Soren Moller, a 33-year-old pianist and composer, was born in a small Danish town. At the age of eight, he began to play piano. He learned both jazz and classical piano from the local public school teachers. Soren Moller, who was 16 years old, was earning a living as both a pianist teacher and an accompanist. He had also begun lessons in jazz piano with some of the most famous Danish pianists. He was 19 when he was accepted to the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen, Denmark. Soren Moller continued his music studies at the Manhattan School of Music after he graduated. As a Fulbright Scholarship winner, he also studied with Kenny Barron, Garry Dial, and Fred Hersch.
Soren Moller, who moved to New York in 2002, quickly established a reputation for being a great pianist. He was a leader and was invited to lead an ensemble of distinguished musicians from Manhattan School of Music, to perform at Carnegie Hall as part of Carnegie Hall Workshop for Jazz Ensembles. Soren Moller, along with Chris Washburne, trombone player, and Ole Mathisen saxophonist, has created the NYNDK Jazz Collective. The ensemble is made up of musicians who are well-known in the New York and Scandinavian jazz scenes. The NYNDK Jazz Collective has performed at Jazz At Lincoln Center and toured extensively through Scandinavia. New York Times Nate Chinen recognized the NYNDK Jazz Collective to be a “cosmopolitan postbop collective”.
Soren Moller is a composer and has composed music for several ensembles, including the Soren Moller Trio, the Soren Moller & Dick Oatts duo, as well as the recently released CD A Tribute To Trane featuring Antonio Sanchez. Soren Moller, a composer for big bands, premiered Three Speeches in 2007 at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival. He has continued to work as a soloist and a big band composer ever since. Soren Moller has performed with and/or recorded with many of today’s most well-known musicians including: Antonio Sanchez, Dick Oatts and Mark Turner, Cameron Brown and Ari Honig. Soren Moller has toured the United States, England, Germany and Norway as well as South Africa, South Africa, South Africa, Italy, Holland and Zimbabwe.