Biography

Brooklyn based Flute Player, Composer and Educator Elsa Nilsson was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. She can often be found playing at The 55 Bar, Bar Bayeux and other New York Jazz venues, as well as touring the US and Europe. Current projects include “Atlas Of Sound – Coast Redwoods” (released April 22nd, 2022, on Ears and Eyes Records) with Jon Cowherd and Chris Morrissey, “Esthesis Quartet” (released May 27th, 2022, on Orenda Records) with Dawn Clement, Emma Dayhuff and Tina Raymond, a quartet with Sebastian Noelle, Matt Aronoff and Mark Ferber as well as a project exploring the musicality of speech with Santiago Leibson, Marty Kenney and Rodrigo Recabarren. Nilsson is adjunct faculty at The New School College for Performing Arts where she teaches Rhythmic Analysis and private lessons. She holds a BM from Cornish College of the Arts and an MM from New York University, both in Jazz performance. She is the winner of the 2018 National Flute Associations Jazz Flute competition and her albums have received rave reviews in Downbeat, Jazziz, All About Jazz and more.