Mikkel Rønnow (born 19 February 1974 in Odense) is a theatrical producer and musical director. Since 1992, he has produced musicals, concerts and plays in Denmark. In the years 2001-2004, Rønnow ran the production company Rossen & Rønnow in collaboration with Stig Rossen. From 2009-2013, he was the chief producer at Aarhus Theatre. Since 2016, he has been the sole owner of Mikkel Rønnow Musicals, a producing and general managing company.
Rønnow is the originating producer of the international Lennon–McCartney show She Loves You, which premiered in Copenhagen in March 2022.Bosanquet, Theo. (8 April 2021). "New Beatles musical She Loves You 'coming in 2022'". whatsonstage.Thomas, Angela. (13 April, 2021). 'Thom Southerland to direct Lennon and McCartney-inspired new musical'. News, Onstage - musicaltheatrereview.com/ official website. Other shows include six productions of Chess,'Chess - The musical: Premiere at Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen in September 2025.'. September 2025. musicalsineurope.com/ official website.Chess - The Musical (Review). September 2025. teaterpigerne.com official site. as well as Sweeney Todd, Atlantis, West Side Story, Les Misérables, La Cage Aux Folles, My Fair Lady, Copacabana (Scandinavian premiere), Grease, Cabaret, Dirty Dancing, Saturday Night Fever, and Margrethe - a musical about the Danish queen. Margrethe was premiered under Rønnow's direction June - September 2023 in The Royal Danish Theatre and The Concert Hall of Aarhus.Margrethe. musicals.dk official site.
Rønnow's musical direction can be heard on numerous cast albums, including the internationally acclaimed complete recording of Chess from 2002 as well as Copacabana, Grease and the Lloyd Webber album Look With Your Heart, starring Louise Fribo and Odense Symphony Orchestra.Look with Your Heart. Shazam (music app). Apple Music. He is a member of the Danish Conductors Association.'Danish Conductors Association Member List'. kapelmesterforening.dk official site.
On 19 April 2026, Rønnow and his orchestra presented two concerts by American jazz singer Stella Cole at the Glass Hall (Tivoli Gardens) Theatre ("Glassalen"), that featured arrangements by Alan Broadbent and Jesper Riis, with two newly commissioned arrangements of the Judy Garland classics "The Man That Got Away" and "Almost Like Being in Love" by Scottish composer Derek Williams based on those he originally scored for Caroline O'Connor (actress) at the Sydney Opera House."Stella Cole - with Mikkel Rønnow's 16-piece musical orchestra". Glass Hall (Tivoli Gardens), Tivoli Gardens, Denmark.Stella Cole Concerts’., Stella Cole, Mikkel Rønnow (official site). The concerts played to capacity audiences, who gave Cole and Rønnow spontaneous standing ovations, and received favourable reviews, with critic Michael Søby writing:
GAFFA magazine described Cole as "an absolutely worthy heir to names like Doris Day and Judy Garland." Out&About magazine wrote, "The orchestra, under Mikkel Rønnow's expert leadership, gives some solos that lift the jazz club atmosphere up to the Glassalen chandelier."
Recordings Atlantis - complete symphonic live recording med Stig Rossen, Johanne Milland, Thomas Høj Falkenberg, Kaya Brüel (2022)'Peter Spies, Thomas Høg, Sune Svanekier – Musicalen Atlantis - Complete Symphonic Live Recording'. RØNNOW-24607. Rønnow Records Chess - Dansk cast album med Stig Rossen og Xenia Lach-Nielsen (2018) Symphonic - Diva & Maestro (City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) (2013) Look With Your Heart - Louise Fribo sings Andrew Lloyd Webber (Odense Symphony Orchestra) (2012) Chess - Cast album fra Aarhus Teater med bl.a. :da:Maria Lucia Rosenberg, Philip Jalmelid og Jonas Malmsjö (2012) Grease - :da:Sofie Lassen-Kahlke, :da:Trine Gadeberg, :da:Tomas Ambt Kofod, Bjarne Langhoff (2004) Copacabana - Stig Rossen, Melody Jones m.fl. (2003) Chess - Stig Rossen, Emma Kershaw, Zubin Varla m.fl. (2001)
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External links
Mikkel Rønnow Musicals
'Exploring Mikkel Rønnow ' - Discogs Rønnow Records - Discogs
She Loves You Jyllands-Posten