Jazz Department Competition

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Award winners

2021

  • Jan-Peter Itze, jazz piano | Sebastian Claas, bass | Maximilian Lange, drums (1st)
  • Jona Heckmann, jazz piano | Jakob Koch, double bass (2nd)
  • Vera Krumgant, vocals | Julia Langenbucher, saxophone | Victoria Pohl, jazz piano | Felix Wiegand, double bass | Maximilian Autsch, drums (3rd)
  • Jan-Peter Itze (soloist prize)
  • Julia Langenbucher (Arrangement Prize)
  • Sebastian Claas | Maximilian Lange (Promotion Prize, shared)

2020

  • Felix Wiegand, double bass | Victoria Pohl, piano (1st)
  • Jona Heckmannn, piano | Alexander Scheller, double bass | Maximilian Autsch, percussion (2nd)
  • Nico Theodossiadis, saxophone | Jan-Peter Itze, piano | Jakob Koch, bass | Konrad Patzig, percussion (3rd)
  • Julia Langenbucher (Innovation Prize)
  • Felix Wiegand (Prize for composition/arrangement)

2019

  • Jannis Krüger, piano | Thomas Eilingsfeld, double bass | Maximilian Autsch, percussion (1st)
  • Nico Theodossiadis, saxophone | Jan-Peter Itze, piano | Konrad Patzig, drums | Jakob Koch, bass | Simon Schneid, guitar (1st)
  • Julia Langenbucher, saxophone | Phillipp Cramer, piano | Thomas Eilingsfeld, bass | Tobias Allgaier, drums (3rd)
  • Jannis Krüger (Arrangement Prize)
  • Jan-Peter Itze (Soloist Prize)
  • Valentin Scheffzek (Soloist Prize)

2018

  • Sarah Buchner, vocals| Sebastian Wagner, saxophone | Max Arsava, piano | Jonas Sorgenfrei, percussion (1st)
  • Christian Bekmulin, jazz guitar | Valentin Findling, jazz piano (2nd)
  • Tobias Lux, vocals | Jan-Peter Itze, piano | Leopold Helgert, double bass | Julian Braun, drums (3rd)
  • Max Arsava, jazz piano (Soloist Prize)
  • Nico Theodossiadis, saxophone | Simon Schneid, guitar | Jan-Peter Itze, piano | Peter Puskas, bass, Konrad Patzig, drums (FP)
  • Bernd Ketterl, vocals/drums | Valentin Scheffzeck, saxophone | Jona Heckmann, piano/trombone | Rober Nemec, bass (FP)

2017

  • Sophia Lefeber, vocals | Alexander Opitz, guitar | Sabrina Damiani, double bass | Jonas Sorgenfrei, drums | Nikolaus Jira, piano (1st)
  • Sarah Buchner, vocals | Maximilian Koch, guitar | Leopold Helgert, double bass | Marius Wankel, drums (2nd, shared)
  • Christopher Schneider, saxophone | Andreas Eiber, double bass | Marius Wankel, drums | Valentin Findling, piano (2nd, shared)
  • Christopher Schneider, saxophone | Alexander Opitz, guitar | Andreas Eiber, electric bass/contrabass | Jonas Sorgenfrei, drums | Valentin Findling, piano (3rd)
  • Valentin Findling (Arrangement Prize)

2016

  • Sophia Lefeber, voice/violin | Sebastian Wagner, saxophone/bass clarinet | Maximilian Müller, piano | Robert Nemec, bass | Bernd Ketterl, percussion (1st)
  • Roman Fritsch, clarinet | Thomas Eilingsfeld, guitar | Sabrina Damiani, double bass | Nadine Soppa, accordion | Julia Frach, piano | Ludwig Buschendorf, drums (2nd)
  • Sara Wittazschek, vocals | Sebastian Birner, piano/synthesizer | Maximilian Müller, piano/alto | Jonas Sorgenfrei, drums (3rd, shared)
  • Sara Wittazschek, vocals | Sarah Buchner, vocals | Tobias Lux, vocals | Sebastian Wagner, saxophone | Alexander Scheller, trumpet | Evgenij Zelikman, piano | Lorenz Huber, double bass | Ludwig Buschendorf, drums (3rd, shared)

