Kathrine Windfeld

Kathrine Windfeld is considered one of the most exciting and refreshing new Scandinavian jazz composers and arrangers.
Her breathtaking compositions thrive on a rare combination of delicacy and strength: A colorful meeting of sophisticated harmonic passages, driving grooves and poetic ballads that float into her explosive arrangements.
In 2022 Kathrine Windfeld performed in 10 countries, including two tours in Brazil.
Windfeld has been leading her own big band and sextet for 10 years and shared stage with international greats like Mike Stern, Seamus Blake and Gilad Hekselman.

Her four multiple awarded big band releases „AIRCRAFT“ (2014), „LATENCY“ (2017), “ORCA” (2020) and DETERMINATION (2021) has lead to raving reviews in international publications like Le Monde (F) and Downbeat (USA).
She won the prestigious “Rising Stars Jazz Award” in London 2020, followed by a tour on 7 top festivals. In 2022 she received the honorable “Ben Webster Prize” for her unique revitalization of the big band genre.
Besides touring with her own big band and sextet, Kathrine Windfeld has worked with Bohuslän Big Band (SE), UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra (FI) and Frankfurt Radio Big Band (DE).


“Kathrine Windfeld is a rising star on the European jazz scene, not least for her bold writing for her adventurous big band”
Jazzwise Magazine (UK)

“Windfeld's band of leading young Scandinavian musicians is as tight and sharp as any you'll hear"
The Guardian (UK)

Read more: www.windfeldmusic.dk