About

Caroll Vanwelden is a Belgian singer, pianist and composer who creates a distinctive musical world where jazz, classical influences and storytelling converge. Her work blends elegance, groove and emotional depth, drawing inspiration from literature, cinema and the rhythm of life itself.

After completing an engineering degree at the Free University of Brussels, she chose to fully dedicate herself to music and studied jazz and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, graduating magna cum laude in 1998. With roots in both classical and jazz traditions, she developed a unique artistic voice — lyrical, cinematic and deeply personal.

Over the years, Vanwelden has released several acclaimed albums Colours, Cheek to Cheek (SMV Records), Don’t Explain (SMV Records) and the trilogy Sings Shakespeare Sonnets I–III (Jazz&Arts Records). Her album Portraits of Brazil (Enja Records) captures the warmth and rhythm of Brazilian music, while her recent project Shakespeare Revisited reimagines the Bard’s timeless sonnets through a contemporary soundscape of electro-pop, jazz and poetic improvisation.

Known for her elegant stage presence and expressive voice, she performs internationally in a variety of settings, from intimate trio performances to major festival stages. Her artistry moves effortlessly across languages and genres, always seeking that delicate point where word becomes sound and emotion becomes music.

“You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.” — Diana Ross