2016 in Danish music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Danish music.

January

 * 8 - The first recording is released of Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen's Grawemeyer award-winning work, let me tell you.
 * 27 The Léonie Sonning Music Foundation announces Leonidas Kavakos as the recipient of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2017.
 * 29 - The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation announces Per Nørgård as the recipient of the 2016 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.

February

 * 13 – The Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Final was arranged on February 13, at the Forum Horsens in Horsens.
 * 28 – Jazz violinist Svend Asmussen turned 100 years.

April

 * 1 - In the final of season 9 of Denmark's X Factor, the sister duo Embrace emerge winners, obtaining 60% of the public vote.

June

 * 1 – The 18th Distortion festival started in Copenhagen (June 1–5).
 * 25 - Roskilde Festival 2016 opens (June 25 - July 2).

July

 * 3 - Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2016 is opened (July 3–12).
 * 14 – G! Festival opened in Göta, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands (July 14–17), with a line-up including Songhoy Blues, Lucy Rose, Federspiel and the Hot 8 Brass Band.

Deaths

 * January
 * 18 – Else Marie Pade, Danish composer (born 1924).


 * February
 * 20 – Ove Verner Hansen, Danish opera singer and actor (born 1932).


 * June
 * 27 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish conductor (born 1932).


 * July
 * 18 – Karina Jensen (77), singer (Cartoons) (cancer).