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Izabella Effenberg / Bugge Wesseltoft »Soundscapes« & Hildegard lernt fliegen
Bugge Wesseltoft is a brilliant researcher. In his lab, he mixes and stirs jazz, folk, and electronics. He once started alongside Jan Garbarek and became an important representative of so-called NuJazz with his own label. Izabella Effenberg is a multi-award-winning percussionist and runs her own festival, »Vibraphonissimo«, in Nuremberg. For their NDR concerts, the two join forces again for a special evening full of spontaneous improvisations. The programme includes lyrical and experimental pieces, as well as jazz classics – all pure, handmade, and without effects. In March 2024, Andreas Schaerer from Hildegard Lernt Fliegen received the »Prix du Musicien européen« from the French Académie du Jazz. A great honour for the singer born in 1976 in Emmental, Switzerland, who – by his own admission – has not closed his mouth since his first cry. A unique, charismatic vocal acrobat, he can growl, whisper, click, and beatbox as artfully as no one else. Of all his captivating projects, Schaerer’s sextet is perhaps the most unpredictable.