Emma Pilgaard

Name: Emma Pilgaard
Start: 2026-09-18T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-18T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Kvarterhuset

took place · 18 Sep 2026

Kvarterhuset, Copenhagen

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Emma Pilgaard performs on Friday, 18 September 2026 at Kvarterhuset in Copenhagen with her latest album featuring portraits of historical women. The concert takes place in the municipal cultural venue on Amagerbro, a converted 1880s industrial building, where the music moves between vocal jazz and singer-songwriter styles. Pilgaard portrays figures including Anna Ancher, Emilie Sannom, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen and Inge Lehmann through clear melodies and lyrics that function as independent short narratives. This is one of four Danish tour dates. Tickets cost 80-110 kr.

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About the venue: Kvarterhuset

Kvarterhuset in the Amagerbro district is a municipal culture house that opened in 2001 inside a converted factory building from 1880, originally built for L.P. Holmblad's industrial works. The renovation and extension were designed by architect Dorte Mandrup, whose striking assembly hall sits on the second floor amid a forest of sloping concrete columns. The building houses Sundby Library, citizen services, a youth school and a café, with a programme ranging from concerts and children's theatre to literary events and monthly art exhibitions. In summer, outdoor concerts and street theatre take over the courtyard.

Jemtelandsgade 3, 2300 København S Get directions

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Hilda Nordkvist

About: Emma Pilgaard

Since graduating from conservatory, Odense-based Emma Pilgaard has built a firm reputation in Danish jazz - two five-star albums and regular airplay on DR P8 Jazz. This autumn she brings her third album, A Woman's Voice, on the road with an international quintet drawn from Denmark, Estonia, Sweden and Poland.

100+

plays on DR P8 Jazz

836

followers on Instagram

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critic-praised albums (2024-2025)

What's new

2026-09
Emma Pilgaard's third album A Woman's Voice is released on September 11, 2026 on the record label April Records.
2026-04
Emma Pilgaard is on a release tour for A Woman's Voice, including a concert at Musikhuset Dexter in Odense on September 19, 2026.
2026-04
A Woman's Voice marks the beginning of a new collaboration with the record label April Records.

Tour

OdenseAarhus

Tracks

A Woman's VoiceThird album, released September 2026 on April Records - portrays historical Danish women

Waiting GameSecond album (2025), five stars from LoftsKammer

In My GardenDebut album (March 2024), five stars from All That

SunshineMost played song on DR P8 Jazz with 382 plays

ChangeFirst single from Waiting Game, released January 2025

About: Rahel Talts

Trained in Denmark and now based in Lithuania, Estonian pianist Rahel Talts leads an international quartet that has performed across Europe and Asia, blending folk-inflected melodies with jazz improvisation. Her four albums to date, including the 2025 release *Back and Forth*, have established her as one of the most active voices on the Nordic-Baltic jazz circuit.

924

monthly listeners on Spotify

released albums

musicians in Rahel Talts Ensemble

What's new

2026-04
Rahel Talts Ensemble was named jazz ensemble of the year in Estonia at the Estonian Jazz Awards ceremony on April 30, 2026.
2026-04
Rahel Talts Quartet performed at Tallinn Music Week in April 2026, presented by Jazz Estonia at Fotografiska.
2026-05
The quartet performed at B-Flat Acoustic Music & Jazz Club in Berlin on May 26, 2026.

Tour

LondonBerlinAarhusKoldingTallinnHaapsalu

Tracks

Greener Grasstitle track from the quartet album (2023), recorded in Odense

Back and Forthtitle track from the quintet album (2025) with guitarist Rob Luft

Pärnupersonal composition named after her hometown, from the album *Back and Forth*

New and Familiartitle track from the ensemble album (2025) with vocals and strings

Power of Thoughtdebut album with Rahel Talts Ensemble (2022)

About: Hilda Nordkvist

Malmö-based double bassist Hilda Nordkvist is one of the fresh faces on the Nordic jazz circuit - trained at Skurups folkhögskola and in demand from Aarhus Jazz Festival to Jazzklubben Underground in Lund. With Dubbeltrion she released a debut album in 2024 that drew five-star notices across the Nordic countries.

