Jazz mal anders: Big Band meets Theremin

WDR Big Band Meets Madeleine Peyroux

As a teenager, Madeleine Peyroux started performing on the streets of Paris. Soon after, she dropped out of school and toured European cities with a street music band, reaching back to the USA. In New York, a producer signed her, resulting in her first album at 22. Peyroux, at home in blues, jazz, and chanson, has released nine albums, the latest "Let’s Walk" in collaboration with Jon Herington. He accompanies her as she performs songs from her career with the WDR Big Band under Vince Mendoza.

WDR Big Band meets Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Israeli conductor Lahav Shani's residency at the Dortmund Konzerthaus concludes with a special concert featuring his brother, jazz saxophonist and trumpeter Rom Shani. They will perform with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the WDR Big Band, playing pieces like Ellington's "Nutcracker Suite".

WDR Big Band meets Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Israeli conductor Lahav Shani's residency at the Dortmund Konzerthaus concludes with a special concert featuring his brother, jazz saxophonist and trumpeter Rom Shani. They will perform with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and the WDR Big Band, playing pieces like Ellington's 'Nutcracker Suite'. This fulfills a long-held dream of the Shani brothers to play with a big band.

JIB Big Band

Big Band Konzert

Tango meets Jazz

Gershwin mal anders: Symphonic Grooves

This youth concert spotlights George Gershwin's energetic, jazzy music, led by the charismatic conductor and pianist Wayne Marshall. Young poetry slammers add exciting contrast with powerful performances.

Bach mal anders: Christmas Escape Room

Bach's Christmas Oratorio is a holiday staple. In this unique concert format, the audience actively participates by solving puzzles in an exclusive Bach Escape Room game. Only upon successful completion will the beloved Christmas music be heard.

Max Mutzke & SWR Big Band

You can’t really learn passion and talent – Max Mutzke has both in abundance. He has a gift for captivating audiences and the exceptional German talent from the Black Forest has been proving this impressively time and time again for 20 years. When this powerhouse meets the multiple Grammy-nominated SWR Big Band, the result is an energetic spectacle of talent and skill that literally sweeps you off your feet. Combined with an irrepressible joy of playing, no two evenings are the same and each time is an exclusive experience for the audience. An evening that offers a mix of Mutzke hits such as »Welt hinter Glas«, »Can’t wait until tonight«, or »Marie« as well as soul & hip-hop classics such as »Me & Mrs Jones« and songs by Alicia Keys, Will Smith, Anderson Paak or Sly & The Family Stone.