DANISH BASSIST, COMPOSER & EDUCATOR

Bassist, komponist, jazzentusiast, producer og underviser på Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium
Torben Westergaard er en af Danmarks mest respekterede musikere, selvom hans rolle oftest er som sekundant til andre. Siden han lærte sig at spille basguitar og kontrabas i 80’erne, har han turneret i over 20 lande og spillet med et utal af danske og udenlandske kunstnere.
Westergaard er igangsætter og projektleder, og med sit vindende væsen og gode fornemmelse for at nuancere andres lyd og udtryk kan han krediteres for, at kunstnere som bl.a. Søren Kragh-Jacobsen og Lotte Andersen har genfundet eller fundet deres lyd og publikum.
Også internationalt er der stor efterspørgsel efter Torben Westergaard. Med næsten 7 år i New York og flere længere ophold i Sydamerika har han udover at skabe sig et enormt netværk også raffineret bassens rolle som bindeled mellem det rytmiske og det melodiske indenfor mange genrer. Westergaards rolle som solidt socialt og musikalsk anker på meningsfulde produkter er for længst cementeret.
Udover at have produceret sine egne seks anmelderroste jazzalbums er Torben Westergaard en flittig komponist, f.eks. har han komponeret kendingsmelodien til Søs Egelind og Kirsten Lehfeldts Kongeriget og musikken til adskillige dokumentarfilm, tv-programmer, reklamer og ensembler, bl.a. DR’s Big Band.
På Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium er Torben Westergaard som underviser optaget af at udvikle elevernes menneskelige potentiale både som individuelle musikere og i grupper.

Bassist, composer, jazz enthusiast, producer and teacher at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen

Torben Westergaard is one of Denmark's most respected musicians, though his role is mostly as a facilitator to others. Since he learned to play bass-guitar and acoustic bass in the 80s, he has toured in over 20 countries and played with a myriad of Danish and foreign artists.

Westergaard is an initiator and project-maker, and with his pleasant manners and good sense of how to nuance others’ sound and expression, he can be credited for how Danish artists such as Søren Kragh-Jacobsen and Lotte Andersen have recovered or found their sound and audience.

There is also great demand for Torben Westergaard internationally. With nearly 7 years spent in New York and several longer stays in South America, he has, in addition to creating a huge network, also refined the role of the bass as a link between the rhythmic and melodic in many genres. Westergaard's role as a solid, social and musical anchor of meaningful products is long since cemented.

Besides having produced six of his own acclaimed jazz albums, Torben Westergaard is a prolific composer; some examples of this are that he has composed the theme-song for Søs Egelind and Kirsten Lehfeldts 'Kongeriget' and the music for several documentaries, television programs, commercials and ensembles including the Danish Radio Big Band.

At the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen, Torben Westergaard is, as an educator, busy developing the student’s human potential both as individual musicians and groups.