FILIPPA WESTERBERG
Cello and voice
New Nordic a capella folk
The four women in the vocal quartet Høst (DK/SE) have come together through a shared desire to create a vocal playground. Their vision is to explore and challenge the traditions of both Nordic folk music and modern polyphonic singing, solely using four voices. Drawing inspiration from instrumental folk music from the Nordic region, Bulgarian women's choirs, and the harmonic universe of jazz, the group creates a new sound of Nordic a cappella. The repertoire includes a spring symphony of bird chirps, powerful and raw dissonances, and rhythmic poetry.
In 2023, they released the album "Fuglesang" - a tribute to the inherent power of nature and the voice. The debut album received warm reviews, and the quartet received five nominations at the Danish Music Awards - Roots that same year, winning the Composer of the Year award. Additionally, the vocal group has won two awards at the international vocal group competition at the Aarhus Vocal Festival in 2022, as well as the second prize at the Tampere Vocal Festival in Finland in 2023.
Høst offers a vocal counterpoint to the Danish folk music scene, but the quartet's members Lene Høst, Liv Vester, Maja Freese, and Filippa Westerberg are already well-versed in both vocal and instrumental folk music and are known from groups such as Vingefang, Vesselil, Huldrelokkk, Barani, Mynsterland and Kaisin, among others.
"Venskabsprojektet"
A new interdisciplinary constellation exploring female friendship
In the autumn of 2023 the four artists Filippa Westerberg, Ida Wahl, Anna Ting Nissen Bech and Signild Elisabeth started to collaborate. Combining composing, cello, singing, movement, dance and circus they created a performance to the piece "Två kvinnor i världen/To kvinner i verden" and are in the process to develop a bigger performace exploring the concept of friendship, especially female friendship.
Duo
Westerberg/Grezel
Nordic cello and voice
At the intersection of jazz, pop, folk and neoclassical music, Filippa Westerberg and Rosanna Grezel play original music with the cello in focus. They use their voices and instruments in an innovative way, creating a heartfelt and melodic space. Using improvisation and original compositions, together and solo, the audience is invited to something very special.
Solo Project
With her performance KAPITEL (Chapters) Filippa Westerberg presents her recent work
This is a performance of four chapters of her life and musical creation. Starting with a capella music she has invited her five siblings to join her on stage, then moving on to a tale of creativity through the story of Icarus together with a cello ensemble. The third chapter is a solo piece inspired by a poem by Edith Södergran and a photograph by Kim-Yen Nguyen and the last chapter is a co-composed piece (together with Ida Wahl) called "Two women in the world" performed with dance and circus.
