Lea Havelund (vocals and cello) and Mads Søndergaard (piano and accordion) play Lea's newly composed music mixed with interpretations of jazz standards. The music written for song, cello, piano and accordion is original, evocative and varied.
Lea draws inspiration from many different genres and countries, and in her arrangements and compositions you can thus hear, among other things. elements of tango, Nordic folk music and jazz. At the same time, the soft sound of the cello reveals that the foundation has been laid in classical music. In this musical encounter, a subtle universe is formed, which is difficult to define in terms of genre, but very exciting to listen to!


The cellist and singer Lea Havelund has created a completely new poetic and virtuoso universe, where the voice mixes warmly with the cello. Her classical master's education, instinctive musicality and good ear for all kinds of music make her an original composer and arranger. And the resul...

Lea Havelund (vocals and cello) and Mads Søndergaard (piano and accordion) play Lea's newly composed music mixed with interpretations of jazz standards. The music written for song, cello, piano and accordion is original, evocative and varied.
Lea draws inspiration from many different genres and countries, and in her arrangements and compositions you can thus hear, among other things. elements of tango, Nordic folk music and jazz. At the same time, the soft sound of the cello reveals that the foundation has been laid in classical music. In this musical encounter, a subtle universe is formed, which is difficult to define in terms of genre, but very exciting to listen to!


The cellist and singer Lea Havelund has created a completely new poetic and virtuoso universe, where the voice mixes warmly with the cello. Her classical master's education, instinctive musicality and good ear for all kinds of music make her an original composer and arranger. And the result is a sound that has not been heard before.
Lea Havelund has participated in numerous musical performances at Østre Gasværk, Folketeateret, Malmö Stadsteater and Det kongelige Teater.
Among other things, she has played with the award-winning violinist Bjarke Falgren, the folk music group Over Sundet, the singer Iris Bergcrantz, the bassist Anders Fjeldsted, the vocal group Åkervinda and with Bo Stief's New Dreams Trio with Poul Halberg and Alex Riel. Several times Lea Havelund has performed as a soloist with i.a. Odense Symphony Orchestra and she has many solo concerts in the Nordic countries behind her.

The pianist, Mads Søndergaard began his jazz adventure at the legendary jazz bar Bent J in his hometown Aarhus. In 1998 he moved to the Netherlands to study piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague, where he graduated in 2003. He then moved to Copenhagen and began playing with countless constellations of the city's jazz musicians. Mads is a versatile musician who moves within the genres ragtime, stride, bebop, singer / songwriter, bossa, pop and everything in between. In addition to piano, Mads also plays the hammond organ and accordion....

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