Karmen Rõivassepp Quartet, perhaps the most ethereal band of the artist presentations, is a vibrant and remarkable jazz quartet that has reached a solid audience in Scandinavia. After their debut released in 2018, the band has been aiming for a breakthrough on the European jazz scene. The quartet is constantly evolving and has recently moved a bit further away from traditional jazz, presenting a more reflective, atmospheric and melancholic contemporary jazz style. In the process of finding their distinct sound, the band has experimented with anything from through-composed material to complete freedom and open improvisation.
At the concert, the audience can expect skillful and distinctively soft singing voice, excellent musical interaction and refined melodies and harmonies when these four young jazz musicians take the stage.
Karmen Rõivassepp Quartet has published two highly respected studio albums , Dance of Sounds (2018) ja Breathe (2021). Rõivassepi’s exceptional musicality has been noted in 2023 with the Danish Music Industry Jazz Award: “Jazz Composer of the Year” and in 2024 with the Estonian Music Industry Award: “Jazz Album of the Year”.
“The seven distinctive tracks on Breathe strike a satisfying balance between taut energised
rhythms and quieter more reflective melodies on this highly individual release.“
– James Read, ukvibe (2021)
“The bandleader’s vocals are striking in their purity, her range and her pitching impressive.
And she’s harmonically inventive when decorating melodies with intricate, scat-sung
phrases […]“
– Thomas Rees, Downbeat Magazine (2018)
Karmen Rõivassepp – voc Simon Eskildsen – piano Adrian Christensen – bass Daniel Sommer – drums
For the first time, Porvoo Jazz Festival collaborates with Genelec, a leading player in the audio industry. The concert halls of Vanha 123 will be equipped with high-quality Genelec sound reproduction and thus will also receive their worthy names Genelec Lab 1 2 for the duration of the festival.
Photo, Martin Dam-Kristensen
Tämä konsertti on osa Better Live -hanketta, jonka osarahoittajana on Euroopan Unionin Luova Eurooppa -ohjelma.
This concert is part of Better Live, a project co-financed by the European Union’s Creative Europe program.
The concert is also supported by the Finnish-Danish Culture Fund