The formidable Spanish singer and jazz musician, whose performance at DR Koncerthuset last year received the maximum 6 stars in GAFFA, is following up on the success with a concert at Store VEGA on November 8th together with pianist and guitarist, Lucía Fumero.

"So! Perfectly organized, virtuoso and intimate concert in the middle of a large concert hall."

The praise from GAFFA's reviewer was overwhelming and the rating was a maximum of 6 stars, as Spanish Rita Payés in November 2025 gave a memorable performance in the beautiful concert hall of DR Koncerthuset. On that occasion, she superbly demonstrated how tradition and the present intertwine in her songwriting.

The Spanish singer, songwriter and trombonist fuses jazz, bolero, bossa nova and pop in her romantic and melancholic songs that pay homage to the past, not least her Catalan origins, while also charting new paths for modern jazz.

Payés grew up in a home where both parents were performing musicians, and she herself developed a taste for singing and playing at an early age. As a teenager, she became part of the prestigious Sant Andreu Jazz Band, which has fostered some of Spain's greatest new jazz musicians. At the same time, she trained as a trombonist.

At the age of 20, Rita Payés released her first album under her own name in 2019, Imagine; a collection of captivating Spanish-language anthems with subtle flamenco touches, written and recorded in the company of her mother, Elisabeth Roma, a classical guitarist. The mother/daughter collaboration continued on the excellent Like the skin (2021), which also gained attention outside the borders of its home country.

American NPR named it the best “Latin Album” of the year. And following her latest album, “De camino al camino”, which was released in 2024, English The Line of Best Fit proclaimed Rita Payés as “one of Europe’s most captivating voices”.

In 2025, Rita Payés visited both Brorson Church in Copenhagen as part of Vinterjazz and for the aforementioned concert at DR Koncerthuset. A year later, she followed up on her success with another Danish visit when she took over Store VEGA on November 8, this time with fellow countrywoman Lucía Fumero as pianist and guitarist by her side.