Most Music / Uffe Most

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Uffe Most (born 1958) graduated as a pianist and conductor from the conservatories in Aarhus (Denmark) and Hannover (Germany) and has from 1992 to 2025 been the headmaster of Odense Music School, Denmark.

Uffe Most served as the permanent conductor of the Academic Choir Aarhus from 1987 to 2007. He concluded his tenure with the choir in 2007 with a 20th-anniversary concert.

Uffe Most is also active as a composer and arranger, and both the Aarhus Student Singers, the Academic Choir Aarhus and Odense Chamber Choir have premiered several of his works.

In 1992, Uffe Most was honored with the Composer Award at the choral competition in Kalundborg, and in 1993, he received the Conductor Award at the 4th International Choral Competition in Budapest.

In March 2002, Uffe Most was appointed as a guest professor at the music institute of Shaoxing University in China.

From 2005 to 2006, Uffe Most resided in China as a guest professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Shaoxing University Music Department. His teaching responsibilities included conducting the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Girls Choir and the Shaoxing University Mixed Choir.

Since 2006, Uffe Most has been the conductor of Vox Aros, a professionally working male choir consisting of approximately 30 singers from across the country. The majority of them are primarily educated at Aarhus University and the Jutland Conservatory of Music.

Since 2017, Uffe Most has taken on the role of foreign guest conductor for the Shanghai Youth Choir

Shanghai Youth Choir has following won the 1th Prize, Children’s Choir Prize of Edition Musica Budapest at the Béla Bartók 28th International Choir Competition 2018; triple  Gold Medal -Top Level at the Grand Prix of Nations Gothenburg & 4th European Choir Games (2019)  in Category GP1 (Children’s Choirs), GP5 (Musica Sacra a cappella), and GP9 (Folklore a cappella); two Gold Medal- Top Level at The Champions Competition of World Choir Games Auckland 2024 in Category C2 (Children’s Choirs) and C27 (Folklore & Indigenous Music with Accompaniment).

Uffe Most is currently the conductor of Odense Chamber Choir and gives frequently concerts with the choir in concerthalls and churches as well in Denmark as abroad. In 2024 the choir made the first performance of his work for the passion time “Son of the Virgin” written for soloist, choir, organ and percussion.