KAJA

LIVET NORD – violin and viola
CAMILLA ÅSTRÖM – accordion and piano
DANIEL WEJDIN – double bass

Since 2005 Kaja have developed their own unique style of music reflecting innovation as well as tradition. With a big heart in eastern European folk music and a great experience of Klezmer, Tango, Jazz, Swedish folk music and classical music and  Kaja compose music that finds a path and sound of its own. Glissandos, various grooves and different ornaments reveal the members personal playing styles. The communication between them on stage is allowing, expressive, playful, intimate and tight. They flirt with a chamber musical expression without ever leaving the unpredictable spontaniousness within folk music and improvisation.


BIO

2005 Kaja was funded and toured in Sweden with new compositions.

2006 The first album ”Kaja” was released with two traditional Klezmer tunes and three new compositions. Kaja toured in the southern part of Sweden and northern Germany.

2007 Their full-length album ”Krackel” was released in the spring at the label Famous on the Moon Records. They performed at festivals, culture houses, theatres, museums, churches, clubs and private parties in Sweden.

2008 Kaja toured with public and school concerts in whole of Sweden. New music for the theatre play Riddar Blåskägg was composed. Riddar Blåskägg had premiere in Gothenburg and was performed by Kaja and the storyteller Kiriaki Christoforidis. Swedish Radio P2 recorded a concert at Korröfestivalen that has been broadcasted several times.

2009 New music was composed for the upcoming album. Kaja recorded the first part of the album in October. During the year they also performed in Sweden.

2010 Kaja finished the recordings of their upcoming album which was released in September and recieved rave reviews. 

In 2011 Kaja toured in Sweden and Denmark and attended the Folk and World Music fair Womex. In december Kaja and the quartet Tetra performs "Midvintervaka" (a world musicalic winter/christmas show) in Gothenburg.

www.kajatrio.se

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Photos by Lucas Stark