Concerts

What do we feel when we feel? The great writer Virginia Woolf once wrote of "unclassified affections, of which there are so many."

The quartet led by New York drummer Dan Weiss shows us that this feeling can be directed not only toward people, but also toward music.

It's business as usual in the trade fair city in 2026: the year begins with a Jazzclub by the HMT Big Band! Led by the incomparable arranger and composer Rolf von Nordenskjöld for 25 years now, this year's band will once again present a bouquet of evergreens and long-buried insider tips.

In 2026, everything will remain the same in Messestadt: the year will begin in style with a Jazzclub by the HMT Big Band! Led for 25 years now by the incomparable arranger and composer Rolf von Nordenskjöld, this year the band will once again present a colorful bouquet of evergreens and long-buried insider tips.

With her large ensemble, Marina Schlagintweit opens up a soundscape that arouses curiosity and captivates the listener.

Anyone who hears voices is declared crazy. And vice versa: those who seem crazy are not heard. Those who move away from the supposed normality, the existing social conditions and fossilized concepts of the same, or try to shift them just a little, are often only heard a little.

The Leipzig band Glotze has set itself a goal: To make the unpredictable audible. Not an easy undertaking. However, if you listen to their four albums to date, you can't help but notice: Mission accomplished.

"A taste of jazz history - traditional and modern, please!"

"Viajes" is the word for "journey" in most Spanish-speaking countries - and Jonas Timm and his trio invite us on one with their new live program.

In previous years, the JAZZALALA concerts have repeatedly caused storms of enthusiasm among young audiences. Now the long wait is over: the new program finally marks the start of a new round.

Lord Of The Amazing Panther - The groove attack from ambush: This band sneaks up on you, silently and inconspicuously - until they leap out of hiding with a mighty leap and give you all a beat-filled paw-slap on the ears! Lord Of The Amazing Panther are a real insider tip supergroup from Berlin (or are they not so secret anymore?), a formation that takes groove to a new level. Their music is unpredictable, uncompromising and full of energy - a sound that grabs you and won't let go. Just like a panther.

Make two into one - at least that's the musical motto of Jakob Maes. The jazz trumpeter and composer unites two musical worlds in the sound of his jazz orchestra, which are usually seen as antagonistic: That of the big band and that of the symphony orchestra.