title: August Rosenbaum
text: # August Rosenbaum
  
  August Rosenbaum (born 1987 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish composer, record producer and jazz pianist.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Composer August Rosenbaum has won two Danish Music Awards, performed at the acclaimed Sónar Festival, and has been shortlisted for both the Nordic Music Prize and the National Danish Critics’ Award. His album Vista from 2017 and EP Rasa (2018) were produced by Grammy nominated producer Robin Hannibal and won the award for "Best Alternative Album" at the 2018 Danish Music Awards. In 2021 Rosenbaum exhibited the large scale installation Celeste at Copenhagen Contemporary together with artists Lea Guldditte Hestelund, Ea Verdoner and Cæcilie Trier. The score for the exhibition was released on the Copenhagen-based label Posh Isolation.
  
  Rosenbaum is also known for collaborations with artists like Quadron, Rhye and MØ, Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and visual artist Jesper Just. He has commissioned works for film, theatre and performances at a.o. Palais De Tokyo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Royal Danish Ballet.
  
  ## Discography
  
  | Artist | Track | Album | Record Label | Credit | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | CTM + August Rosenbaum | "Cello Permutation" "Masi Stone Duet" "Sarabande" "Angel" "Spider Web" "Wasa Stone Trio" "Crumar (Runway)" "Celeste Song" "Accordeon Permutation" "Sedative" "Even If" "Piano Permutation" | Celeste | Posh Isolation | Writer, Producer, Arranger, Piano, Synthesizer, Recorded by | 2021 |
  | Coco O. | "Love Won't Win" "Arms" "Worry" "Sorry" "Cruelty" | It's A Process | Sony | Writer, Producer, Arranger, Piano, Bass, Synthesizers | 2021 |
  | Niia | "Not Up For Discussion" (feat. Laura Lee) "If I Should Die" (feat. Girl Ultra) "Oh Girl" Macaroni Salad" | If I Should Die | NIIAROCCO | Writer, Piano, Organ, Keyboards | 2021 |
  | August Rosenbaum | "Selfish" (Selma harp) | Escho 15 år (compilation) | Escho | Writer, Producer, Piano | 2020 |
  | August Rosenbaum Loke Rahbek Frederik Valentin | "Solina" (August Rosenbaum rework) | Elephant Reworks | Posh Isolation | Piano, Arranger | 2020 |
  | Emi Wes | "Issues" | Departure | Universal | Piano, Arranger | 2020 |
  | Niia | "Whatever You Got" "Obsession" "Sad Boys" "La Bella Vita" "Positano" "If You Won't Marry Me Right Now" | II | NIIAROCCO | Writer, Co-prod., Piano, Keyboards, | 2020 |
  | Kindness | "Dreams Fall" "Call It Down" (Bonus track) | Something Like A War | Female Energy | Piano, Arranger | 2019 |
  | Yuna | “Tiada Akhir” | ROUGE | Verve Pop | Writer, Piano | 2019 |
  | Yuna | “Castaway” (ft. Tyler The Creator) “Blank Marquee” (ft. G-Eazy) “(Not) The Love Of My Life” “Forget About You” | ROUGE | Verve Pop | Piano, Rhodes, Arranger | 2019 |
  | Niia | "If I Cared" | If I Cared (single) | Niia | Keyboards, Synthesizer | 2019 |
  | Goss | "Don't Fade Away" | Homeland Security | AWAL | Arranger, Synthesizer | 2018 |
  | Yore | “Angel Eyes” | Angel Eyes (single) | independently popular. | Arranger, Piano | 2018 |
  | Coco O. | "1000 Times" | 1000 Times (single) | Coco O. | Arranger, Synthesizer | 2018 |
  | August Rosenbaum | "Angelo (Solo Piano)" "Belmondo (Solo Piano)" "Nomad (Solo Piano)" "Calling Out (Solo Piano)" "Skin (Solo Piano)" "Milo (Solo Piano)" | Rasa (EP) | Tambourhinoceros | Writer, Arranger, Solo Artist | 2018 |
  | August Rosenbaum | "Nomad" (Solo Piano) | Nomad - Solo Piano (single) | Tambourhinoceros | Writer, Arranger, Solo Artist | 2018 |
  | August Rosenbaum | "Credo Pt II" (ft. Coco O) "Credo Pt II - live" (ft. Coco O) | Credo Pt. II (single) | Tambourhinoceros | Writer, Arranger, Solo Artist | 2017 |
  | August Rosenbaum | "Angelo" "Belmondo" "Nomad" "Nebula" "Killer" "Calling Out" (feat. Philip Owusu) "Skin" "Tristana" "Emo" "Credo" "Melville" "Victim" | Vista | Tambourhinoceros | Writer, Arranger, Solo Artist | 2017 |
  | Niia | "Last Night In Los Feliz" "All I Need" "Mulholland" | I | Atlantic Records | Writer,Arranger,Piano,Synthesizer | 2017 |
  | Jameszoo | "Meat" | Fool | Brainfeeder | Writer, Organ | 2016 |
  | August Rosenbaum | "Celeste" "Rhizome" "Weave" | Rhizome | Hiatus | Writer,Producer,Arranger,Solo Artist,Celeste,Piano | 2016 |
  | Quadron | "Befriend""Sea Salt""It's Gonna Get You" | Avalanche | Vested In Culture / Epic | Writer,Arranger,Piano,Synthesizer,Organ | 2013 |
  | Rhye | "The Fall""Verse""Shed Some Blood" "Major Minor Love" | Woman | Polydor / Universal Republic | Piano | 2013 |
  | August Rosenbaum | "Bloomer" "Sea Urchin" "Heights" "Calm" "Kimono" "Fluid" | Heights | Hiatus | Writer, Producer, Arranger, Solo Artist, Piano, Cembalo | 2013 |
  | Jameszoo, August Rosenbaum & Stephen Bruner | "Fusion" "Jordi" | Various Assets | Red Bull Music Academy | Writer, Rhodes, Organ, Synthesizer | 2013 |
  | Sven-Åke Johansson, Lars Greve & August Rosenbaum | "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" "6" "7" | All Romantic | Hiatus | Writer, Producer, Piano | 2013 |
  | Quadron | "Baby Be Mine" | Think Like A Man OST | Epic | Synthesizer | 2012 |
  | August Rosenbaum Trio | "Delicate Matter" "Pannon" "Let Me Leave With You" "Shoyn Fargessen" "Be On The Lookout" "Her Har Vi Balladen" "D'accord" "Heinseit" | Live LP | Self released | Writer, Producer, Arranger, Piano | 2011 |
  | August Rosenbaum | "Beholder" "Absentia" "Way Out" "Still It Moves" "Romantics" "Heinseit" "Delicate Matter" "Shoyn Fargessen" | Beholder | Hiatus | Writer, Producer, Arranger, Solo Artist, Piano | 2010 |
  | Bobby | "Move" | Bobby EP | Plug Research | Piano | 2010 |
  | Quadron | "Pressure" | Quadron | Plug Research | Piano, Organ | 2009 |
  
