RUNDETAARN KLASSIK: Michalak and Schermi

How do light and darkness sound as music? On this evening, the duo Simone Schermi (violin) and Filip Michalak (piano) guide the audience through works by Bach, Mozart, Brahms, and Lili Boulanger in the concert “Towards the Light” — a musical journey through time between darkness and light.

This evening in RUNDETAARN KLASSIK, you can experience the duo Michalak and Schermi’s musical interpretation of the current special exhibition Ad Lucem — a concert experience created especially for the occasion. Ad Lucem is Latin and means “towards the light.” It can be understood both literally, as a movement from darkness to light, and symbolically, as a search for knowledge, truth, insight, or spiritual enlightenment.

The concert is the first in a series of four, each interpreting one of Rundetaarn’s exhibitions throughout 2026, all of which take light as their point of departure. In 2026, we also mark the 350th anniversary of the astronomer and former director of Rundetaarn, Ole Rømer’s discovery of the speed of light.

The interpretations of the works are presented by the Italian violinist Simone Schermi and the Danish-Polish pianist Filip Michalak. Schermi has played music since the age of 11, has won multiple prizes, and has served as both concertmaster and solo violinist in several orchestras. Michalak began his classical education at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, but has also studied in Stockholm and Manchester. He is now part of the “The Keyboard Charitable Trust” in London, while in Denmark he is behind the “Aalborg Chamber Music Festival”.

Evening Program

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin in B minor, BWV 1014
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata No. 22 in A major, K305
• Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
• Lili Boulanger: Nocturne for violin and piano

The doors open at 19:30, giving guests the opportunity to buy a drink at the bar and experience the current exhibition titled Ad Lucem. Be captivated by the exhibition’s enchanting deep-blue photographic works created with cyanotype. Before and after the concert, the audience will also be able to ascend to the top of the tower and see Copenhagen glowing in the darkness.

The event is part of the program for LIGHTYEAR 2026 at the Round Tower — a full year in which we celebrate light and the 350th anniversary of Ole Rømer’s groundbreaking discovery of the speed of light.