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Maxine Troglauer, Hymn, LOFT
Photo: Maxine Troglauer © Nora Blum

LOFT

Maxine Troglauer: HYMN | live recording

Maxine Troglauer - Bassposaune Fabian Dudek - Saxophon Robert Lucaciu - Bass Julius Windisch - Piano Bruna Cabral - Schlagzeug, Vibraphon

Maxine Troglauer - Bassposaune Fabian Dudek - Saxophon Robert Lucaciu - Bass Julius Windisch - Piano Bruna Cabral - Schlagzeug, Vibraphon

(english: see below)

. ACHTUNG: Konzertbeginn um 19 Uhr!

Mit ihrem Bandprojekt und dem gleichnamigen Debütalbum Hymn präsentiert Maxine Troglauer eine außergewöhnliche Klangwelt zwischen Jazz, Klassik und Avantgarde, in der die Bassposaune, sonst als tief-tönendes Rückgrat größerer Orchester und Bigbands häufig überhört, im Mittelpunkt steht.

https://www.maxinetroglauer.net/

Troglauer, 1995 in Wiesbaden geboren, lässt sich von diesen bisher festgelegten Klischees ihres Instruments nicht einschüchtern, sondern erkennt darin Chancen. Nach klassischen Studien in Berlin, Hannover und einem Masterabschluss in zeitgenössischer Musik an der Manhattan School of Music in New York bei Bassposaunenlegende David Taylor hat sie eine internationale Laufbahn aufgebaut, die von genreübergreifender Offenheit geprägt ist – mit Stationen bei der hrBigband, den Münchner Symphonikern, dem finnischen UMO Jazz Orchestra und auf Festivals wie dem Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival oder der Ruhrtriennale Bochum. Ihre Kompositionen und Konzepte spiegeln diese Vielfalt und Offenheit wider – Stücke, die spielerisch die Genres zu wechseln scheinen und kleinere kammermusikalische Besetzung innerhalb des Quintetts sind nur zwei der zahlreichen Mittel, mit denen Troglauer ihre Kreativität erklingen lässt. Ob mit einem Bassposaunen-Solostück, als Duo mit einem weiteren tief-tönenden Rückgrat vieler Ensembles, dem Kontrabass, oder in wilder Improvisation in voller Besetzung – für das Publikum eröffnet sich eine ungehörte Vielfalt, die die alten Klischees bis auf weiteres verstummen lassen.

https://fabiandudek.de/

https://juliuswindisch.com/

https://robertlucaciu.info/

https://brunacabral.com/

Kann so ähnlich klingen: https://youtu.be/9YkJWU8LyZQ?list=RD9YkJWU8LyZQ

Maxine Troglauer - bass trombone Fabian Dudek - saxophone Robert Lucaciu - bass Julius Windisch - piano Bruna Cabral - drums, vibraphone

. Attention: concert starts approx. 7.00 pm CET!

With her band project and the eponymous debut album Hymn, Maxine Troglauer presents an extraordinary soundscape that bridges jazz, classical, and avant-garde, in which the bass trombone -often overlooked as the deep-sounding backbone of larger orchestras and big bands - takes center stage. Troglauer, born in Wiesbaden in 1995, is not intimidated by these established clichés surrounding her instrument but instead sees them as opportunities. After studying classical music in Berlin, Hanover, and a master’s degree in contemporary music at the Manhattan School of Music in New York under bass trombone legend David Taylor, she has built an international career characterized by cross-genre openness - with stints with the hrBigband, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Finnish UMO Jazz Orchestra, and at festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Ruhrtriennale in Bochum. Her compositions and concepts reflect this diversity and openness - pieces that seem to playfully shift between genres and incorporate smaller chamber music ensembles within her quintet are just two of the many ways in which Troglauer gives voice to her creativity. Whether in a solo piece for bass trombone, as a duo with another low-register backbone of many ensembles - the double bass - or in wild improvisation with a full ensemble, the audience is treated to an unprecedented diversity that silences the old clichés for the time being.

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Venue:

LOFT

The LOFT in Cologne's Ehrenfeld district is exactly what its name suggests: a spacious loft on the top floor of a former perfume factory. Since 1989 it has been home to the city's musical avant-garde as well as a scene hub and a jazz laboratory for students.

Over those decades it has grown into a respected stage for improvised music, contemporary music, and jazz, with a reputation reaching well beyond Germany. Most of the Cologne jazz musicians who have made their mark nationally and internationally in the past thirty years took their first career steps here, among them Nils Wogram, Hayden Chisholm, Angelika Niescier, Frank Gratkowski, Robert Landfermann, Pablo Held, and Sebastian Sternal.

The Cologne Triennale, WDR, and Deutschlandfunk stage concerts and recordings at the LOFT, and the venue has been invited to the Moers Festival five times. Its own label, 2ndFloor, releases selected recordings, and more than 1,000 live and studio productions made in the LOFT studio have appeared on other labels. Supported by the association 2ndFloor e. V. and the collective jungesloft, it presents over 200 events a year.

Top-tier instruments – including a Steinway D grand, one of the finest concert pianos in any German jazz club – a professional recording studio with award-winning engineers, and the room's distinctive atmosphere have drawn many prominent guests, from Lee Konitz, Steve Lacy, and Peter Brötzmann to Kurt Rosenwinkel, Marilyn Crispell, and Jim Black. Still, the programming focus remains on supporting Cologne's own musicians.

Since 2009 the LOFT has received the NRW venue programming award every year, an honor that specifically recognizes work with emerging regional artists. In 2016 the British Guardian named it one of the ten best jazz clubs in Europe, and at the German Jazz Prize it was voted "Club/Venue of the Year" in 2021 and again in 2023 — a category decided not by the expert jury but directly by the more than 1,300 members of the German Jazz Union.

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