THORBJØRN STEFANSSON IS A DOUBLE-BASS PLAYER AND COMPOSER CURRENTLY RESIDING IN BERLIN. BORN IN DENMARK IN 1997, THORBJØRN BEGAN HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY AT THE AGE OF 11. BY THE AGE OF 15, HE WAS ALREADY PERFORMING CONCERTS AROUND TOWN AND AFTER TAKING UP THE DOUBLE-BASS HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE JAZZ PROGRAM AT SKURUPS FOLKHÖGSKOLA IN SWEDEN, WHERE HE STUDIED AND LIVED FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE RELOCATING TO BERLIN TO PURSUE HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE AT THE JAZZ-INSTITUT BERLIN.

IN BERLIN, HE QUICKLY BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LOCAL JAZZ SCENE, COLLABORATING WITH NUMEROUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS SUCH AS LOREN STILLMAN, GEORGE GARZONE, KIT DOWNES, JIM BLACK, RONNY GRAUPE, WANJA SLAVIN, AND JONAS BURGWINKEL. IN 2021, HE WAS HONORED WITH THE JIB JAZZ PRIZE FOR "OUTSTANDING SOLOIST.” CURRENTLY, HE IS WORKING AND RECORDING BOTH AS A SIDE-MAN AND LEADER IN NUMEROUS PROJECTS SUCH AS DREAM BIG FISH, NISSEN MOSH, KAISER POMMES, TOM/NISSEN/TB, AND SUN ARK.