On June 13, 2025, the German Jazz Award will be presented for the fifth time! The 22 winners of the German Jazz Award 2025 will be announced for the first time at an exciting award show with great live acts.

18:30 Admission
19:30 Award show

Moderation: Hadnet Tesfai and Götz Bühler
Live acts: Nduduzo Makhathini & Omagugu Makhathini, Philo Tsoungui & Ludwig Wandinger, Sonic Interventions
Nominees : click here for an overview of the nominees

approx. 21:45 End

Arrival:
We would like to make the event as sustainable as possible and recommend traveling by public transport. In order to find the best connection within Cologne at the right time, we recommend the live information of the KVB.

Accessibility:
The venue E-Werk is barrier-free accessible and a barrier-free toilet is available. The event will be held in German and English spoken language. In order to make the event as barrier-free and accessible as possible, we would like to ask you to submit any personal needs, questions and comments regarding barrier-free travel and participation in the award ceremony as soon as possible and by 30.04.2025 at the latest, by e-mail to info@deutscher-jazzpreis.de, by telephone on +49 30 531 475 45 632 or directly via our Access Rider. As far as possible, we will endeavor to consider last-minute requests.

Awareness:
We ask all attendees to observe our Code of Conduct(DE I EN). During the event, an awareness team, which can be recognized by their red vests, will be available for all visitors and can also be reached by phone. After the event, you can also contact us confidentially by e-mail at awareness@initiative-musik.de.

Photo and video recordings:
Photos and videos will be taken during the event and used for our public relations work.

Since 2021, the German Jazz Award has honored outstanding artistic achievements in the national and international jazz scene. The main sponsor of the prize is the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM). The fifth award ceremony will take place on June 13, 2025 in cooperation with the City of Cologne and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia at the E-Werk Cologne. Further information: deutscher-jazzpreis.de