Lambert - Trio-Konzert

In the organizer's words:

Lambert Trio concert
"I'm Not Lambert" Record Release Tour

Lambert is an enigmatic star of Europe's neoclassical scene these days, maintaining a mischievous mystique since dropping his first name into oblivion and donning a ubiquitous horned Sardinian mask in 2014. Before his current, strange fame, however, he was a dashing melodic improviser in the tradition of Bill Evans, a jazzman through and through. In his more recent performances as Lambert, in which melody and minimalism were the main features of his keyboard style, the attentive audience will certainly have recognized the ghosts of this old life in passages. The jazz musician in him was otherwise deeply buried.

With his album "All This Time", Lambert's musical mask has been removed - the improvisation unashamed, the freewheeling melodies unleashed. Together with bassist Felix Weigt and drummer Luca Marini, the trio mixes jazz, modern classical and electronic elements, finding a contemporary sound reminiscent of bands like EST, Gogo Penguin and Portico Quartet. As his delicately bluesy piano rolls through "Cry Me A River," dipping into its smoky mood as electronic washes shimmer, and on the title track, "All This Time," a moving soundscape that demonstrates a delicate, reflective touch, Lambert plays in the virtual jazz club of his dreams.

This new creation, which brought rock and pop notions of alter egos and mystery into neoclassical concert halls, was an instant success. Lambert turned the boy who had been hurt by jazz into a new person. "When I started being Lambert, I was embarrassed by my jazz background," he says. "The first album, Lambert [2014], was promoted in the neoclassical world, I used a more classical touch and was received great. I kept it a secret that I still identify as a jazz musician."

Under the mask, however, Lambert could be anyone. Liberated, he began to move between worlds. False (2020) and the Stimming x Lambert collaboration Positive (2021), which combined improvisation with electronic production, dropped ever greater hints about his secret musical identity. "And now," he says, "I feel free to make an album that actually sounds like jazz."

Lambert dedicated his early life to jazz, dutifully following other people's paths and finding only roadblocks and rules that told him he was wrong. The masked Lambert built his own path to follow as he pleased. And now here he is, a jazz musician.

"It's taken me a long way to get here," he agrees. "And when I go on tour with this album, I'll have a classic jazz band with drums and double bass. Once people see that, it'll be clear what I'm doing." The longed-for romantic jazz ideal, the secret