Terese Lien Evenstad

Terese Lien Even­stad dares to exper­i­ment with dif­fer­ent sounds and styles, allow­ing her to cre­ate music that is both mod­ern and still holds jazz at its heart. Her music includes ref­er­ences to the tra­di­tion­al main­stream of jazz, but at the same time, it offers a breath of fresh air of mod­ern music with­out any lim­i­ta­tions. The main ingre­di­ents of TLEQ’s music are dis­tinc­tive melodies and ener­getic rhythms. Impro­vi­sa­tion takes up a sig­nif­i­cant space and is an organ­ic part of each song, giv­ing the music authen­tic­i­ty, an organ­ic feel, and spon­tane­ity. 

From the first note, the lis­ten­er is drawn into TLEQ’s musi­cal land­scape, filled with melodies and rhyth­mic pat­terns that one remem­bers even after the song ends. The group also offers sev­er­al lyri­cal and ten­der bal­lads where the band mem­bers excel with their feel­ings and emo­tion­al phras­ing. Each song tells its own tale, draw­ing inspi­ra­tion from places, expe­ri­ences, and events.  

While embrac­ing a slight­ly more mod­ern and ”rock­ing” sound­scape, the com­po­si­tions exhib­it a vein of folk music, ele­vat­ing the music beyond the bound­aries of pure jazz. Terese fear­less­ly exper­i­ments with var­i­ous play­ing tech­niques, which ensures a rich vari­a­tion that guides the listener’s engage­ment through­out the con­cert. 

Togeth­er with pianist Fabi­an Kaller­dahl, bassist Arvid Jul­lan­der, drum­mer Johan Bir­ge­nius, and clar­inetist Alexan­der Ivars­son, Terese Lien Even­stad forms a band that touch­es the lis­ten­er with expres­sive vio­lin jazz as a sig­na­ture.