Munich. At the height of celebrating ten years of BMW
Welt Jazz Award, two bands will compete against each other at BMW
Welt’s auditorium: LBT and BartolomeyBittmann progressive strings
vienna have been chosen for the finale on June 9. This year’s theme is
“Jazz moves”. After their performances, the prestigious jury of BMW
Welt Jazz Award picks the winning ensemble, which will be awarded with
10,000 Euro as well as with a trophy designed by BMW Design. The
runner-up will receive a prize money of 5,000 Euro.
During six cost-free matinees, that took place between February and
April, chairs were pushed aside and while the audience danced at BMW
Welt’s double-coned structure, it also voted for their own favorite.
The winner of the audience award, donated by Schloss Elmau, will also
be announced at the finale and will be invited to perform at the
Superior Hotel
The finalists will introduce themselves soon on the social media
channels of BMW Welt and BMW Group Cultural Engagement: https://www.facebook.com/bmw.welt/
and https://www.facebook.com/BMW-Group-Culture/
Finalists
LBT
Together with bassist Maximilian Hirning and drummer Sebastian
Wolfgruber, pianist Leo Betzl regularly performs as the rhythmic group
known as LBT. The musicians also come together as part of Vincent
Eberle Quintett as well as Jazzrausch Bigband, which recently received
an invitation to perform at the Lincoln Center, New York. They started
their trio three years ago, while studying at the University of Music
and Theatre Munich. LBT has produced music that surprises its
audiences with drama and excitement alike. The trio likes to
experiment and has won various awards including Steinway’s young
talent award, Kurt Maas Award and Hansjörg Henzler Jazz Award. With
their new programme featuring a combination of techno and jazz, the
three young musicians go perfect with the theme “Jazz moves” of BMW
Welt Jazz Award 2018.
BartolomeyBittmann progressive strings vienna
With their powerful rock fusion, these two young musicians, cellist
Matthias Bartolomey and violinist Klemens Bittmann, will demonstrate
how to combine and further develop traditional Austrian string music
and jazz improvisation. Hailing from the Austrian city of Graz,
Bittmann studied classical violin as well as jazz violin with Didier
Lockwood and made his name as a creative mind willing to transcend
borders as founder of the ensembles Beefólk und Folksmilch.
Viennese-born Bartolomey – generally known for his classical work
including as solo cellist of Concentus Musicus – is also a fierce
admirer of John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. At BMW Welt,
the duo BartolomeyBittmann will showcase its outstanding and
progressive skills as string players.
Jury
The distinguished panel of jurors includes renowned jazz experts and
specialists of the jazz scene, who will choose the winner of the BMW
Welt Jazz Award 2018. Led by Oliver Hochkeppel (journalist for music
and cultural affairs at the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung), the
jury includes the following members: Andreas Kolb (editor-in-chief of
the magazines JazzZeitung and neue musikzeitung), Roland Spiegel
(editor at the music desk and jazz expert at the German broadcasting
station Bayerischer Rundfunk BR‑KLASSIK), Heike Lies (musicologist,
Music and Music Theatre Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs
of the state capital Munich) and Christiane Böhnke-Geisse (Artistic
Director of the international jazz festival Bingen swingt).
As seen during the Sunday matinees, the final concert will be hosted
by Beate Sampson (editor at German broadcasting station BR-KLASSIK).
Dr Nicolas Peter, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, will
present the winners with the custom-made trophy designed by BMW,
alongside Dr Hans-Georg Küppers, head of the Department of Arts and
Culture of the state capital Munich.
The final concert followed by an award ceremony will take place on
June 9 at 7 PM at the auditorium of BMW Welt. Tickets are available
through München Ticket or at BMW Welt.
This edition of the BMW Welt Jazz Award will once again enjoy the
generous support of BR-KLASSIK, nmz, nmz-online and JazzZeitung.de as
well as resort Schloss Elmau and the Department of Cultural Affairs of
the city of Munich.
For further questions please contact:
Prof Dr Thomas Girst
BMW Group Corporate and
Governmental Affairs
Cultural Engagement
Telephone: +49-89-382-247-53
Leonie Laskowski
BMW Group Corporate and Intergovernmental Affairs
Cultural Engagement
Telephone: +49-89-382-45382
Micaela Sandstede
BMW Group Corporate and Intergovernmental Affairs
Spokesperson BMW Welt
Telephone: +49-89-382-61611
Email: presse@bmw.de
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