DR's Bigband and Mathias Heise on Harmonica

Name: DR's Bigband and Mathias Heise on Harmonica
Start: 2026-10-24T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-24T22:30:00+02:00
Location: Folkekirkens Hus

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 · 19:30

Folkekirkens Hus, Aalborg · 225 kr. · ≈ 30 €

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DR's Bigband and Mathias Heise on Harmonica · Folkekirkens Hus, Aalborg

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DR's Bigband and Mathias Heise on Harmonica: Saturday 24 October 2026, 19:30, Folkekirkens Hus, Aalborg. Tickets cost 225 kr.

DR's Bigband performs with harmonica artist Mathias Heise at Folkekirkens Hus in Aalborg.

About: DR's Bigband

Denmark's national radio big band has set the standard for jazz in the country since 1964, pairing 19 staff musicians with chief conductor Miho Hazama and a long tradition of bringing world-class jazz soloists to stages across Denmark.

concerts in the jubilee season 2024-25

permanent musicians in the ensemble

10000+

Japanese audiences on the Japan tour 2022

1964

founded (active since)

What's new

2026-05
DR Big Band and Miho Hazama open season 2026-27 with new album on Edition Records and the band's third Japan tour.
2025-09
DR Big Band opened season 2025-26 with its own musicians as soloists in four Danish cities: Nyborg, Taastrup, Rønne and DR Koncerthuset.
2025-04
DR Big Band toured with 'Slave of Denmark' concerts, which focused on musical traces from Danish, West African and West Indian culture in connection with DR's colonial period theme.

Tour

KøbenhavnSt. HeddingeVærløseHolbækVordingborgKlampenborgAlbertslundTaastrupSøndeborgHerningKoldingAalborgEsbjergAarhusVejleAssens

Tracks

XL-LXFive-fold vinyl album released on Storyville Records for the band's 60th anniversary, September 2024

Imaginary VisionsAlbum with compositions by Miho Hazama, nominated for Danish Music Awards Jazz

Charlie Watts Meets the Danish Radio Big BandLive album from 2017 with Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts

TransatlanticAlbum from 2011 with saxophonist Chris Potter

One More for the RoadFrank Sinatra tribute from 2017 with vocalist Curtis Stigers

About: Mathias Heise

World champion on the chromatic harmonica and one of the most decorated voices in Danish jazz, Mathias Heise has been redefining what the instrument can do since his teens. Eight solo albums and collaborations with the Danish Radio Big Band and Niels Lan Doky, among others, have made him a central figure on the Danish jazz scene.

solo album released under own name

75+

recordings with other artists

world champion in chromatic harmonica, World Harmonica Festival 2013

first student at Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium with harmonica as main instrument

What's new

2026-05
The album 'A Love Supreme Revisited' with DR Big Band was released on May 22, 2026 on April Records - Heise's reinterpretation of John Coltrane's classic from 1965, arranged for harmonica and big band.
2026-03
Mathias Heise and DR Big Band celebrated the album release with a release concert at DR Koncerthuset on March 6, 2026.
2026-07
Mathias Heise Orchestra is announced for Bremen Teater in Copenhagen on July 8, 2026.

Tracks

A Love Supreme RevisitedAlbum with DR Big Band (2026) - Heise's new interpretation of John Coltrane's classic, arranged for harmonica and big band

The BeastAlbum with DR Big Band (2018) - nominated for Album of the Year at Danish Jazz Awards 2019, honored by the State Arts Foundation

Mouth GamesAlbum with Mathias Heise Quintet (2023) - nominated for Album of the Year at Danish Jazz Awards 2024

FluxAlbum with Bjarke Mogensen (2024) - meeting between jazz and classical music for harmonica and accordion

Sudden AscentDebut album with Mathias Heise Quadrillion (2015) - the band's first release on the international jazz scene

DR's Bigband and Mathias Heise on Harmonica

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