13.-16. July 2023
Jazz in the city, a city in jazz. The Jazzweekend in Regensburg stands for bobbing heads and twitching toes, for driving beats and gentle melodies. For young talents stepping into the limelight of the stage and successful greats celebrating their musical reunion. For a cosy hustle and bustle in historic squares, atmospheric courtyards and narrow alleys, and for wild and exciting sessions in bars, clubs and cafés. From 13 to 16 July 2023 Regensburg is all jazz: at the 42nd Bavarian Jazzweekend.
Impressions '22
Impressions '22
At the Bavarian Jazzweekend 2023, numerous large stages and small venues will be spread throughout Regensburg's city centre. National and international bands, combos and individual artists will once again accept the invitation to Regensburg, which will be transformed into a jazz city for one weekend.
FAQ
Here you will find the most important answers to your questions about the Bavarian Jazzweekend 2022. For example, information about how to get there, the program, accessibility at the venues, etc.
Curators
Curators
Andreas Kolb
JazzZeitung.de
Andreas Kolb completed his journalist education in Stuttgart before moving to Munich for several years to work at ECM Records, among others. In 1997, he joined the publishing house ConBrio in Regensburg. He is the chief editor of the online-magazine “JazzZeitung.de” and the periodical “neue Musikzeitung” and a passionate visitor of the Jazzweekend. He even lives in walking distance of most of the Jazzweekend's event locations - a fact he does not consider a coincidence.
Being a long-term member of the Jazzclub Regensburg, he has also been part of the jury for the “Albert Mangelsdorff Jazzpreis” and the “Internationaler Jazzpreis der Nürnberger Nachrichten” several times. He is currently a member of the selection committees for the “German Jazz Trophy“ and the “BMW Welt Jazz Award”.
„Not only from my professional perspective do I consider Jazz and new music as two sides of the same coin. Both genres are the most interesting and creative ones of contemporary music and I am highly curious about their development.“Karoline Weidt
Curator representing independent musicians
Karoline Weidt, born in 1995, is a singer and composer in the field of jazz and contemporary music. She studied jazz singing and pedagogy at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden, among others with Prof. Céline Rudolph, Prof. Esther Kaiser and pianist Matthias Bätzel. In 2020 she founded the „Karoline Weidt Quartett“, which won the ensemble competition of the hfmdd and the #jazzlab prize of the Festival da Jazz in St. Moritz, CH, the very next year. In addition, the quartet was a finalist of the Junge Münchner Jazzpreis (2021) and a prize winner of the Blue Note Poznań Jazz Competition (2022) in Poland. In February 2021, Karoline Weidt and her quartet released their acclaimed debut CD „The Dream“.
Alfred Merkel
Jazzclub Regensburg
Alfred's main occupation is as a landscape architect for the City of Regensburg. Nevertheless, his passion is being an ambassador for (jazz) music. He started in Munich as the guitarist of his band „Justyn Time“, touring through Germany for about ten years. In 1990, he moved to Regensburg and joined the local jazzclub, working in different positions at the event location Leerer Beutel. From 2005 on he was head of the musical programme of the Jazzclub Regensburg, until he joined the club‘s advisory board in 2017 and was elected for the managing board in 2019.
„When it comes to music, concerts are irreplaceable. No live-stream, no preserved products will ever be able to recreate the vibrations, the atmosphere, the musicians’ interaction with the audience or the feeling of subs within your body. “Prof. Tizian Jost
Chairman of the Bayerischer Jazzverband e.V. (BayJV)
Being a prominent character of the German jazz scene,jazz pianist Tizian Jost has been leading the Bavarian jazz association since December 2012.
Jost is a popular guest on international festivals and has an extraordinary oeuvre of over 60 CD recordings. Moreover, he is a successful university teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich, where he teaches his own masterclass in jazz piano. Unsurprisingly, his graduates have shown remarkable careers themselves winning a great number of prizes. During his almost 10 years on the managing board of the jazz assocation, Jost has had a great amount of Influence on the cultural politics In Bavaria and has made a significant contribution to the funding of jazz music by the public domain.
