Music House Brønshøj: Thorbjørn Risager and Emil Balsgaard Duo

Name: Music House Brønshøj: Thorbjørn Risager and Emil Balsgaard Duo
Start: 2026-09-03T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-03T22:00:00+02:00
Location: Brønshøj Kulturhus

Thu, 3 Sep 2026 · 20:00 — Sat, 3 Oct 22:00

Brønshøj Kulturhus, Copenhagen · 160 kr. · ≈ 21 €

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Music House Brønshøj: Thorbjørn Risager and Emil Balsgaard Duo — Brønshøj Kulturhus, Copenhagen

Thorbjørn Risager and Emil Balsgaard perform as a duo at Brønshøj Kulturhus on Thursday, 3 September 2026 at 20:00. The pair present their third album "Taking The Good With The Bad", marking 27 years of collaboration between the blues musician and the band's pianist. The concert takes place in the renovated Brønshøj Gamle Skole, a 1901 building that opened as a cultural venue in August 2024 near Brønshøj Square. Risager and Balsgaard are touring across Denmark with seven dates in total, with Copenhagen as the opening stop. Tickets cost 160 kroner.

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About the venue: Brønshøj Kulturhus

BRØK - Brønshøj Kulturhus opened in August 2024 in the renovated Brønshøj Gamle Skole, a building from 1901 right next to Brønshøj Torv. The house has a performance hall for concerts, theatre, film and talks, along with workshops for ceramics, textiles and visual arts. It is run by the City of Copenhagen and partly replaces the former Kulturhuset Pilegården.

Brønshøjvej 3, 2700 Brønshøj Get directions

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Emil Balsgaard

Thorbjørn Risager

About: Thorbjørn Risager

For over two decades Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado have worked their way across stages in Europe, North America and Asia, mixing Chicago blues, soul, boogie and rock into a sound that is very much their own. Winners of four Danish Music Awards and the European Blues Awards' Best Band title, the group released their live album Live at Hotel Cecil in June 2026.

140.4K

monthly listeners on Spotify

32M+

streams on all platforms

1500+

concerts around the world

4×

Danish Music Awards won

What's new

2026-06
The live album Live at Hotel Cecil - recorded at a sold-out concert in Copenhagen on November 29, 2025 - was released on June 19, 2026 via Provogue/Artone.
2026-06
The band continuously releases music videos from Live at Hotel Cecil, including 'Never Givin' In', on YouTube.
2026-02
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado are back on a European tour in 2026 following the successful release tour for House of Sticks.

Tour

SchenefeldSchneverdingenErfurtCopenhagenUppsalaAalborgLondon

Tracks

Too Many RoadsBreakthrough on the international scene - first album on Ruf Records (2014)

Come On InTitle track from the 2020 album, one of the band's most streamed songs

Already GoneSingle from 2024, first new music since Navigation Blues (2022)

House of SticksTitle track from ninth studio album (2025), written by guitarist Joachim Svensmark

Never Givin' InFeatured live track from Live at Hotel Cecil (2026)

About: Emil Balsgaard

The keyboard force behind prize-winning Danish blues outfit Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado, with over 30 million streams to the band's name. As a duo, Balsgaard and Risager strip their shared New Orleans blues 'n' funk roots down to just voice and piano - a partnership built over roughly 30 years.

32M+

streams with Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado

100K+

physical albums sold with The Black Tornado

1.8K

monthly listeners on Spotify (solo profile)

Danish Music Awards won with The Black Tornado

What's new

2026-03
Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado - with Balsgaard on organ and keys - releases the live album Live At Hotel Cecil on June 19, 2026 via Provogue/Artone, recorded at a sold-out concert on November 29, 2025.
2026-03
Dexter in Odense has announced a duo concert with Risager and Balsgaard on September 2, 2026.
2026-03
Music House Brønshøj in Copenhagen has likewise booked Risager & Balsgaard Duo for September 3, 2026.

Tour

OdenseKøbenhavn

Tracks

Taking The Good With The BadThird duo album with Thorbjørn Risager, recorded during the corona lockdown

When Shadows FallDuo album from 2020 with Risager - piano, organ and accordion

The Way You Make Me FeelDuo number with Risager, regularly played on DR P5

House of SticksThe Black Tornados ninth studio album (2025), Balsgaard on organ and keys

Navigation BluesThe Black Tornado album from 2022, Balsgaard on piano, organ, Wurlitzer, clavinet and farfisa

Music House Brønshøj: Thorbjørn Risager and Emil Balsgaard Duo

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