Dorthe Højland
Nordic saxophonist and composer
Music in dialogue — between
sound, language and space.
My music is not simply chords and notes.
It is life, tonal colours and moods —
something I have lived - and carry within me.
Movement in time and space
flows through the music
and the expression that emerges within the band.
Now
Dorthe Højland Group with Icelandic
author Einar Már Guðmundsson
Øjeblikket og evigheden
(The Moment and Eternity)
“Einar Már Guðmundssons stemme er det mest beroligende jeg længe har hørt.
Som om en tyk tågedisen over den islandske tundra havde lagt sig omkring os i salen.
Ordene, finurlige, uudgrundelige og legende, smøg sig i luften og blandede sig elegant med saxofon, klaver, bas og trommer i Dorthe Højland Groups gudesmukke lyriske melodier og musiske landskaber.”
“Einar Már Guðmundsson’s voice is the most soothing I have heard in a long time.
As if a dense mist from the Icelandic tundra had settled around us in the hall.
His words — whimsical, enigmatic and playful — moved through the air and blended effortlessly with saxophone, piano, bass and drums in the divinely lyrical melodies and musical landscapes of the Dorthe Højland Group.”
— Helle Solvang
Radio host and cultural communicator