8th Festival "Women in Jazz
1) Makiko - "Mysteries Of Life / The Händel Experience" (UA / JP, DK, DE, USA) with Makiko Hirabayashi (p), Klavs Hovman (b), Marilyn Mazur (dr, perc), Thomas Prokein (v), Yumiko Tsubaki (v), Georg Prokein (va), Sascha Werchau (vc), Uni-Kammerchor Halle, conductor: Jens Lorenz.
Japanese pianist Makiko Hirabayashi's exploration of Handel's Messiah promises to be this year's highlight.
2) Ingrid Lukas (EST, CH) with Ingrid Lukas (voc, p), Céline-Giulia Voser (vc), Michel Gsell (v, b, voc), Patrik Zosso (dr)
The singing pianist Ingrid Lukas is said to have a jazzy Björk feeling.