Iris Bergcrantz
The Swedish singer and composer Iris Bergcrantz ́s voice has been described
as sonorous, beautiful, honest, and sensitive. Iris has released two albums in
her own name: Different Universe and Young Dreams which both were
received with fantastic reviews around the world. The second album Young
Dreams got nominated for a Danish Music Award for Best Vocal Jazz 2020.
She has performed at venues such as A-Trane in Berlin, Rochester
International jazz festival in New York State, London á capella festival, and
around Europe. Iris got nominated for a Swedish Grammy for Best Folk
Music 2019 with the group Åkervinda and the same year, the group performed
at one of Sweden's largest television programs: Allsång på Skansen.
Press quotes:
”Iris grabs hold of the listener with her strong feeling”
”Most of all she seems to be rooted in a feeling. She does this in every given pi...
Iris Bergcrantz
The Swedish singer and composer Iris Bergcrantz ́s voice has been described
as sonorous, beautiful, honest, and sensitive. Iris has released two albums in
her own name: Different Universe and Young Dreams which both were
received with fantastic reviews around the world. The second album Young
Dreams got nominated for a Danish Music Award for Best Vocal Jazz 2020.
She has performed at venues such as A-Trane in Berlin, Rochester
International jazz festival in New York State, London á capella festival, and
around Europe. Iris got nominated for a Swedish Grammy for Best Folk
Music 2019 with the group Åkervinda and the same year, the group performed
at one of Sweden's largest television programs: Allsång på Skansen.
Press quotes:
”Iris grabs hold of the listener with her strong feeling”
”Most of all she seems to be rooted in a feeling. She does this in every given piece
without really revealing to any particular genre. It falls back on a relationship to the
music and to the lyrics that is perhaps most reminiscent of the principle of blues.
When it grabs the listener, the expression becomes larger than the framework, and it
then lifts everything around "
- Johannes Cornell Dagens Nyheter
”A force of nature”
”The fearless and flawless debut solo album by Swedish singer/composer Iris
Bergcrantz is one of the most exciting new arrivals in the contemporary jazz scene.
She sounds really "contemporary," taking chances and providing extremely intriguing
tunes. As a composer, Iris paints musical landscapes of intense beauty and a sense
of urgency, using her voice to forward
the lyrics' messages with complete mastery”.
-Arnaldo Desouteiro, Jazz Station (Jazz, Bossa and Beyond)
”New Swedish jazz sensation” "Would she immediately put
herself among Sweden’s- even the world's foremost jazz vocalists?
Answer: Yes."
-Bengt Eriksson, Ystad Allehanda
“The music creator from Scania is successfully bringing together beautiful melodies
with artistic leaps. She either sings deeply rooted in the lyrics, or in a characteristic
wordless song. Boundlessly hovering.”
-Mats Hallberg, Orkesterjournalen
”Iris Bergcrantz has an exceptionally beautiful singing voice, folky, sonorous and
beautiful. It feels like she can go very far if her young dreams will come true”
-Timo Kangas, Lira Musikmagasin
”Her arrangements are filled with subtle nuances and dynamics. Melodic chamber
music combined with a temperamental jazz puls”.
-Patrick Španko, Sk Jazz
”Iris Bergcrantz moves around in the music with certainty and fully developed
phrasing”.
-Ulf Johansson, Lira Musikmagasin
”Iris Bergcrantz knows her stuff” "Iris Bergcrantz is a vocal equilibrist, and she uses
her great talent to create, not to show off. Time after time her singing makes your
ears cry with joy”
- Björn G Stenberg
”Always exciting with new musicians that have the routine, visions, and the tools to
achieve her goals”
-Alexander Agrell
”Bergcrantz makes a timid and sensitive version that captures both the melancholy
loving and the lovingly melancholy in a wonderfully beautiful and touching way. She
really makes us hear the familiar song in a new way”.
-Sten Wistrand, Kulturdelen
”An exceptional voice, is what Iris Bergcrantz is”
-Gunnar Balgård Västerbottenskuriren...
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