LULLABY

ConcertLab Debut

Join us for this exclusive live session in ConcertLab's immersive acoustics and warm musical atmosphere on March 27, 2026 at 20:00 (doors open 19:15)

Mathias Eick Quartet

Mathias Eick — trumpet | Kristjan Randalu — piano | Ole Morten Vågan — double bass | Hans Hulbækmo — drums

Across nearly two decades on ECM, Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick has built one of the label’s most wide-ranging catalogues — as a lyrical bandleader and sought-after collaborator alike. From early appearances with Jacob Young and Manu Katché to projects with Iro Haarla, Sinikka Langeland and Benjamin Lackner, his quietly unmistakable tone has become a defining presence in contemporary European jazz.

His ECM debut The Door announced a striking new voice, praised by JazzTimes for a “patient playing style suggesting maturity beyond his years.” With Skala and Midwest, Eick refined his blend of modal jazz and Nordic folk colour — “haunting and energetic,” wrote The Observer. Later albums Ravensburg and When We Leave expanded his palette further, prompting Nate Chinen (WBGO) to single out “the painterly trumpet style of Mathias Eick — whispery, murmuring, yet possessed of a clarion focus.”

A singular melodist with a gift for atmosphere and ensemble chemistry, Eick continues to shape a sound that is intimate, searching, and instantly recognisable.

“Haunting and energetic,”
— The Observer

Lullaby · Program Notes

The occasion is Eick’s beautiful new album Lullaby — an album on which the quartet can be heard in total abandon: full of tension and momentum. And with an important underlying idea: “The music on Lullaby reminds us that everyone was once a child,” says Mathias Eick. Heads of state, powerful people, bad people — they were all once sung to before going to sleep…

With his painterly trumpet tone, Mathias Eick has been a familiar presence in Norwegian jazz for more than a decade — and far beyond Norway. For his new album Lullaby, Eick chose a quartet format, partly inspired by the so-called “European Quartet” with which Keith Jarrett caused a sensation in the 1970s — and especially by the energy of those four musicians. Mathias Eick explains: “My idea was to form a quartet influenced by that energy — a different kind of energy — and their acoustic sound.”

On Lullaby, Eick’s unmistakable tone is continually challenged by the keyboard work of Kristjan Randalu. The bass chair is held by Ole Morten Vågan, with Hans Hulbækmo on drums. Together, the four created an album built on shared commitment — full of tension and drive — and with that important subtext: “The music on Lullaby reminds us that everyone was once a child,” says Eick. Heads of state, powerful people, bad people — they were all once sung to before bedtime…

General Information

📍 Location: ConcertLab Studio, Servaasbolwerk 1a, 3512 NK Utrecht
📅 Date: March 27, 2026
🕗 Time: 20:00 (doors 19:15 — session starts 20:00)
🍷 Welcome drink & bites included
⏳ Duration: Approximately 60 minutes
👤 Admission: Open to all ages
♿ Accessibility: Wheelchair-friendly

Mathias Eick on YouTube

Other ConcertLab Artists

Parking Information (24-hour parking)

€16.50 per car
Railway Museum (Spoorwegmuseum), located across the Singel from ConcertLab.

Address:
Spoorwegmuseum
Maliebaanstation 16
3581 XW Utrecht

Upon entry, you’ll receive an exit ticket. On the back, scan the QR code to pay by phone. After payment, you have 15 minutes to exit the parking area.

About ConcertLab

ConcertLab is the world’s first filming studio purpose-built for Fine Arts Music — spanning classical, jazz, folk, art song, and experimental electro-acoustic genres.

Based in a 16th-century monument in the heart of Utrecht, ConcertLab offers artists a unique space combining illuminated staging, adjustable acoustics, and the world’s only silent indoor drone camera.

Each performance is captured with a single flying camera, choreographed to move seamlessly into the heart of the music-making process. All films are produced in high-resolution RAW formats with fully immersive sound — scripted, edited, and mastered in-house.