  ## Soundtrack
  
  ### Music for film, performance, exhibitions
  
  * Celeste by August Rosenbaum, Lea Guldditte Hestelund, Ea Verdoner, Cæcilie Trier, 2021, Copenhagen Contemporary.
  * Seminarium by Jesper Just, 2021, Gl. Holtegaard / Galerie Perrotin Tokyo
  * The City Cecilie Bahnsen campaign film (2021, Paris Fashion Week)
  * The Summit Cecilie Bahnsen campaign film (2020, Paris Fashion Week)
  * En Helt Almindelig Familie feature film by Malou Reymann (2020, Nordisk Film)
  * Corporealities by Jesper Just, 2020, Galerie Perrotin, New York.
  * Servitudes by Jesper Just, 2019, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Maat, Lisbon. Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen
  * Nomad (video) by Jasper Spanning (2018, Prxjects, New Land)
  * Circuits by Jesper Just (2018, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen. 2020, SMK - the Danish National Gallery, Copenhagen)
  * Interpassitivities by Jesper Just (2018, BAM, New York, The Royal Danish Ballet)
  * Credo Part II ft. Coco O (video) by Jasper Spanning (2017, Prxjects, New Land)
  * Nebula (video) by Andreas Emenius (2017, Prxjects, SPRING Nordisk Film)
  * Simon - a portrait of Simon Rosenbaum by Bente Milton (2017, DR)
  * King Lear by Peter Langdal (2016, The Royal Danish Theatre)
  * In Your Arms feature film by Samanou A. Sahlstrøm (2015, Meta Film)
  * Interruption by Malou Reymann (2015, Nordisk Film)
  * Eliten by Thomas Daneskov (2015, Nordisk Film)
  * Black Rider by Robert Wilson, dir. Katrine Wiedemann (2015, Betty Nansen)
  * Laughter in The Dark by Kirsten Delholm (2015, Hotel Pro Forma)
  * What Difference Does It Make by Ralf Schmerberg (2014, Red Bull Music Academy)
  * Katalog 1 by Jasper Spanning (2014, JS)
  * 16.5 Time by Malou Reymann (2013, Danish Film Institute)
  * Talk Before It's Too Late by Daniel Kragh Jakobsen (2012, Bubbles)
  * Dem Man Elsker by Malou Reymann (2012, Danish Film Institute)
  * Les Amours Perdues by Samanou A. Sahlstrøm (2011, Den Danske Filmskole)
  * Backwater by Thomas Daneskov (2011, Killit Film)
  * Sirens of Chrome by Jesper Just (2010, Jesper Just)
  
  ## Awards and nominations
  
  Danish Music Awards
  
  * 2018 - Alternative album of the year (Jazz, Alternative) - Vista (Won)
  
  Danish Theatre Critics Award
  
  * 2017 - Best Performance (Nominated for Interpassivities)
  
  Göteborg Film Festival - Dragon Award
  
  * 2015 - Best Nordic Film (Winner - In Your Arms)
  
  Danish Music Awards
  
  * 2014 - Best Jazz Composer (Nominated)
  * 2010 - Best New Jazz Artist (Won)
  
  Danish Critics Choice Award
  
  * 2014 - Musician of the year (Nominated)
  
  Nordic Music Prize
  
  * 2014 - Best Album (Shortlisted)
  * 2010 - Best Album (Shortlisted)
  
  Danish Publishers Award
  
  * 2014 - Best Jazz Composer (Nominated)
  
  Danish Arts Council
  
  * 2011-2013 - Den Unge Elite (Won)
  
  Léonie Sonning Music Prize
  
  * 2011 - Young Talent Award (Won)
  