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Britta Virves

Born: April 24, 1991

Britta Virves is a pianist and composer born in Saaremaa, Estonia. Her piano compositions are narratively clear and harmonically modern meditations on the wonder of nature, ecological webs of interconnectedness, and the people and places she calls home.

Britta was born  April 24, 1991, and grew up in Saaremaa, the largest island in Estonia. She began playing classical piano when she was seven years old and was introduced to jazz and improvisation when she was fifteen. She continued her musical journey at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, and took a year off to study and live in Odense, Denmark. After that she moved to Sweden to study in Skurups Folkhögskola, a folk high school that attracts musicians from all over Europe. It would be a pivotal moment of growth in her education, where she would meet her future bandmates Jonas Bäckman and Jon Henriksson, who play drums and bass respectively in  Britta Virves Trio. 

Marek Śmietański's Favorite Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Marek J. Śmietański
January 13, 2026

Here's a list of albums released in 2025 that left more than just a mark on my memory. For many years now, I've stopped ranking albums as “the best." Such lists usually end up being either personal favorites or, in the case of vote-based rankings, simply the most popular ones--which aren't necessarily the best. I also ...

Simple Things

By Britta Virves

Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Intro; Simple Things (featuring Genevieve Artadi); Forever; Road to Braemar; Before & After; Mirrors; Days of Lily; Stepping Stones; Hope; Bravery; Chances; Stepping Out.

Aaron Parks, Artur Dutkiewicz Trio, Julius Gawlik & More

by Marek J. Śmietański
December 23, 2025

The final regular episode of the show this year (the 120th) is dedicated to November's new releases. Fewer albums dropped than usual, but that doesn't mean they were any less fascinating. Quite the opposite, in fact: I've unearthed a handful of true gems once again, including three promising debut albums that feel like discovering hidden treasure ...

Johan Lindstrom & Norrbotten Big Band

By Johan Lindstrom

Label: Moserobie
Released: 2023
Track listing: Parade; Interlude; Blues for Somliga; End of the Dark Hours; Ostanvik; Ritmo Bolsillo; Pasacaglia; Arctic Mambo; Nobi.