Britta Virves Trio

Britta is an acclaimed pianist and sought-after sidewoman who has worked in collaboration with musicians Genevieve Artadi, Karin Hammar, Hannes Bennich, Håkan Broström to name a few. She has also received several prestigious awards, such as Swedish Grammy Nomination for Best Jazz Album 2023, Monica Zetterlund Scholarship 2023, Tallinn Music Awards nomination for Best Jazz Album 2023, Jazz Club Fasching Society Award in 2020, STIM Stipendium in 2020 and was the winner of the Uno Naissoo Composition Contest 2016 in Estonia.

In 2020, Britta Virves Trio played their first concert on Swedish Radio, a performance appreciated by radio listeners all across Europe. The trio decided to record its first album in Nilento Studio outside of Gothenburg in November 2021. Britta Virves debut album Juniper was released in October 2022 on Heartcore Records featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Britta was born April 24, 1991, and grew up in Saaremaa, the largest island in Estonia. She began playing classical piano when she was seven years old and was introduced to jazz and improvisation when she was fifteen. She continued her musical journey at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, and took a year off to study and live in Odense, Denmark. She then moved to Sweden to study in Skurups Folkhögskola, a school that attracts musicians from all over Europe. This would be a pivotal moment of growth in her education, where she would meet her future bandmates Jonas Bäckman and Jon Henriksson, who accompany her on drums and bass respectively in Britta Virves Trio.

Promoter: Kulturhuset Stadsteatern

Lineup:
Britta Virves - piano,
Jon Henriksson - bass,
Jonas Bäckman - drums