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Kasper Bai

Composer, arranger, guitarist

About Me

Danish guitarist, composer, arranger, conductor, music teacher. Born 22. July 1974
Education: 1996-2001: Music teacher degree and musician master degree from the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus.
2005-2007: Advanced performance and composition class (a.k.a. soloist class) at the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus.
From 2006 based in Copenhagen, DK
Beside my own groups Kasper Bai Orchestet and Kasper Bai Kvartet, I am a co-leader of the groups Cordelia, Løgn, Järv, Plamage and A.C.E.
I have composed and arranged pieces for a.o. Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Jutland Youth Symphony Orcestra + Choir, RAMA symphony Orchestra + Bigband, RAMA Choir + Bigband, Klüvers Bigband and Upstairs Bigband, plus string quartets, sinfonietta stuff, more choir pieces etc, etc.
I also arrange strings, horns etc for jazz and pop recordings etc, and I have done a lot of conducting especially for bigbands etc.
I work as a theory, ensemble and bigband direction teacher at the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus.
Besides I play the guitar as a sideman in various bands and projects.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/6/2006
Band Website: kasperbai.dk
Band Members: KASPER BAI ORCHESTET:
Fredrik Lundin (saxes, flutes)
Anders Banke (clarinets, baritone sax)
Thomas Caudery (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Peter Jensen (trombone, euphonium)
Niels Gerhardt (bass trombone, tuba)
Randi Pontoppidan (vocals/effects)
Kasper Bai (guitars)
Robert Karlsson (violin, viola)
Tobias Wallin (cello)
Johan Segerberg (double bass)
Knut Finsrud (drums, perc.)

KASPER BAI KVARTET:
Fredrik Lundin (saxes, flutes)
Kasper Bai (guitars)
Johan Segerberg (double bass)
Knut Finsrud (drums)

I am also a composing member and co-leader of the groups Cordelia, Järv, Løgn and Plamage, and a sideman in Aggerbæk Quintet (see my top friends)
Influences: All sorts of jazz, classical music, contemporary classical music, rock, singer-songwriter music, avantgarde, balkan, march, hymns, film music, poetry, people, places, emotions (love in particular), books, movies, cartoons, food, silly things,... To mention a few works, which have made a great impression: Claus Deleuran: Rejsen til Saturn, Mary Oliver: Wild Geese, Bach's violin concertos, the entire Miles/Gil Evans production, the Povl Dissing/Benny Andersen ditto, Lars Von Trier: Dogville, De 5 benspænd, and Arvo Pärt.
Sounds Like: you would like to hear more?
Please check out my top friends Cordelia, Järv , Plamage and Løgn - or my website.
Record Label: Longlife, Cope, and some unsigned projects
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Debut Concerts

I just finished my 2-year advanced performance and composition class from the Royal Academy of Music Aarhus.This was indicated by two concerts in Copenhagen and Aarhus with the new 11-piece band Kaspe...
Posted by Kasper Bai on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:07:00 PST

Cordelia on Scandinavian Tour

Cordelia is playing a small tour in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Faroe Islands. The tour is supported financially by Nordisk Kulturfond, Dansk Jazzforbund, Dansk/Færøsk Forening, Aarhus Kommune, To...
Posted by Kasper Bai on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:11:00 PST

NEW SONGS UPLOADED!

I´ve just uploaded three new songs with my great new quartet (w. Fredrik Lundin, Johan Segerberg and Knut Finsrud). The tunes are from a quick session we did in February, recorded by Svend Hulthin.Sin...
Posted by Kasper Bai on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:49:00 PST