ABOUT
THE FUTURE OF JAZZ
WITH FULL FORCE, SWEDISH GRAMMIS WINNER 2025, JAZZ VOCALIST AND GENDER SCIENTIST SARA ALDÉN AND HER TRIO CONSISTING OF DANIEL ANDERSSON RUNEVAD ON UPRIGHT BASS AND AUGUST BJÖRN ON KEYS MAKES A MARK IN HISTORY WITH THEIR WAY OF EXPRESSING THEMSELVES AND ALLOWING THE OPEN SPACE OF JAZZ TO BECOME THEIR OWN. SARA ALDÉN HAS EXPLODED ONTO THE SWEDISH AND INTERNATIONAL JAZZ SCENE LIKE A COMET - HER ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM "THERE IS NO FUTURE" WAS AWARDED A GRAMMIS IN 2025 FOR JAZZ OF THE YEAR, AND THE YEAR BEFORE, SHE WAS NAMED VOCAL JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2024 BY LIRA MUSIKMAGASIN — PROVING THAT SARA IS NOT JUST A VOICE OF THE MOMENT, BUT THE VOICE OF A NEW GENERATION OF JAZZ.
WITH RAZOR-SHARP FOCUS AND DEEP CARE FOR EVERY TONE, SARA ALDÉN AND HER TRIO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO ICONIC JAZZ STANDARDS, WHILE HER ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS SHAPE A NEW MUSICAL LANGUAGE — A BRIDGE BETWEEN TRADITION AND INNOVATION THAT CARRIES JAZZ INTO THE FUTURE. ROOTED IN SWEDISH FOLK MUSIC, SHE APPROACHES THE GREAT AMERICAN JAZZ CLASSICS AND MAKES THEM ENTIRELY HER OWN — WITH A VOICE AND EMOTIONAL DEPTH THAT BOTH HONOR THE TRADITION AND BOLDLY PUSH IT FORWARD.
THIS IS JAZZ AT ITS MOST VITAL
— RAW, FEARLESS, AND DEEPLY ALIVE.
SARA ALDÉN ISN’T JUST PART OF SWEDISH JAZZ — SHE’S LEADING IT INTO THE FUTURE.
DEDICATION
JAZZ & GENDER
JAZZ SINGER AND GENDER STUDIES SCHOLAR SARA IS DEDICATED IN BEING A PART OF DEVELOPING A MORE EQUAL JAZZ SCENE IN SWEDEN AND INTERNATIONALLY. SHE IS THE CHAIR PERSON IN THE NON PROFIT ORGANISATION IMPRA AND HAS STUDIED BOTH JAZZ AND GENDER TO DEEPEN HER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WAYS MOVING FORWARD.
READ MORE ABOUT SARA'S WORK IN JAZZ AND GENDER HERE.
CLIMATE = EQUALITY
FOR A WORLD TO ACHIEVE TRUE EQUALITY, WE MUST ADDRESS NOT ONLY HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER, BUT ALSO HOW WE CARE FOR OUR PLANET. THIS MESSAGE RESONATES DEEPLY IN SARA'S MUSIC AND PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN SHAPING HER ARTISTRY.
MUSIC
A JOURNEY THROUGH SOUND
"THERE IS NO FUTURE" IS AN EVOCATIVE JOURNEY THROUGH SOUND, EMOTION, AND STORYTELLING. SARA'S SULTRY TONES AND IMPECCABLE PHRASING BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO EACH TRACK, CREATING A RICH TAPESTRY OF SONIC LANDSCAPES THAT SPEAK TO THE DEPTHS. HER INTERPRETATIONS ARE NOT MERELY PERFORMANCES BUT INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS WITH HER AUDIENCE, DRAWING THEM INTO A WORLD WHERE EVERY NOTE TELLS A STORY.
A GLOBAL SOUND
SARA ALDÉN'S RISE TO INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM IS A STORY OF PASSION, DEDICATION, AND RAW TALENT. HER MUSIC TRANSCENDS CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC BARRIERS, RESONATING WITH JAZZ AFICIONADOS AND NEW LISTENERS ALIKE. THE ALBUM HAS GARNERED CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND TOPPED CHARTS WORLDWIDE, SOLIDIFYING SARA'S PLACE AS A LEADING VOICE IN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
CRITICS HAVE HAILED THERE IS NO FUTURE AS A GROUNDBREAKING WORK. JAZZ ENTHUSIASTS PRAISE THE ALBUM'S INNOVATIVE ARRANGEMENTS AND SARA'S ABILITY TO IMBUE EACH SONG WITH DEEP EMOTIONAL RESONANCE. ESTEEMED PUBLICATIONS AND MUSIC PLATFORMS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HER AS A STANDOUT ARTIST, AND HER CAPTIVATING LIVE PERFORMANCES HAVE EARNED HER STANDING OVATIONS ON PRESTIGIOUS STAGES AROUND THE GLOBE.
THERE IS A FUTURE
WITH "THERE IS NO FUTURE", SARA ALDÉN NOT ONLY PAYS HOMAGE TO THE GREATS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE HER BUT ALSO FORGES HER OWN PATH IN THE JAZZ WORLD. HER MUSIC IS A BEACON OF HOPE, A REMINDER THAT EVEN IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, ART HAS THE POWER TO INSPIRE AND UPLIFT. AS SHE CONTINUES TO TOUR AND CREATE, THE WORLD EAGERLY AWAITS THE NEXT CHAPTER IN SARA ALDÉN'S MUSICAL JOURNEY.