Hans Lüdemann & Frank Gratkowski Duo: „aufbruch“ at Loft

tickets:
regular: 12,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 6,- €uro

doors: 8.00 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.30 pm CET

For years Hans Lüdemann has rung in the New Year with his projects at the LOFT, this time he reaches back into the past, because around Christmas and New Year is also the time of fairy tales and the Raunächte (Tweltfth Night).
Once upon a time there was a duo, called Hänsel & Grätel, which formed after having studied together in Cologne, but shortly after their first concerts they went their separate ways – after many, many years they are now meeting again to connect to their common roots and to tell their stories together....

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tickets:
regular: 12,- €uro
students, disabled persons: 6,- €uro

doors: 8.00 pm CET
concert starts:
approx. 8.30 pm CET

For years Hans Lüdemann has rung in the New Year with his projects at the LOFT, this time he reaches back into the past, because around Christmas and New Year is also the time of fairy tales and the Raunächte (Tweltfth Night).
Once upon a time there was a duo, called Hänsel & Grätel, which formed after having studied together in Cologne, but shortly after their first concerts they went their separate ways – after many, many years they are now meeting again to connect to their common roots and to tell their stories together.
And that this happens in the LOFT is almost self-evident, since both of them have parts of their roots in numerous (not common) projects at the LOFT, whose history as a concert venue is itself also almost like a fairy tale.
HM Müller

Hans Lüdemann and Frank Gratkowski in the piano and saxophone duo is both a premiere and a revival: the connection between the two goes back a long way to their joint studies at the Cologne Musikhochschule in the 1980s.
Today, they are permanent fixtures on the creative music scene in Cologne, Germany and beyond. Both have consistently pursued their own artistic paths while maintaining their musical curiosity and desire to play and improvise.
However, it has been a long time since they have been on stage together. That’s why there is a lot to talk about and a lot of musical material for the new encounter in this intimate line-up.

Frank Gratkowski and Hans Lüdemann were both students at the Cologne Musikhochschule in the 1980s and have taught there for many years since the 1990s as principal lecturers. Both came to Cologne from Hamburg, but only got to know each other here. At the end of the 80s they worked together in the legendary „Cologne NANA Orchestra“ and in a project by Muhal Richard Abrams at the JazzHausFestival, and in the early 90s they also worked together briefly as a duo – as „Hänsel und Grätel“.
Since then, the two have gone their own ways, both geographically and musically – Frank Gratkowski took them to Berlin, Hans Lüdemann abroad for a long time in recent years – to Philadelphia, Istanbul and most recently to Rome as a prizewinner of the Villa Massimo.
Both have developed and pursued their own projects, always remaining curious and searching
A connection between the two has remained – also because both have been associated with LOFT for a long time.
It’s time to connect to their shared roots and explore new possibilities together.
A wonderful way to welcome and celebrate the new year at LOFT! 

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