Doppelkonzert: Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn / Cécile McLorin Salvant

Michael Wollny & Joachim Kühn
Joachim Kühn, who turned 80 in March, was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit First Class this year. For him, free improvisation is "the meaning of life", as the Leipzig-born musician has repeatedly emphasized. Last year, he received the German Jazz Award for his life's work together with his brother Rolf Kühn, who had died shortly before. The two brothers were closely linked artistically throughout their lives.
Joachim Kühn's musical uncompromisingness connects him with the Leipzig pianist Michael Wollny, who is 34 years his junior. At the beginning of the year, the two pianists released their new album, simply titled "Duo". Jazzthing described the underlying live recordings as "a concert of the century - sensual, deeply felt, virtuoso".

Note: Photos and video recordings will be made at this event. ARTE will broadcast the concert live.
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
Cécile McLorin Salvant is probably the smartest and most talented storyteller in US jazz today. Born in Florida in 1989, with Haitian-French-Guadeloupean roots, she won first prize at the Thelonious Monk Vocal Jazz Competition in 2010 at the age of just 21. There was a label boss in the audience who immediately signed her. Even before her 30th birthday, she has three Grammys in her pocket.