Torben Westergaard

Born: October 9, 1960

MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, MUSIC TEACHER EDUCATOR

Music connects us with our feelings and brings us closer as human beings. I find it the most meaningful activity I can engage in and have pursued it for over 40 years. As a musician and composer, I am interested in exploring music broadly, creatively, and mindfully, using the moment as my starting point. I have released 20 albums of my compositions, two of which were DMA-jazz-nominated in 2013 and 2014. Music has taken me to more than 20 countries, and I have composed for various ensembles, TV series, documentaries, and commercials. Between 2011 and 2014, I had the privilege of serving as the musical director for the legendary Danish singer-songwriter and film director Søren Kragh-Jacobsen.

Hjerteuglen (The Heart Owl)

By Torben Westergaard

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Otte Sm? Fidumseditter (Eight Little Whatchamacallits); Hjerteuglen (The Heart Owl); Flyvefisken og Grisen (The Flying Fish and the Pig); ?nskesedlen (The Wish List).

Three Short Trips with Torben Westergaard

by Geno Thackara
April 30, 2025

Insert cliche here about how good things can come in small packages. While the world continues insistently churning with digital chatter and ADHD, Torben Westergaard has been leaning toward the simple and concise with a string of snack-sized (yet wildly eclectic) EPs. If you know the bassist's history or personality, though, you can guess that this ...

Calmful Transitions

By Torben Westergaard

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Quiet Music; Calm Music; Quiet Music (radio edit); Calm Music (radio edit).

Dialogues

By Torben Westergaard

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Higher Minds; Minor Me; Den F?rste Gang Jeg S? Dig; Ab Ovo; Sempre.

The Gori Project II

By Torben Westergaard

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: And This Is So; You Then Who; Bruised Blue; Democrazy; Meskel; Flute Me Up; Now Then When; Another Day Within; Det Var En L?rdag Aften; Daily News.

Torben Westergaard: The Gori Project II

by Geno Thackara
September 7, 2023

Sometimes an experience is too special and rewarding to simply leave as a one-off. If it requires traveling 8,300 kilometers across the hemisphere, then maybe you cannot continue making it a habit as regular as popping off to the pub on weekends, but the right repeat can still be worth the effort, even if it takes ...

Torben Westergaard: Jazz Brazil

by Geno Thackara
April 6, 2023

For Torben Westergaard, sooner or later all roads lead back to Brazil. The special flavor of South American jazz shaped his life from an early age, and has stayed a recurring staple in his music from his debut Brazilian Heart (Self Produced, 1996) through the Tangofied (Gateway) series of 2013-17. If it's taken him a while ...

Jazz Brazil

By Torben Westergaard

Label: TWMUSIC
Released: 2022
Track listing: Summer Song; Golden; Christmas Black; Frevo; Seven; Bli' Min; Samba Optimista; Tomorrow Knows; Sambartido.

Then/Now

By Torben Westergaard

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Delta; Uro i September; Alpha; Prelude; Jacob; Gamma; Hvals?; Beta.