Bio
Carol Supreme is a curious trio where playfulness, depth, and musicality go hand in hand. The band was formed during a midnight jam session at a folk music festival – a moment that can still be heard in the music's spontaneous energy and open forms. Since then, the trio has made a name for themselves as one of the most exciting new acts on the Nordic Music scene and has been met with great acclaim both in Denmark and abroad.
The artistic driving force is musical freedom of discovery. The music arises at the intersection between folk tradition and creative play, where ideas are given free rein. This gives rise to 12-tone melodies, pi-polskas and pieces of music that glide smoothly between dance types and moods. The result is music that is both immediately accessible and full of detail: the audience encounters melodies that may feel like old acquaintances, but which suddenly take on new depths in a synthesis of tradition, authenticity and innovation. Music you can dance to, disappear into and be surprised by.
Live, Carol Supreme is known for their distinctive and compelling performances. In 2023, they received the Folk & Festival talent award KATAPULT. Since then, they’ve participated in a mentorship-session with Dreamer's Circus, played at a number of Danish and international festivals and most recently played alongside artists such as Floating Sofa Quartet, Teitur and many more at Folkets Festival, VEGA. In 2025 they released their self-titled debut album Carol Supreme.
We are
Lukas grew up in the small town of Vester Skerninge in the southern part of the island of Funen. He studied classical piano in Odense, where he met Sylvester for the first time at an ear-training lesson. Rasmus, he met at the local gymnasium in Svendborg, and they quickly shared a common love for music. His years at Malmö Academy of Music as well as Danish National Academy of Music was focused on Nordic folk music and classical composition. He has also been a big part of the folk music environment in the Nordic countries for many years.
Lukas Hainer Kjær
Piano, Melodica and Synthesizer
Rasmus grew up in close proximity to Lukas, in the town of Ollerup. Here, he started playing piano from an early age, and soon began playing on all of the instruments he could get his fingers on. Today, Rasmus enjoys a busy life filled with music. Besides being a fantastic piano player and Bouzouki-wizard in Carol Supreme, he frequently plays with his own project The Band of Music and his newly formed organ trio Local Hero. Besides all that, Rasmus teaches at different music schools in Denmark and enjoys making music with all kinds of people and in all kinds of genres.
Rasmus Dahl Nielsen
Piano, Synthesizer, Guitar and Bouzouki
Sylvester grew up in Odense, the hometown of legendary fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Andersen and musician Carl Nielsen. Since his youth, he has studied with exemplary teachers and enjoyed playing alongside his peers in talent-ensembles and youth orchestras. He met Lukas at the pre conservatory studies in Odense, and finally got to know Rasmus and his twelve-tone rows in the middle of a folk festival. Currently, he performs in several bands while studying musicology at the University of Copenhagen alongside his musical ventures.
Sylvester Thybo Kofoed
Violin, Ukulele and Synthesizer