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Maria Baptist
Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal (Hamburg)
»Maria Baptist’s rhapsodic, free-flowing piano style is reminiscent of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett,« writes the renowned Downbeat Magazine, naming the pianist and composer in the same breath as two of the great jazz pianists of our time. In her debut performance at the Elbphilharmonie, Maria Baptist presents her new solo programme »Hopes & Fears« – a meditation on the attitude to life of letting oneself be guided by hopes rather than fears, oscillating between framing composition and free improvisation.