CHANTAL ACDA X RACHEL THERRIEN

DUTCH/BELGIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER CHANTAL ACDA STARTED MAKING MUSIC IN 2006 UNDER THE SLEEPINGDOG MONIKER. SINCE THE SUCCESS OF ‘LET YOUR HANDS BE MY GUIDE’ (2013), THE FIRST ALBUM RELEASED UNDER HER OWN NAME, SHE HAS COLLABORATED WITH MANY INSPIRING ARTISTS LIKE NILS FRAHM, DAMIEN RICE, BORGAR MAGNASON AND BILL FRISELL AND PLAYED WITH BANDS LIKE ISBELLS AND MARBLE SOUNDS. HER MOST RECENT ALBUMS INCLUDE THE JAZZ-INSPIRED RECORD ‘SILENTLY HELD’ (2024) AND THE ALTERNATIVE ROCK ALBUM ‘THE WHALE’ (2025). HER SENSITIVE VOCALS AND DEEPLY PERSONAL LYRICS HAVE CAPTIVATED AUDIENCES ALL OVER EUROPE. THREE-TIME GRAMMY-NOMINATED TRUMPETER, COMPOSER, PRODUCER, AND BANDLEADER RACHEL THERRIEN IS CELEBRATED FOR HER EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL SOUND, FEARLESS IMPROVISATION, AND GENRE-EXPANDING ARTISTIC VISION. BASED BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY, MONTREAL, AND HAVANA, SHE MERGES CONTEMPORARY JAZZ WITH AFRO-DIASPORIC TRADITIONS, WEAVING AFRO-CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN RHYTHMIC FORMS INTO A BOLD MODERN VOICE. WINNER OF THE FOLK MUSIC AWARD CANADA (2026) FOR INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR, TD GRAND PRIZE JAZZ AWARD (2015) AND THE STINGRAY RISING STAR AWARD (2016), THERRIEN IS ALSO A MULTIPLE JUNO AND ADISQ NOMINEE. SHE LEADS THE ACCLAIMED LATIN JAZZ PROJECT (MI HOGAR II) AND THE DUO DIALOGUE WITH PIANIST ALBERT MARQUÉS (CHRONOGRAPH RECORDS), AND HAS PERFORMED WORLDWIDE AT STAR VENUES LIKE BLUE NOTE NYC, SFJAZZ, AND THE LINCOLN CENTER SUMMER FOR THE CITY. DURING THEIR RESIDENCY AT SOUNDS, CHANTAL AND RACHEL WILL EXPLORE HOW THEIR DISTINCT MUSICAL VOICES CAN BLEND TOGETHER INTO SOMETHING NEW.