Ella Zirina & Teis Semey / Ella Zirina Trio ft. Felix Moseholm & Jamie Peet

Teis Semey & Ella Zirina

While Ella Zirina has a passion for melody and timbre, Teis Semey is making a name for himself with a very different guitar sound: wild, erratic, and unruly. The Danish guitarist's style has already been described as 'Nordic punk-free jazz.' What the two share is a love of music and the drive to improvise without compromise.

Ella Zirina Trio

Since her debut album on Bimhuis Records in 2023, Ella Zirina has released three more albums under her own name. On these, she performed in various lineups with well-known names such as Tineke Postma, Ben van Gelder, and Alistair Payne. In doing so, she amassed a diverse oeuvre of her own compositions. In her trio, her music takes on an energetic, nuanced twist, thanks to New York-based bassist Felix Moseholm and the highly sought-after Amsterdam drummer Jamie Peet. 'With Ella Zirina, the Netherlands has gained a distinctive voice on the guitar. Her guitar sound often resembles an impressionistic water surface. And the closer you listen, the more turns out to be happening beneath the undulating surface' (Trouw).