Ystads Teater, a beautiful neo-classical theatre designed by Ystad’s first town architect, Peter Boisen, opened in 1894. The theatre is the festival’s main stage and home of the Jazz Café and Jazz Shop.
400 numbered seats.
Biljett/Ticket Veronica Swift (US) – vocals DR Big Band American singer Veronica Swift has rapidly become one of the most acclaimed voices in jazz. The Wall Street Journal wrote “She has a miraculous voice, musical ability and technique, as well as an innate gift for entertaining a crowd,” while Downbeat enthused about her versatile
Biljett/Ticket Viktoria Tolstoy – vocals Anders Berglund – conductor Anders Berglund Big Band Victoria Tolstoy is one of Sweden’s most beloved jazz singers, an artist whose warm, distinctive voice and effortless stage presence have captivated audiences around the world. With a unique ability to make every song entirely her own, she moves with ease
Biljett/Ticket Ivan Lins vocals, keyboard Braulio Araujo bass Chris Wells drums Claudio Cesar Ribeiro guitar Andre Sarbib piano The festival’s Guest of Honour, songwriter, vocalist and pianist Ivan Lins, has been one of the leading figures in Brazilian popular music and jazz for over five decades. The multiple Latin Grammy-winning musician is the most-recorded
Biljett/Ticket Magnus Carlson – vocals Goran Kajfes – trumpet Per “Ruskträsk” Johansson – saxophone Carl Bagge – piano Martin Höper – bass Lars Skoglund – drums Mattias Ståhl – vibraphone This jazz project led by Magnus Carlson, best known as the singer in the Weeping Willows, signals a comeback for a constellation known for
Biljett/Ticket Jan Lundgren – piano Rosario Giuliani (IT) – alto sax Roberto Gatto (IT) – drums Hans Backenroth – bass This stellar Swedish-Italian quartet, playing together for the first time, will be performing music by composers such as Italian film score writers Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota, as well as original songs by the
Biljett/Ticket Francesca Tandoi (IT) – piano, vocals Stefano Senni (IT) – bass Pasquale Fiore (IT) – drums Italian pianist and vocalist Francesca Tandoi is a new star in European jazz. Jazz pianist Monty Alexander observed: “Francesca Tandoi is a supremely tasteful swinging piano player. Her vocals are exquisite, her compositions are melodic and memorable,
Biljett/Ticket Mathias Heise (DK) – harmonica DR Big Band One of the world’s leading harmonica players meets one of the world’s best big bands when Mathias Heise and the DR Big Band join forces for this evening concert at Ystads Teater. Their latest collaboration “A Love Supreme Revisited” (2026) reinterprets music from John Coltrane’s
Biljett/Ticket Bobo Stenson – piano Anders Jormin – bass Jon Fält – drums Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson has been a prominent figure in the world of jazz for over five decades. JazzTimes described him as “the greatest living jazz pianist born outside the United States.” Bobo Stenson became established on the Stockholm jazz scene
Biljett/Ticket Kurt Rosenwinkel (US) – guitar Seamus Blake (CA) – saxophone Alex Claffy (US) – bass Joe Farnsworth (US) – drums American guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his double album “The Remedy”– recorded live at the Village Vanguard in New York in 2006 – by revisiting the music from what
Biljett/Ticket Jan Lundgren – piano Mats Paulson – conductor Malmö Academy of Music Chamber Choir Mattias Hjorth – bass Jazz pianist Jan Lundgren, bassist Mattias Hjorth and the Malmö Academy of Music Chamber Choir converge for a fusion concert drawn from classical, folk and jazz – moving in time from Renaissance music to the
