The brass quintet N7² of the State University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim consists of five young, ambitious students: Dongbeen Park, Annabell Weidenauer, Heorhii Koliada, Sara Fey, and Leo Kreiner. They are already prize winners of various competitions and have gained experience in major German orchestra academies. From the long-standing collaboration within the large brass ensemble Mannheimer Blech, so much joy in making music together developed that the desire grew to form a quintet and experience the special sound of this instrumentation. The ensemble particularly appreciates the versatility of its repertoire in different styles, which it has had the pleasure of presenting to an enthusiastic audience multiple times, most recently in the knights' hall of Mannheim Palace. The name of the ensemble refers to its founding location, the Mannheim University of Music, located at N7,18 in the city square.

The program includes works by Victor Ewald, Malcolm Arnold, and Leonard Bernstein.

Doors open at 4:30 PM.

Schlager and jazz - isn't that like fire and water?

Actually not, because to be honest, the American jazz standards still played today were originally also musical and schlager melodies.
But so far, there are hardly any jazz versions of German schlager from the great schlager era of the 70s.
Bata Ilic, Roberto Blanco, Cindy & Bert, or Katja Ebstein jazzed -
what is that supposed to sound like?

Let yourself be surprised by what these four great musicians create:

On drums: Johannes Hamm (johanneshamm.com), who returned to Germany after studying at New York University and brings powerful grooves and stylistic diversity to our band. On keyboard, the multiple award-winning Hungarian pianist Laszlo Szitko (laszloszitko.com), who also teaches at the Mannheim University of Music and the Film Academy Ludwigsburg.
Additionally, Martin Simon (www.martin-simon.com), one of the most versatile bassists in the region, with whom saxophonist Olaf Schönborn has been playing in various projects for 30 years.

Copyright: Olaf Schönborn

Doors open: 7:30 PM