Nikolaj Koppel (born 6 March 1969 in

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) is a

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musician, journalist and radio presenter.

Life and career

Koppel was born to opera singer Lone Koppel and pianist John Winther. He studied at the

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and went on to become a concert pianist in 1998, but retired from the business after just two years. He later took up work as a music journalist on

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, he also served as editor for the magazine ''Euroman''. Since 2005, he returned to the music industry where he served as musical director for Tivoli until 2018. For television he was judge on the 2009 edition of '' Talent'' (the Danish version of the ''Got Talent'' series). Since 2010 he has been a presenter on

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, where he is heard every Sunday morning. On 4 February 2014, DR announced that Koppel would co-host the

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alongside

Lise Rønne Lise Rønne (born 1 November 1978 in Viborg) is a Danish journalist and television presenter, best known in Denmark for presenting four seasons of '' X Factor'' as well as two seasons of ''Dansk Melodi Grand Prix''. She is best known outside D ...

and

Pilou Asbæk Johan Philip "Pilou" Asbæk (; born 2 March 1982) is a Danish actor. He is known for his role as troubled spin doctor Kasper Juul in the Danish television political drama '' Borgen'', and as Euron Greyjoy in the television series ''Game of Thro ...

. In 2019, he became content director for Podimo, a commercial

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content platform.

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Life and career

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