Efg London Jazz Festival Presents : Midori Jaeger

Midori Jaeger is a London-based cellist and songwriter originally from Japan.

Her music has been championed by The New York Times, BBC Radio 3, BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing, KEXP and Line of Best Fit.This year she released (Un/Re)planted, a powerful double concept EP of songs written at the cello, depicting uprootedness and mixed cultural identity.

The cello itself is an instrument that was once a living tree plucked from the earth.

In parallel, the songs express Midori's own journey as a child growing up in multiple continents, uprooted and forced to build roots on different soils.Midori is also a globally in-demand collaborator, including recently with Imogen Heap, Courtney Pine, Patrick Watson, Jessie Ware, Daughter and Christian Löffler."Midori Jaeger has created something singular here: A world unto itself, percussive and human, feverish and tender." - Atwood Magazine“Amazing, a really original sound” - Jazz FM (Tony Minvieille)