Mia Dyberg is a Danish jazz and improvisational musician (alto saxophone, composition).
Dyberg grew up in the Swedish archipelago and attended Fridhem’s Folkhö gskola. After studying for a
bachelor’s degree at Rytmisk Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, she completed a master’s degree in
music there in 2015. She formed her own trio with Asger Thomsen (bass) and Dag Magnus Narvesen
(drums), with whom she most recently released the album Ticket! (Clean Feed Records, 2018), and the
quartet Dyberg 4 Ra, but has also performed internationally in duos with Kamilla Kovacs and Christian
Balvig. She has further performed with Herb Robertson, Niklas Barnö , Oscar Noriega, Axel Dö rner,
Tristan Honsinger, Pierre Borel, and Michael Evans.
Dybeg currently lives in Berlin and plays with improvisational musicians such as Clayton Thomas, Rudi
Fischerlehner, Brad Henkel, Casey Moir and Tobias Delius. She is a co-founder of the international
improv collective The Community.
https://miadyberg.bandcamp.com/
Asger Thomsen is a bass player and composer living in Copenhagen, Denmark. He works primarily in
the field of contemporary improvised music. With a physical, detail-oriented approach and a rich
palette of sounds often strengthened by the use of unconventional extended techniques, he aims for
contrast and dynamic forward motion in his music. Thomsen has established himself as a versatile
improviser on the Copenhagen scene, and tours internationally. He leads or co-leads projects such as
Litterjug, Rhizom, Rigodon, Autolysis, The Moms, and a solo project of his own. “Thomsen has a strong
instinct for structure, which ensures direction and cohesiveness, even during the music’s most freeflowing
moments.” – Bill Meyer, Downbeat Educated at Syddansk Musikkonservatorium, Esbjerg
(Bachelor) and Rythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen (Music Performance, Master Degree). He
has performed with Jesper Zeuthen, Eliot Cardinaux, Axel Dö rner, Sture Ericson, Kresten Osgood, Akira
Sakata, Haruhiko Okabe, Emilio Gordoa, Mia Dyberg, and many others. Toured in Denmark, Germany,
Poland, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and USA.
Rieko Okuda is a pianist and a composer from Japan. She began to play Classical music at the age of
3. She also studied Music Therapy at Doshisha Women College. Music Therapy led her into
Contemporary music and Improvised music. After she graduated from the college, she moved to USA
to study Jazz music. She fell right into the Jazz scene in USA, performing with some of the great
American Jazz musicians (Bob Mintzer, Jon Faddis, John Fedchock etc) at several jazz festivals such as
North Texas Jazz Festival, Nortredam Jazz Festival to name a few. A couple of years later, she got
interested in Free Jazz and Improvised music while she was in Phliladelphia. She performed with the
great improvisers includes Marshall Allen (from San Ra Orchestra), Elliott Levine (recorded with Cecil
Taylor), and Calvin Weston (recorded with Ornette Coleman). Her interests in Improvised music led
her to move to Berlin. She performs with various musicians in Berlin ex. Tobias Delius, Axel Dö rner, Els
Vendaweyer, Linda Frederickson, ect. Also, she collaborates with contemporary dancers such as Yuko
Kaseki, Akemi Nagao, and Annapaola Leso (from Sasha Waltz.) She performs at several experimental
festivals: A’Larme Festival, JOE Festival Essen, Brda Contemporary Music Festival, XChange Festival,
Experymental Festival, Flux Festival, and Soundance Festival to name a few.
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