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“Thomas Agergaard operates in a field where composition and improvisation do not merely coexist—they actively reshape one another.”
— Jazznyt
“An uncompromising architect of sound, unafraid to let silence, noise, and beauty stand side by side.”
— Politiken
“Agergaard represents a generation of musicians who think globally and historically at once—and who dare to follow that vision through.”
— Information
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Thomas Agergaard – A Progressive Voice at the Intersection of Composition and Improvisation
Composer and saxophonist Thomas Agergaard has emerged as one of the most exploratory and forward-thinking voices on the Danish and European music scene. With roots in improvisational music and a deep engagement with contemporary composition, he moves fluidly between notated works, collective improvisation, and sound-based artistic practices.
Agergaard’s music is defined by a rigorous investigation of sound, form, and structure. His work unfolds in layers—where the precision of the score meets the immediacy of intuition, and where tradition is continuously reexamined through a contemporary lens. The result is music that challenges and invites in equal measure: uncompromising in its artistic vision, yet deeply attentive to presence and listening.
As a composer, Agergaard thinks in extended forms and conceptual frameworks. His projects often engage existential and societal themes, treating music as a space rather than a product—a sonic environment in which time stretches, dissolves, and reconfigures. Listeners are not simply audiences but participants in an immersive sonic experience.
As a performer, he is recognized for an intense and searching tone. His saxophone playing shifts between raw physicality and fragile transparency, between explosive gestures and microscopic detail. Silence, texture, and resonance are as central to his language as melody and rhythm.
Thomas Agergaard has collaborated with leading Danish and international artists and has toured extensively across Europe. His work occupies a territory where genres are not erased, but transformed—where improvisation, contemporary classical music, and experimental practices intersect in a distinctly personal voice.
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Lars Jansson & Thomas Agergaard,
GARDEN OF SOUNDS
Lars Jansson (piano and organ) and Thomas Agergaard (saxophones, alto flute) are both prominent on the Scandinavian jazz scene. Here, they display remarkable musical compatibility throughout a richly textured instrumental collection that includes compositions by each of them as well as several co-writes and a moody reading of George Gershwin’s “I Loves You Porgy.” If you’re looking for a consistently beautiful performance that’s as soothing as anything by the late George Winston, you’ve come to the right place.
Jul 28, 2023
Leary of there being no rhythm section, approaching the artistry of Scandinavian duo Lars Jansson and Thomas Agergaard on Garden of Sounds (Arts) seemed uninviting. No bass or drums? Yet within the first few minutes of the opening title track, the quiet contentment, the comfort of beauty and the serenity of their melancholy poured forth to the point of, as had happened in the past with other rather magical albums, this listener stopping all activity to stare in awe at the music cascading out of the speakers. Lars on piano and organ with Thomas on sax and flute meld into the mystic combining trad, Euro and free elements into a seamless whole. This is gorgeous stuff and there’s certainly enough going on from gentle swing to avant-garde-lite to tweaked melodies (no one’s done Gershwin’s “I Loves You Porgy”quite like this). This pair does not need a rhythm section.
Haven er et fænomen med paradokser. Vi vil gerne have naturen tæt på, men kun i begrænset og kontrolleret omfang. Vi vil gerne kunne gå ud i vores have og falde i kontemplation, men samtidig kalder den på en arbejdsindsats for at kunne forblive rum for afslapning. En helt anden slags have - fri af paradokser - findes på GARDEN OF SOUNDS. De to musikere tegner sig nogenlunde ligeligt for kompositionerne, men den smukke I Loves You Porgy er skrevet af Gershwin.
Der refereres til John Cage, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Charlie Haden og Keith Jarrett på en måde en tilbageskuende inspiration, men i mødet mellem de to improviserende mestre opstår et tidløst univers, hvor melodiernes titler inviterer til hverdags-dvælen, fuglene og de legende børns skønhed.
Benedicta Pécseli
Arts. TA (fl/ts/sp), LJ (key). Denmark 2022.
MOONSTONE JOURNEY
Music by John Tchicai, played by Ok Nok ... Kongo
Thomas first and foremost plays an outstanding tenor sax, but in addition keeps making the headlines as a composer and arranger involved in numerous, innovative projects.
–Czas–
Tchicai’s soprano sax along with the extremely talented multi-woodwind man, Thomas Agergaard chair the lead solo duties as “A Chaos With Some Kind of Order” steadily evolves .
Glenn Astarita
Downbeat
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