tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 7.30 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CET
Niklas Lukassen amazes audiences with his painterly sense of instrumental lyricism on both the double bass and bass guitar. After returning from New York, he now lives between London and Berlin. He is establishing himself with an increasingly polarizing presence on the European jazz scene. With his individual sound, he also exudes significant bandleader potential.
With Still Waters Run Deep, Niklas Lukassen reveals a multifaceted world of sound. Together with alto saxophonist Ben Van Gelder (NL), pianist Ivo Neame (UK), and drummer Francesco Ciniglio (IT), Niklas Lukassen (GER) brings together striking individualists from the jazz scenes of Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Berlin I to form a unique, synergistic ensemble. On his bandleader debut album, released on Kurt Rosenwinkel’s Heartcore Records, Niklas combines his talents as a composer, bassist, and singer (Luna). Enriched by guest appearances from Kurt Rosenwinkel, Celine Rudolph, Wanja Slavin, and Geoffroy De Masure, his album explores unimagined depths in seemingly calm musical waters....
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tickets:
regular: 14,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 7,- €uro
doors: 7.30 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.00 pm CET
Niklas Lukassen amazes audiences with his painterly sense of instrumental lyricism on both the double bass and bass guitar. After returning from New York, he now lives between London and Berlin. He is establishing himself with an increasingly polarizing presence on the European jazz scene. With his individual sound, he also exudes significant bandleader potential.
With Still Waters Run Deep, Niklas Lukassen reveals a multifaceted world of sound. Together with alto saxophonist Ben Van Gelder (NL), pianist Ivo Neame (UK), and drummer Francesco Ciniglio (IT), Niklas Lukassen (GER) brings together striking individualists from the jazz scenes of Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Berlin I to form a unique, synergistic ensemble. On his bandleader debut album, released on Kurt Rosenwinkel’s Heartcore Records, Niklas combines his talents as a composer, bassist, and singer (Luna). Enriched by guest appearances from Kurt Rosenwinkel, Celine Rudolph, Wanja Slavin, and Geoffroy De Masure, his album explores unimagined depths in seemingly calm musical waters.
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„A versatile bass virtuoso“
Jazzwise
„A great bassist with very musical instincts!“
Mike Stern
„Niklas Lukassen is clearly developing his own artistic voice on his instrument and has a gift for jazz composition.“
Richie Beirach
Niklas Lukassen grew up in an inconspicuous village in the Black Forest, but early on he embarked on a special musical journey that led him to a life full of stimulating places and opportunities. New York played a fundamental role in Niklas‘ musical development. There, he completed his master’s degree with a full scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music under his mentor Ron Carter. As a doctoral student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he is now researching ways to expand the spectrum of bass playing between acoustic and electronic music.
With natural, playful authority and an emphatic enthusiasm for experimentation, Niklas Lukassen is at home in several musical worlds. This has given him the opportunity to accompany performances by Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joe Lovano, Mike Stern, Jorge Rossy, Oz Noy, Will Vinson, Jo Lawry, Valerie Simpson, and Norma Winston, among others. He was also a singer with the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra. His musical encounters have taken Niklas on tours throughout the US, the UK, China, Asia, North Africa, and large parts of Europe. These include iconic venues such as Lincoln Center, the Beacon Theatre, the John F. Kennedy Center, and the Berlin Philharmonic.
As a bandleader, he creates contrasting soundscapes with his other projects in addition to his international quartet with Ben van Gelder, Kit Downes, and Francesco Ciniglio. In his trio, together with Pat Metheny’s former pianist, Gwilym Simcock, and drummer James Maddren, he breaks new musical ground on a new, innovative hybrid instrument, the bass cello. Furthermore, with his strikingly orchestrated band ECHO, he creates soundscapes in text and tone with songwriter poetry and lively improvisation.
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