Bayerischer Jazzverband e.V. (BayJV)
The Bavarian jazz association is a democratically constituted representation of the entire Bavarian jazz scene and is responsible for communicating jazz-related issues to political representatives in Bavaria. The association works closely with the Bavarian Music Council.HfM Nürnberg
Jazz Department of the Nuremberg University of Music
Jazz as a musical and individual artistic form of expression always involves both the learning and continuation of tradition as well as the search for new possibilities of expression, the crossing of boundaries and the bringing together of different musical currents. This is also practiced in Nuremberg.
The local jazz students can rely on a large network with numerous cooperation partners. They are an integral part of Nuremberg's vital musical landscape and are involved in numerous event formats. For example, every year at the beginning of July they perform in open-air concerts in front of the picturesque backdrop of the Katharinenruine and are guests on the university stages of Europe as part of the European exchange project «The European Jazzworkshop», where they network with international fellow students.
A total of more than 150 teachers from various nations look after the well-being of their students at the Nuremberg talent factory. In an almost familiar atmosphere, «classics» study next door to jazz musicians. Both the study program and the historic building combine tradition with modernity. The building was completely renovated in 2018 and has, among other things, restored concert halls with state-of-the-art equipment and its own recording studio.
The three music academies of Munich, Nuremberg and Würzburg will take turns on the new board of trustees of the Bavarian Jazz Weekend. For 2023, it will be the turn of the jazz department of the Nuremberg University of Music.
Artistic director
Christian Sommerer
Artistic director
Trained by the German Federal Jazz Orchestra and the Bavarian Landesjugendjazzorchester, Christian Sommerer completed several years of jazz studies to become a bass trombonist. He founded his first Big Band at the age of 16. Since then, he has played the bass trombone in numerous bands (including Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass, Al Porcino Big Band, Sunday Night Orchestra, Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion, Dusko Goykovich Big Band).
Sommerer, who was born in Regensburg, founded the professional Summit Jazz Orchestra at the age of 21, which gave over 60 concerts in Regensburg as part of a multi-year concert series, being the forerunner of the Jazzorchester Regensburg - Die Volvo Big Band. The orchestra even had five appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival and toured through the USA, Siberia and the Urals on behalf of the German Foreign Office and the Goethe Institute. Numerous other tours took Christian Sommerer all over the world: from Asia to South America, from Brazil to the jungles of Amazonia.
Until the death of jazz legend Bob Brookmeyer, he had been the managing director of one of the best jazz orchestras in the world, the Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra, for twelve years.
In autumn 2021, the city of Regensburg entrusted him with the artistic direction of the Bavarian Jazz Weekend.
We are looking for musicians, bands and combos from all genres and branches of jazz music. Whether you play Dixieland, Swing, Bebop or Free Jazz - we look forward to your application for 2023 starting August 2022!
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Venues
Amore, Vino & Amici
Bismarckplatz
Chin-Chin Bar
Degginger
Gatsby
Gewerbepark
Haidplatz
Heimat
Kosmonaut
Leerer Beutel Saal
Leerer Beutel Restaurant
Thon-Dittmer-Palais
Augustiner Wirtschaft & FassBar Biergarten
Augustiner Wirtschaft & FassBar Biergarten
Here you can find all events of the venue.
Ruthof am Marc-Aurel-Ufer
Jazzweekend-Lounge
Jazzweekend-Lounge
Zentrale Anlaufstelle für alle Künstlerinnen und Künstler und alle Gäste des Festivals ist die "Jazzweekend Lounge" am Kohlenmarkt. Dort gibt es Auskünfte zum Programm, zu den Spielorten und zu Fragen aller Art. Die Lounge ist der ideale Ort, um im bunten Treiben kurz zu verweilen, sich über das Festival-Geschehen zu informieren und mit anderen Jazz-Insiderinnen und -Insidern ins Gespräch zu kommen. Wer möchte kann hier auch ein Andenken an das Jazzweekend 2022 erstehen.
Brauhaus am Schloss
Tiki Beat Bar & Club
Dreieinigkeitskirche
Altstadtraum zwischen allen Bühnen
Altstadtraum zwischen allen Bühnen
Here you can find all events of the venue.
Sponsors
The Jazzweekend, although hosted by the City of Regensburg, has always been a collaborative effort. Therefore, we would like to give special thanks to our sponsors.