2015

  • Felix Schneider, piano | Paul Kunzmann, trombone | Philipp Drenkard, trumpet | Ludwig Buschendorf, drums | Christoph Schneider, saxophone | Jonas Hermes, double bass (1st)
  • Philipp Schiepek, guitar | Thomas Hähnlein, saxophone | Clemens Lotz, drums | Lorenz Huber, bass (2nd)
  • Sebastian Wagner, saxophone | Alexander Opitz, guitar | Maximilian Müller, piano | Robert Nemec, bass | Jonas Sorgenfrei, drums (FP)
  • Thomas Hähnlein (Soloist Prize)
  • Zhihan Xu (Arrangement Prize)

2014

  • Theodor Spannagel, bass | Anton Mangold, saxophone | Zhitong Xu, percussion (1st)
  • Clemens Lotz, drums | Philipp Schiepek, guitar | Thomas Hähnlein, saxophone (2nd)
  • Michael Höfner, percussion | Jonas Hermes, bass | Matthias Franz, guitar | Felix Schneider, piano | Paul Kunzmann, trombone (3rd)
  • Paul Kunzmann (Composer Prize)
  • Anton Mangold (Prize "Individual Performance Solo")
  • Zhitong Xu (Prize "single performance sideman")

2013

  • Zhihan Xu, guitar | Johannes Böhm, piano | Anton Mangold, saxophone | Zhitong Xu, drums | Jonas Hermes, bass | Michael Geiger, trumpet (1st)
  • Thomas Hähnlein, saxophone | Philipp Schiepek, guitar (1st)
  • Philipp Schiepek, guitar | Thomas Hähnlein, saxophone | Andreas Schmidt, bass | Clemens Lotz, drums (2nd)
  • Paul Kunzmann, trombone | Michael Höfner, drums | Philipp Neuner-Jehle, bass | Zhitong Xu, drums | Lorenz Bergler, saxophone | Matthias Franz, guitar (2nd)
  • Anton Mangold, saxophone | Michael Höfner, drums | Jonas Hermes, bass | Ben Kirschnik, piano (FP)
  • Paul Kunzmann (Arrangement Prize)
  • Thomas Hähnlein, saxophone | Philipp Schiepek, guitar (Arrangement Prize)

2012

  • Timo König, piano | Theodor Spannagel, double bass | Clemens Lotz, percussion (2nd)
  • Michael Höfner, percussion | Anton Mangold, saxophone | Jonas Hermes, double bass (2nd)
  • Moritz Anthes, trombone | Lorenz Bergler, saxophone | Tom Listl, piano | Marco Duffner, percussion | Simon Ort, double bass (FP)
  • Isabelle Pabst, vocals | Michael Reiß, guitar | Severin Krieger, piano)
  • Anton Mangold (Soloist Prize)
  • Zhitong Xu (Soloist Prize)
  • Timo König (Composition-Arrangement Prize)

2011

  • Andreas Feith, piano | Friedrich Betz, double bass | Dominik Raab, percussion (1st)
  • Christine Börsch-Supan, vocals | Martin Knorz, piano | Phillip Staffa, guitar | Fabian Hönes, percussion (2nd)
  • Christian Kraus (double bass | Irmi Haager (vocals (FP+KP)
  • Dominik Raab (Soloist Prize)

2010

  • Alexander Wienand (piano | Tobias Schirmer (percussion (1.)
  • Andreas Feith (piano | Dominik Raab (percussion | Friedrich Betz (bass (2nd))
  • Christine Börsch-Supan (vocals | Phillip Staffa (guitar | Martin Knorz (piano | Fabian Hönes (drums (FP)
  • Phillip Staffa (Composer Prize)