​Paul Jacob (PJ) Fossum is a Copenhagen based pianist, synthesist and composer. Born and raised in Canada, he studied classical music in his childhood, and grew into more rhythmic and improvised musics in adolescence. He moved to New York to study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where he studied with Reggie Workman, Sam Yahel, Jane Ira Bloom and Kirk Nurock among others. While in New York he dove headlong its jazz and improvised music scenes, being moulded into a versatile and genre defying artist. In 2020 he moved to Copenhagen to pursue a masters degree in performance at the Rythmic Music Conservatory with research into electro-acoustics pertaining specifically to the piano and transducers.
 
He is currently touring with his solo-project electro-acoustic project Amalgamation-Integration using an electronics-augmented piano. He also works in a duo called Estuary with New York-based vocalist/composer Judette Elliston. Additionally he composes site-specific pieces, including: Guitar Summit CPH 2024 for 30 guitars and room (2024); Music for 5 Pianos (2022); TEXTING suite for small improvising ensemble, audience, and cell phones (2023); and Svømme for 5 spatialized transducer-piano sound-system, and 9 piece ensemble (2022).