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Johanna Rose
12+ albums
ClassicaljazzrootsneworleansGutterjazz neworleans
about
There are at least two artists with the name Johanna Rose. 1)Johanna Rose is a New Orleans-based singer, songwriter, upright bassist, and street performer making music that lives somewhere between jazz and the gutter. Her sound—smoky, sultry, sometimes chaotic—walks the line between beauty and grit. With vocals that can cut or soothe, and bass lines that feel like heartbeat and tension at once, Rose builds songs that don’t ask permission. It’s jazz with a crooked grin—rooted in tradition, but not staying there. 2) Johanna Rose the viola da gambaplayer, who is widely regarded as one of the most promising viola da gamba players of her generation (El Español). Praised as “an incredibly versatile musician” (Ö1), critics write that her playing “can be wonderfully addictive” (Fonoforum) and that "she works magic with sound and warmth” (Muziekpodium). Having performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages—including the Konzerthaus Vienna, Laeiszhalle and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Teatros del Canal and Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Gran Teatro de Bogotá, the Quirinale in Rome, Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, Zaryadye Hall in Moscow, and the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul—Rose has drawn sustained international attention for her virtuosity and sensitivity. “Her interpretation is characterized by great technique, but above all by a degree of musicality in no way inferior to the great masters of older generations,” writes Klassik Radio Vienna. Rooted near Bremen and shaped by st
