CAKTUS X OJKOS

14/7/2024

Doors: 15:30 // Entrance: 120 DKK

Saxophonist and composer Maria Dybbroe has been composing for and leading the critically acclaimed Aarhus-based band Caktus for over 7 years. During the Aarhus Jazz Festival, Caktus will be performing in Denmark for the first time in a new expanded lineup alongside the Oslo Jazz Composers Orchestra.

PROGRAM

➤ Doors open: 15:30
➤ Concert: 16:00
➤ Break: 16:45
➤ Concert: 17:00

CAKTUS X OJKOS

There will be both brand new music written for the ensemble and also new arrangements of Caktus tracks from the albums 'Flimrende' and 'Under Solen'. It will be a sensual, grandiose, and fragile concert in Caktus' musical universe, enhanced by Ojkos' energy and colorful sounds. The music is expansive yet dynamic and varied, playing with instrumentation and the acoustic physics of the instruments.

In a pan-Scandinavian constellation, the experience of standing with one foot in two countries unfolds, giving rise to a new Nordic identity. The compositions are based on Maria Dybbroe's experiences from her first two years in a new country after moving from Denmark to Oslo. It's music inspired by new people, new scents, new places, sounds, and moods.

LINE UP

Maria Dybbroe - composition & alto saxophone
Camilla Hole - soprano saxophone
Sigrid Aftret - tenor saxophone & flute
Tina Lægreid Olsen - clarinets & baritone sax
Tancred Heyerdahl Husø & Lyder Øvreås Røed - trumpet
Magnus Murphy Joelson, Johannes Fosse Solvang & Jørgen Bjelkerud - trombone
Arne Martin Nybo - guitar
Thorbjørn Kaas - cello
Petter Asbjørnsen & Aleksander Hoholm - double bass
Knut Kvifte Nesheim & Tobias Andreassen - drums

OJKOS

OJKOS is the Orchestra for Jazz Composers in Oslo, a regional orchestra for professional jazz composers located in the eastern part of Norway. OJKOS serves as a platform for composing new music, with all members taking turns in artistic responsibility.

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