Red letters of the word JAZZ in front of the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in the evening

2.11.–
5.11.23

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Jazzfest Berlin 2023

The next edition of Jazzfest Berlin is scheduled to take place from 2 to 5 November 2023. The programme will be published in autumn 2023.

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Artwork by A. R. Penck. Workshop Freie Musik, 1984

Photo: Dagmar Gebers / FMP-Publishing

Digital Guides for Jazzfest Berlin

The Digital Guides offer interesting insights into the lives and work of artists and the diversity of jazz in original word, image, sound and video contributions.

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Jazzfest Berlin 2022

Impressions

The musician looks concentrated at her notes and strokes the strings of her cello with a bow.
The Hemphill Stringtet – Tomeka Reid. © Camille Blake
The musician Hamid Drake sits in front of a microphone in an arrangement of instruments, he smiles. Jamie Saft sits at the piano in the background.
Hamid Drake's Turiya. © Camille Blake
On a small stage, left Mette Rasmussen on saxophone, in the middle Ingebrigt Håker Flaten on double bass, right Chris Corsano on drums.
Mette Rasmussen Trio North. © Cristina Marx
Band in action: Sébastien Beliah on double bass, Olga Kozieł with drum, Pierre Borel on alto saxophone, Louis Laurain on cornet – f.l.t.r.
Lumpeks. © Camille Blake
In the background, several people operate fire extinguishers whose foam and steam envelop composer Johansson at a music stand.
Sven-Åke Johansson: “MM Schäumend”. © Anna Niedermeier
Close-up of the musician wearing black glasses and a black coat, closing his eyes and holding a saxophone in his hands.
Immanuel Wilkins. © Cristina Marx
Music journalist Margasak on the left, musician Brötzmann on the right. The latter leans on a table, both hold a microphone in their hands.
Peter Brötzmann in conversation with Peter Margasak . © Anna Niedermeier
In the middle in the front Louis Laurain with trumpet. In the back on the left Hannes Lingens, on the right Pierre Borel on alto saxophone.
Die Hochstapler. © Anna Niedermeier
14 musicians on the remodelled stage of the Festspielhaus, the lettering “Jazzfest Berlin” is visible as a projection in the back.
Umlaut Big Band. © Anna Niedermeier
On the left Kateryna Ziabliuk on the piano, then Maryana Golovchenko on the microphone and Anna Antypova on the violin, on the right a large screen showing a large expanse of water with a raft on it.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. © Anna Niedermeier
The musician sits behind a drum kit, eyes closed and in action.
Asher Gamedze. © Anna Niedermeier
The hall of the Festspielhaus, the audience in the foreground, the stage in the back with a performance by Matana Robert’s sextet.
Matana Roberts. © Anna Niedermeier
On a small stage on the left the singer Sanem Kalfa, in the middle clarinettist Joachim Badenhorst, on the right George Dumitriu with viola.
Black Sea Songs. © Anna Niedermeier
Four musicians in a gallery, pictures of impressionist landscapes hang in the background.
Kiezkonzert. © Anna Niedermeier
The musician sits in front of a synthesiser, plays the cornet, has his eyes closed.
Ben LaMar Gay. © Anna Niedermeier
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Presenting both style-defining icons of jazz and young positions from a wide variety of styles, Jazzfest Berlin presents a festival programme full of creative border-crossings and collective visions.

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