TANIA NARANJO - OJOSAURO
The first Nova concert of 2026 is part of Copenhagen Vinterjazz on Friday, 30 January 2026 | Xenon, Huset i Magstræde (Copenhagen)
The year began the Nova way: with a concert that felt like stepping into an artwork, curated for deep listening and shared intensity.
On Friday, 30 January 2026, Nova Concerts Series began its season with a live performance by Swedish–Chilean pianist, singer, and composer Tania Naranjo. This was a concert for inquisitive musical and artistic minds—for listeners who appreciated music that refused to be confined to a single genre.
OJOSAURO began as a creative spark within Frida Kahlo’s Illustrated Diary, where she sketched a fantastical creature called Ojosauro. Nova then brought this creature to the stage as a metaphor for what art did best: transforming inner realities into sound, and private intensity into a shared experience.
Tania Naranjo’s music combined classical elegance with Latin American soul, flowing effortlessly between jazz, tango, bossa nova, and modern sounds.
On stage, Naranjo’s voice, piano, and keyboards led with intimacy and edge, surrounded by Jens Andersson’s layered keyboards and carried forward by the rhythmic force of Bader Debs (darbuka and drums), Johnny Åman (electric bass), and Liliana Zavala (Latin percussion). Together they shaped a concert rich in pulse, colour, and cinematic texture—more like entering a moving canvas than attending a conventional concert.
Welcome to Nova Concerts 2026!
Date
Jan 30th, 2026
Venue
Xenon, Huset i Magstræde
Tania Naranjo
On January 30th, at Nova Concerts, we experienced one of the most special concerts we have ever presented. We introduced Tania Naranjo and her new album Ojosauro, dedicated to the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The concert was conceived as a concept show, but what we experienced was a cascade of colours, melodies, and one of the highest expressions of Latin American art.
The concert
The concert was simply beautiful — feminine and rich — and for the audience it felt like a revelation: a kind of music many had never heard before, presented in the most colorful way. Tania’s performance was incredible, and the musicians were deeply talented and fully dedicated to her concept and her music. I hadn’t expected this concert to so deeply shift my perception of how Latin American music can embody so many aspects of its identity and heritage.
The musicians were as diverse as anyone could imagine — Sweden, Syria, Argentina, Finland, and Chile were all present on stage — and that diversity created a unison of cultures, emotions, and creativity.
This concert was an embodiment of what Nova Concerts stands for: unity, color, art, music, and popular culture in its deepest sense. We are grateful for this performance and for everyone who came. We look forward to our next musical experience — hope you’ll all be part of it.
