Nadje Noordhuis to Kunstuniversität Graz
Nadje Noordhuis has been appointed Professor of Jazz Trumpet at Kunstuniversität Graz in Graz, Austria.
With a trumpet sound possessing a "beyond-category beauty” (Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz), Australian-born trumpeter/composer Nadje Noordhuis’ deeply-felt, clarion tone and evocative compositional gift meld classical rigor, jazz expression, and world music accents into a sound that is distinctively her own.
Based in New York for over twenty years, Noordhuis is a member of the renowned Maria Schneider Orchestra, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, the Anat Cohen Tentet, and leads her own ensembles. She has played on two GRAMMY-winning recordings, and eight GRAMMY-nominated albums across a variety of musical genres. She was a semi-finalist in the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition and the 2010 National Jazz Awards in Australia.
Noordhuis has four albums of original compositions on her Little Mystery Records label, and two vinyl releases on Newvelle Records. Her 2015 contemplative album with pianist Luke Howard, Ten Sails, currently has over 17 million digital streams. Three tracks from this record as well as one from her duo release with vibraphonist James Shipp, Indigo, were featured in Oscar-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film which competed for the Palme d’Or main prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. She has been commissioned to write for brass bands, trumpet ensembles (especially featuring electronics), big bands, and jazz artists internationally. Noordhuis is currently undertaking postgraduate research into the pedagogical influence and lineage of esteemed brass teacher Laurie Frink and her mentor Carmine Caruso. (Source: Nadje Noordhuis)
Photo by Matt Baker
Learn more about Nadje Noordhuis:
Website: www.nadjenoordhuis.com
Instagram: @nadjenoordhuis