Viktoria Holde Søndergaard is a vibraphonist, composer, bandleader – and a NoCoM-student at RMC currently spending the semester with our partner conservatory in Oslo. Viktoria’s jazz quintet Baryl mixes bebop with avant-garde and free jazz, politics and humor. Their latest album release asks the question ‘What the hell is going on?’ – and with this mixtape she gives her take on what the hell is currently going on in contemporary jazz. "The most important thing is to use music to question the world," she says in the Danish intro to the mix, which features music from her own hands (in part together with a certain Danish percussion legend) as well as from other exciting names on the scene. Tracklist

Baryl – Min politiske holdning I Baryl – Min politiske holdning II Baryl – Kunne være bedre Viktoria Holde Søndergaard / Marilyn Mazur - MAVIKTOLYN (live DMA Jazz 2023) Viktoria Holde Søndergaard /DR’s Big Band – Vælter (live fra DRs koncertsal som del af Ung Sessions) Jeppe Zeeberg – We’re gonna party like it´s Anton Webers Birthday The Bad plus, Joshua Redman - As This moment Slips Away Dell/Lillinger/Westergaard - Configuration II Koma saxo - Koma kaprifol Eric Dolphy - Hat and Beard Paavo - The Fairy Signe Emmeluth - Banshee: 3.2 Baryl - Hva fanden sker der?

Photo: Akse Lundtang-Banke.