Sharón Clark & Mattias Nilsson @SaloJazz Festival

Afro-American jazz vocalist Sharón Clark and Scandinavian pianist Mattias Nilsson have been touring together around the world ever since they met at a jam session in New York, 2012.

The acclaimed Sharón Clark is world-renowned for her vibrato and incomparable tonality She has been compared to the great ones. Clark has performed as a featured soloist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, the Richmond Symphony, and the Baltimore Symphony, and she has won first place in the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition.

The internationally acclaimed and award-winning Swedish pianist Mattias Nilsson, has with more than two thousand concerts in 34 countries around the world established himself as one of Sweden’s most personal pianists with his very own voice. Nilsson incorporates the Scandinavian folklore and Nordic melancholy, with influences from classical, folk and jazz music. Through his improvisations and a very warm and personal approach, this becomes a unique expression and a musical landscape with completely new shades of color.

Sharón Clark, vocal
Mattias Nilsson, piano

Tickets: 20 € / 18 € + possible delivery fee. From the venue + 5 €.
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