.composer - musician
Maria Dybbroe
(f. 1993), is an awarded, composer, improviser, saxophonist, and clarinetist based in
Oslo and Copenhagen, working in the experimental realm of the Nordic jazz and contemporary music scene.
.composer - musician
Maria Dybbroe
(f. 1993), is an awarded, composer, improviser, saxophonist, and clarinetist based in
Oslo and Copenhagen, working in the experimental realm of the Nordic jazz and contemporary music scene.
As a composer Dybbroe composes for many different kinds of ensembles ranging from duos to string quartets and bigbands, in the field between new classical music and jazz.
In 2025 she was commissioned a piece for the Norwegian percussion trio SISU as a part of Ny Musikks Komponistgruppe and in 2023 and 2024 she wrote two concerts for OJKOS - the Orchestra of Jazz Composers in Oslo.
Dybbroe works with traditional notation as well as graphic notation and instructions and she is a very curious and dedicated artist who is fascinated by melodies as well as more abstract sounds.
Dybbroe is the leading force of the double-trio Caktus which gave her the nomination as ‘Composer of the Year’ at the Danish Critic’s Prize ‘Steppeulven’ in 2020, as well as a nomination for ‘Album of the year’ at Danish Music Awards Jazz.
As a performer Dybbroe is known for her deep presence, her listening and very distinct voice on the saxophone.
In 2021 she won the title ‘New Name of the Year’ at Danish Music Awards Jazz with the collective band Maraton, and earlier she has received several prices and nominations for her political engagement and work for a blossoming and diverse jazz-scene in Aarhus and Copenhagen with the organisations Sun Ship and The Community.
Maria Dybbroe is both dedicated to working collectively in bands creating original music with; Køs, Maraton, Dynastiet, Orsa, JUMP, Sidechains and Coriolis, but she is also an active free improviser travelling around Europe playing solo or in adhoc-constellations. As a soloist she has been featured in various ensembles from Danish Radio Bigband to Kasper Staub Trio, and as a sidewoman she is part of the Copenhagen Clarinet Choir, Aspen4 and Jacob Anderskovs ‘Spirit of the Hive’. Most of her work is centered around improvisation and she collaborates with dancers, poets, electronic musicians and pop-artists, among others; Pia Tafdrup, P.O. Jørgens, Pat Thomas, Marlene Bonnesen, Knut Aalefjær, Ståle Liavik Solberg, Laura Toxværd, Mija Milovic, Merdh Laleh, ZAAR, Anja Jacobsen and T.S. Høeg.