Zinssou Quartet

Name: Zinssou Quartet
Start: 2026-11-12T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-12T23:00:00+01:00
Location: Walthers Musikcafé

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 · 20:00

Walthers Musikcafé, Skanderborg · 141 kr. · ≈ 19 €

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Zinssou Quartet — Walthers Musikcafé, Skanderborg

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Zinssou Quartet builds their music around piano and cello, drawing on elements from classical music, neo-soul, and modern jazz. The band is known for ambitious and innovative performances featuring spoken word, thoughtful transitions, and dynamic range - from intense, powerful passages to fragile, intimate moments.

The quartet works from an intuitive and exploratory approach in pursuit of an honest and living expression.

Line-up:
Maiken Thunbo - cello
Carl Zinssou - piano
Elias Hvidtfeldt - double bass
Lasse Gerup - drums

Zinssou Quartet — also plays in other cities (2)

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About the venue: Walthers Musikcafé

Walthers Musikcafé is the Skanderborg Festival Club's own music venue on Adelgade, opened in 2012 and run by a team of around 40 mostly young volunteers. It gives emerging and unknown musical talent a stage to perform on, and doubles as a hands-on training ground for young people interested in the music and events industry. There are typically at least two concerts a week. In 2012 the venue received GAFFA's "Årets Skulderklap" award.

Adelgade 115, 8660 Skanderborg Get directions

Line-up

Maiken Thunbo
Elias Hvidtfeldt
Lasse Gerup

About: Zinssou Quartet

Carl Zinssou leads a quartet - cello, double bass and drums - whose sound sits at the crossroads of chamber precision, Nordic folk and expressive New York jazz. Winners of Jazzkonkurrencen 2025, they are one of the most talked-about new names on the Danish jazz scene.

Winner of the Jazz Competition 2025

10000

Prize money (DKK) from the Jazz Competition

What's new

2026-04
Zinssou Quartet performs at Jazz6000 in Kolding as the opening act for American pianist Aaron Parks, and the band announces its first full album for release in 2026.
2025-05
Zinssou Quartet wins the Jazz Competition 2025 in front of a record audience at Godset in Kolding and thus wins, among other things, EP recording at The Hideout Studio in Aalborg.
2025-07
The quartet performs at Aarhus Jazz Festival 2025, including in collaboration with Left Up Right at Institut for (X).

Tour

AalborgKoldingOdenseKøbenhavnAarhus

Tracks

Et ungdomstestamenteDebut EP, tribute to youth's naivety and joie de vivre

Budapest2nd single, released April 2024

Vem kan segla förutan vindPlayed on DR P8 repeatedly in 2025

About: Maiken Thunbo

Cellist Maiken Thunbo ranks among the most sought-after young musicians on the Danish jazz scene. Her work with Jazzkonkurrencen 2025 winners Zinssou Quartet, alongside live stints with Østen and Carlina de Place, has shown how naturally the cello can anchor an evening across genres.

Winner of the Jazz Competition 2025 (with Zinssou Quartet)

Tracks on debut EP 'A Youth Testament' (2024)

What's new

2026-05
Zinssou Quartet was presented on the German radio channel Bremen Zwei in May 2026, and the quartet simultaneously announced its upcoming debut album 'Til dem der håber' for autumn 2026.
2026-03
Maiken Thunbo performs as live cellist for Østen at Bloom Festival in March 2026.
2025-05
Zinssou Quartet won the Jazz Competition 2025 in front of a record audience at Godset in Kolding on May 23, 2025.

Tracks

Et ungdomstestamenteZinssou Quartet's debut EP (Aug. 2024) - five tracks with cello and piano in front

Ukendt terrænOpening track from 'A Youth Testament'

Vem kan segla förutan vindFrom 'A Youth Testament', played on DR P8 several times in 2025

BudapestSingle from Zinssou Quartet ahead of EP release

Til dem der håberUpcoming debut album from Zinssou Quartet, announced for autumn 2026

About: Carl Zinssou

Winners of Jazzkonkurrencen 2025 and one of the most talked-about new acts in Danish jazz, Zinssou Quartet builds its sound around the interplay of cello and piano - moving freely between chamber music precision and open-ended jazz.

Winner of the Jazz Competition 2025 (Jazz Denmark)

Tracks on the debut EP "A Youth Testament"

What's new

2026-04
Zinssou Quartet performs as a supporting act for Aaron Parks Little Big at Jazz6000 in Kolding and presents tracks from the upcoming debut album.
2025-05
Zinssou Quartet wins the Jazz Competition 2025 in front of a record audience at Godset in Kolding.
2025-05
Zinssou Quartet performs at SPOT Festival in Aarhus.

Tour

KøgeKoldingAarhusKøbenhavn

Tracks

Et ungdomstestamenteDebut EP, released August 2024 - five tracks with cello and piano in front

Ukendt terrænOpening track from debut EP

BudapestSingle from debut EP, released prior to EP release

Når bølgerne går højtTrack from debut EP

De roliges hymneTrack from debut EP

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