5★

review in Klassekampen (NO) for Dubbeltrion debut album

What's new

2026-09
Nordkvist performs as a double bass player on Emma Pilgaard's release tour for the album 'Waiting Game' with concerts including at Kvarterhuset Amagerbro in Copenhagen (18 September 2026).
2025-10
Nordkvist participates in Malmö Jazz Story 2025 (17-18 October) as part of a quartet with Elias Källvik, Christina von Bülow and Olle Dernevik.
2025-02
Dubbeltrion, with Nordkvist on bass, performs at Vinterjazz 2025 at Klein in Copenhagen.

Tracks

Bringing Scandi-Baltic Powerhouse Jazz to the PeopleDubbeltrions debut album (2024), five-star review in Klassekampen

Before You GoFeat. Hilda Nordkvist - released by Alicia Lindberg on SoundCloud

About: Patrycja Wybrańczyk

Gdańsk-based drummer Patrycja Wybrańczyk moves freely between jazz, free improvisation and electronic rock - through projects like O.N.E., Ninja Episkopat and PESH, with concerts spanning Europe and Central Asia. Her sound has been shaped by studies in Kraków, Oslo and Copenhagen and by close partnerships with a wide circle of Nordic and Polish musicians.

~15

total album plays

2,585

followers on O.N.E.'s Facebook page

What's new

2026-05
Wybrańczyk's contribution to the compilation 'Portrety 3' (U Know Me Records) was released in May 2026 and is highlighted as an example of her improvisation-friendly contemporary jazz.
2026-04
On 25 April 2026, Wybrańczyk performed her farewell concert with original compositions at Klub Żak in Gdańsk as part of the Bloom & Brass series, marking the end of her studies at Akademia Muzyczna im. Stanisława Moniuszki.
2026
The duo album 'Akvæn' with Latvian saxophonist Inga Vamze was released in 2026 on the Sleeping Objects label - recorded at Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium in Copenhagen.

Tracks

Well, actually...O.N.E. Quartet album, October 2025, recorded at Polish Radio Studio S4

AkvænDuo album with Inga Vamze, 2026, released on Sleeping Objects

God Save The QueerNinja Episkopat debut EP, 2022

All Thoughts Are Bad ThoughtsNinja Episkopat album, Audio Cave, reviewed in PopMatters among others

ONEO.N.E. Quintet debut album, 2019, Audio Cave

About: Viktoria Søndergaard

One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Danish jazz, Funen-born Viktoria Søndergaard leads the quintet SECRETS, whose debut album "Music of Secrets" (2025) earned praise from critics in Denmark and abroad.

BARYL's album "Already Monday?" as Album of the Week on DR P8 Jazz

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Jazz prizes won in 2022 (Aarhus Jazz Talent Prize and Tivoli Jazz Prize)

What's new

2026-06
Viktoria Søndergaard SECRETS performs at Musikhuset Swinger as part of Aarhus Jazz Festival 2026.
2026-02
Søndergaard and SECRETS participated in Vinterjazz 2026 with concerts including in Copenhagen and Testrup.
2025-12
Søndergaard was nominated for Danish Music Awards Jazz 2025 in the category Musician of the Year for her work with Smuk Zvuk.

Tour

KøbenhavnAarhusTestrup

Tracks

Music of SecretsDebut album released October 2025 on April Records with the band SECRETS

Mor, MorOpening track on the debut album

Hva fanden sker der?Title track from BARYL's second album (2023)

Allerede mandag?BARYL's debut album (2021), which established the band on the Danish jazz scene

Call Me A PrincessReleased with Smuk Zvuk, nominated for DMA Jazz 2025

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