Vest for Vesterbro Feat. Cecilie Strange

Vest for Vesterbro er tilbage til efterårssæsonen 2023 på Huset i Hasserisgade.

Denne efterårssæson vil "Vest for Vesterbro" repræsenterer etablerede kvindelige bandledere, komponister og improvisatorer, der er kendt for deres unikke og autentiske tilgang til at skrive og opføre musik.

Cecilie Strange er uddannet Cand. Musicae fra musikkonservatoriet i Odense med hovedfagene rytmisk saxofon og komposition i 2012. Siden da har hun udgivet fire albums i eget navn – derudover medvirkende på adskillige andre albums. Hendes debutalbum ”Cecilie Strange Quartet feat. Kasper Tranberg: The Beginning” indeholder kompositioner inspireret af den moderne new yorker jazz blandet i en smeltedigel med nordisk folkemusik. Det netop udkomne album BEYOND samt BLIKAN & BLUE er mere rendyrket nordisk jazz inspireret af bl.a. svensk folkemusik. Albummet BLIKAN blev i 2021 nomineret til DMA JAZZ i kategorien ”Årets jazzudgivelse” og
Carl Prisen 2022 som årets jazzkomponist.

English version

Vest for Vesterbro" is back for the 2023 autumn season. This autumn "Vest for Vesterbro" will represent established female band leaders, composers, and improvisers who are famous for their unique and authentic approach to writing and performing music.

Cecilie Strange is educated Cand. Musicae from the music conservatory in Odense with the main subjects rhythmic saxophone and composition in 2012. Since then she has released four albums under her own name and additionally featured on several other albums. Her debut album "Cecilie Strange Quartet feat. Kasper Tranberg: The Beginning" contains compositions inspired by the modern New York jazz mixed in a melting pot with Nordic folk music. The just released album BEYOND
and BLIKAN & BLUE is a more pure Nordic jazz, among other things also inspired by Swedish folk music. In 2021, the album BLIKAN was nominated for DMA JAZZ in the category "Jazz Release of the Year" and Carl Prisen 2022 as jazz composer of the year.