Sinne Eeg (born 1 September 1977 in

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vocalist and composer. Eeg has received a number of recognitions and positive

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s both nationally and internationally, and is considered among the best female jazz vocalists currently in

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. She has composed many of her own songs, and although she usually sings in English, she has also performed and recorded songs in Danish. Eeg has won the

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prize in the category Best Danish Vocal Jazz Album of the Year four times: in 2007, 2010, 2014 and 2015, for her albums ''Waiting for Dawn'', ''Don't Be So Blue'', ''Face the Music'', and ''Eeg - Fonnesbæk''. She also received the

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in 2014. The Webster Foundation describes her as "a true jazz singer, who both shows sensitivity, improvisational skills, maturity, broad range and timing in her singing."

Background

Eeg was admitted at the Academy of Music in

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in 1997; she graduated in 2003. As part of her musical studies she has studied with American singer

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in New York City. Eeg has toured Europe, Japan, China and the United States. On 26 January 2012 she sang in

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accompanied by the

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at the celebration for the beginning of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In

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she regularly performs at the jazz venue of La Fontaine in

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Discography

Albums

Collaborations

Compilations

Awards

Amongst Eegs most notable awards are: * 2007: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year,

* 2010: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards * 2014: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards * 2014:

* 2014: Prix du Jazz Vocal,

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, ''Face the Music'' * 2015: Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, Danish Music Awards * 2016: The Queen Ingrid Honorary Grant

References

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