

- Cantilena - improvisation

- Dance of the Planets - improvisation

- Music for Brass and Organ

...and Johann Sebastian Bach (1993 recording):
- Toccata & Fugue in D-minor (BWV 565)

His repertoire as concert organist is broad, ranging from J.S.Bach to contemporary composers, but with focus on romantic and modern classical music. Besides his own music, here is an excerpt of the repertoire:

- J.S.Bach: Various works
- W.A.Mozart: The Church Sonatas (organ & orchestra)
- César Franck: Various works
- Max Reger: Various works
- Various transcriptions by Edwin H. Lemare (among others: »Ride of the Valkyries« by Richard Wagner)
- Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
- Olivier Messiaen: Various works
- Maurice Duruflé: Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain
- and several contemporary works... New works are occasionally added to the repertoire, but its extend has to be limited due to the time Frederik Magle spends on composing.

Besides »classical« organ works, Frederik Magle is also involved both as organist and composer in many experimental projects using the pipe organ in new and alternative ways. Amongst them a cooperation with the renowned jazz saxophonist John Tchicai mixing jazz music with contemporary classical music in a genre also known as »crossover music«.

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