Name: The French Trio
Start: 2026-11-05T20:00:00
Location: Umeå Folkets Hus

Maria Ollikainen

Viktor Turegård

Christoffer Cantillo

Umeå Jazzstudio

A cult-favorite band formed in 2002. Its music moves from the violent and aggressive to the softest whispers. Featuring Matti Ollikainen (piano, vocals, composition), Viktor Turegård (bass), and Christoffer Cantillo (drums).

The French Trio

Umeå Folkets Hus

Cornettist and trumpeter Tobias Wiklund presents his new project "Inner Flight Music" – a visionary musical adventure that takes the listener through the worlds of jazz and improvisation on a journey toward spiritual deepening.

Inner Flight Music

Tilde Schweitzer, named Jazz Musician of the Year and Rising Star 2024, is one of Sweden's youngest and most distinguished big band leaders and arrangers. Her newly formed big band reinterprets the popular music of the last century through Tilde's newly devised format and arrangements.

Tilde Schweitzer Big Band

Premiere of the autumn club night: featuring drums, saxophone and vocals blended with influences from hip-hop, pop, psychedelica and jazz. The club night also presents two DJs: DJ Kristoffer Petterson (jazz with a connection to Umeå) and DJ Kicki Mannberg (LOOK BACK HIP HOP).

Club Night with Bear Garden & DJ

The band OPEN HERE! consists of three strong personalities who together form a leading force in contemporary improvised music from Sweden. The trio's acoustic and electronic soundworld is based both on improvisations and on interpretations of their own and others' compositions.

Open Here!

Tonight's two concerts feature two established and well-known groups for the jazz club's audience. PM Fourtet moves in an open, melodic and rhythmic style in which Per Mannberg's compositions are allowed to grow through the interplay between the group's members. Staffan Öberg's Nonet pays tribute to jazz heroes Miles Davis and John Coltrane this evening.

PM Fourtet and Staffan Öberg Nonet

The year's last concert in Umeå Jazz Studios' anniversary year. Trumpeter Nils Janson performs music from his fifth album, Simian Crease, together with his quartet.