Marie Kruttli Trio

She is a fearless visionary and one of the most exciting up-and-coming talents jazz Europe currently has to offer: Marie Kruttli draws on a broad vocabulary, from classical to jazz to contemporary music. The compositions on her latest recording Scoria are highly complex structures, sometimes flowing calmly like water, sometimes dry and barren like the desert. As a pianist, Kruttli impresses with her mature tone, clear aesthetics and beguiling virtuosity. Her trio explores every aspect of improvised interplay between chamber music transparency and impetuous destructiveness. Light-footed, daring, breathtaking.

Uschi Brüning

Short notice, but top-class: Uschi Brüning takes over the concert planned for today from Norma Winstone, who had to cancel due to illness. The grand dame of German jazz will be accompanied by Berlin pianist Christian von der Goltz - a well-rehearsed duo that will present intimate ballads, soulful, bluesy pieces and timeless classics with depth and attitude.

Brüning, who is currently being honored with the German Jazz Award 2025 for her life's work, has been shaping the German jazz scene for decades. Her voice tells of awakening, resistance and the unbroken courage to create art - touching, clear and full of power. In a duo with von der Goltz, the result is a concert evening that could hardly be more personal: a musical portrait and a piece of lived jazz history.