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Rahel Talts is a young Estonian jazz pianist and composer, who in recent years has been musically very active in Denmark, Lithuania and Estonia as well as many other countries around Europe.

Talts was born and raised in a little seaside resort town in Estonia called Pärnu. She was born into a jazz musicians’ family and started playing classical piano when she was 6 years old. Rahel graduated music school with classical piano at the age of 14 and started taking percussion lessons alongside that as well. Soon she moved on to jazz piano and composing.

In 2018, Talts finished Georg Ots Tallinn Music College with pop-jazz piano and then moved to Denmark to continue studies in jazz piano and composition. In 2023, after 5 years of living and studying in Denmark, she obtained a masters degree in jazz piano and composition from Danish National Academy of Music.

Rahel’s music is melodic, emotional and energetic. In her music, she is very honest and her creations are authentic, genuine and straight from the heart. Other than beautiful melodies and soul touching harmonies, Rahel is also very fascinated by traditional jazz and bebop and has a huge soft spot for it in her heart. Overall, she likes to mix lots of different styles and elements in her music and deliver something that is completely hers.

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There is, quite simply, a Rahel Talts aesthetic: a distinct musical texture and emotional palette that sets her apart within the contemporary European jazz landscape.
Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move
Already established as a writer of melodic clarity and emotional honesty, following effortlessly on from last year’s excellent “New and Familiar”, Talts sounds utterly assured here, delivering a strong and well-rounded statement with this superb album [Back and Forth].
Mike Gates, UKvibe

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RAHEL TALTS QUARTET FEATURING ANT LAW! at Jazz Cafe Posk

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