Richard Andersson
Richard Andersson
© Photo by: Mads Fisker
Richard Andersson is shown outside playing his double bass. He wears a cap and looks down. His face shows concentration and focus on playing the bass. You can see a small part of another double bass in the background.
Richard Andersson
© Photo by: Kasper Fisker
Richard Andersson is shown in a close up with his ear in the middle, his bass to the right and his cap and face (half out of frame) to the left.
Richard Andersson (b. Oct. 1982) is a Copenhagen-based Danish/Faroese/Icelandic bassist and composer. Andersson is known as “one of the most interesting characters of the Danish jazz scene” according to Iver Rod of Gaffa Music Magazine.
Andersson grew up in a musical family, but did not show much interest in music until the age of 14 when a fireworks accident left him blind. Since then he has gained great recognition for his work as a composer and bass player in the modern jazz field. He has collaborated and recorded with both Danish and international musicians, including Hilmer Jensson (IS), Oskar Gudjonsson (IS), Jorge Rossy (ES), Per Møllehøj (DK), Jeff “Tain” Watts (US), Rudi Mahall (DE), Kasper Tranberg (DK), Jerry Bergonzi (US), Ra-Kalam Bob Moses (US), Tony Malaby (US), Bill McHenry (US), Tomas Franck (S), and Kresten Osgood (DK).
Awards and recognitions:
-Nominated at the Danish Music Awards Jazz 2022 in the two categories: “Best cross aesthetic album of the year” & “Best experimental album of the year”
-”Best of the year 2015: Honorable Mention – New Releases” The NYC Jazz Record (for the record Richard Andersson/Splitting up in Boston – Garzone/Bergonzi/Moses/Andersson)
-”The NHØP Honorable Mention” at The International Bass Convention, 2013.
-“Best Danish Releases of 2010” AllAboutJazz (for the record Richard Andersson Sustainable Quartet/Please Recycle)
-”Stjerneprisen 2010”
”Funen Jazz musician of the Year 2010”
Education:
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma at the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen (2010-2014)
Masters program at Manhattan School of Music in New York (2008-2009)
Diploma Degree. Carl Nielsen Academy of Music, Denmark (2003-2008).
Contact details
Richard Andersson
Bassist
Artistic Directors
Richard Andersson
Online
Email: mail@richardandersson.dk
Website: https://www.richardandersson.dk
Blind bassist interprets visual art
Duration: 45-60 min
Description: Explore blind bassist Richard Andersson's captivating art-inspired music. Audience audio descriptions fuel a profound concert-dialogue, questioning perception and expression. Witness the synergy of a blind artist merging music and art, provoking thought in a unique experience.
Extra information: This performance must be in a museum or another place with pieces of visual art accessible. Alternatively the concert space must have a screen available where the visual art can be presented.
People on road: 2
Freight: necessary
Freight details: I will bring my double bass. Usually I carry it myself.
Richard Andersson SOLO in the dark
Duration: 45-60 min
Description: Immerse yourself in blind bassist Richard Andersson's mesmerizing solo bass concert, performed in complete darkness. His expressive tones fill the room with vibrant colors, accompanied by captivating audio descriptions of visual art, enriching the sensory experience.
Extra information: any venue/room with the ability to create darkness.
People on road: 2
Freight: necessary
Freight details: I will bring my double bass. I usually carry it myself.
“one of the most interesting characters of the Danish jazz scene” (Ivan Rod/Gaffa Music Magazine)
“Richard Andersson is a poet on the bass” (Jazznyt.blogspot.com)
Latest Video
Shows how Richard Andersson interprets the painting "Den Blå Fugl" by Carl-Henning Pedersen after the audio description by Dorthe Mikkelsen Hansen.
Richard Andersson interprets the painting "Mennesker på Vejen" by Jens Søndergaard. The performance is also an example of Richard Andersson's solo performance
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