Nabou Claerhout & Lynn Cassiers (Belgium)

Nabou Claerhout is a rising star of on the European jazz scene.

One of the most innovative and prolific trombone players in Europe, Nabou first picked up the instrument at aged just nine, and has never looked back.

She’s now at the vanguard of a burgeoning jazz scene in the Benelux countries, is bandleader of the eight-piece Nabou Claerhout Trombone Ensemble, of acclaimed young quartet N△BOU, and performs in a series of smaller ensemble projects. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London, she graduated from Codarts Rotterdam in 2018, and is currently one of the master coaches in the classical course at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp.

She has crossed paths at many intervals with her counterpart, Brussels-based singer and soundscaper Lynn Cassiers, and their work together is an engaging combination of jazz, electronics and ambient music that reaches from the ethereal to intense, and back again.

Bridging an impressive range of styles, from free jazz and moodly film soundscapes to ambient pop and rock, Nabou Claerhout and Lynn Cassiers deploy trombone, keyboards, voice and special effects to paint a rich and colourful palate of sound.