Singer and pianist Karsu (Amsterdam, 1990) has performed in more than twenty countries in her young career, has performed three times at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York and has performed twice at the North Sea Jazz Festival.
Her debut album âConfessionâ was released in 2012, which received favourable reviews such as four (of the five) stars from NRC and Nu.nl, De Telegraaf wrote âamazing albumâ and Trouw âConfession is a new starâ. In September 2015 her second studio album âColorsâ was released, which was again good received (De Telegraaf âWe will enjoy her for a long timeâ and music magazine OOR âa very colourful sequel in a long and surprising careerâ) and for which she received the Edison Jazzism Audience Award in June 2016.
In 2017 she played in the theatres âPlay My Stringsâ, in which she gave a deeper substantive interpretation of her theatre concert for the first time. Het Parool gave Karsu four (out of five) stars: âHer voice is a powerful weapon that sounds crystal clear and very accessible in English, while he moves and mystifies in Turkish.â And âBridge builder is too weak of a word, Karsu doesnât even see the water. â