The Death of Kalypso is a surreal, genre-busting opera, where the jazz group Angles meets strings and singer Elle-Kari Sander. Timeless melodies meet explosive improvisation and warped drone. Ancient myths and timeless themes meet contemporary issues. The music and libretto are written by the composer\/musician Martin K\u00fcchen, the arrangements are by pianist Alex Zethson, and the whole thing is performed by high-octane musicians who together create a stage performance with high density. At the center of it all: singer Elle-Kari Sander, one of the most interesting and noted vocalists of our time, whose voice carries the songs like clear stars in an oceanic night.<\/p>\n
The work was premiered in the summer of 2023 at the Summer Bummer festival in Antwerp and the project has since played a number of gigs in Sweden and an acclaimed performance at the prestigious Roadburn festival in the Netherlands, where a reviewer described it as “[a] moving concert where the chemistry of this Swedish jazz collective can be felt under the skin, stylishly and with Sanders’ role naturally integrated into the orchestra” (Devilution.dk).<\/p>\n
The album The Death of Kalyspo was released on Thanatosis in the spring of 2024 and won first prize at the Manifestgalan 2025 in the jazz category.<\/p>\n
Elle-Kari Sander – vocals
\nMagnus Broo – trumpet
\nMats \u00c4leklint – trombone
\nPatric Thorman – double bass
\nKonrad Agnas, drums
\nMattias St\u00e5hl – vibraphone
\nAlex Zethson – piano\/synth
\nMartin K\u00fcchen – tenor\/soprano sax
\nJasmijn Lootens – cello
\nVarg Lund – sound<\/p>\n
Entrance 200 SEK
\nBook a place at studio@rorane.se<\/p>\n
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