cresc... planned • 16 – 25 Feb 2O24

Alexander SchubertAlexander Schubert
Brad LubmanBrad Lubman
Brigitta MuntendorfBrigitta Muntendorf
Christian JaksjøChristian Jaksjø
Cocoon DanceCocoonDance
Ensemble ModernEnsemble Modern
Friederike BrendlerFriederike Brendler
George BenjaminGeorge Benjamin
Gil Monteagudo RuizGil Monteagudo Ruiz
Hendrika EntzianHendrika Entzian
Hermann Kretzschmarhermann Kretzschmar
hr-Bigbandhr-Bigband
hr-Sinfonieorchesterhr-Sinfonieorchester
IEMA Ensemble 2023/24IEMA-Ensemble 2023/24
Jeaduk KimJeaduk Kim
Jim McNeelyJim McNeely
John HollenbeckJohn Hollenbeck
Lawrence PowerLawrence Power
Luke PoeppelLuke Poeppel
Matthias RiekerMatthias Rieker
Megumi KasakawaMegumi Kasakawa
Michael HopeMichael Hope
NEKO3NEKO3
Niels KleinNiels Klein
Norbert OmmerNorbert Ommer
Po-Chien LiuPo-Chien Liu
Polina KorobkovaPolina Korobkova
Rafaele GiovanolaRafaële Giovanola
Rebecca SaundersRebecca Saunders
Ryoji IkedaRyōji Ikeda
Sofia GubaidulinaSofia Gubaidulina
Stefan AsburyStefan Asbury
Sunghyun LeeSunghyun Lee
Sylvain CambrelingSylvain Cambreling
Tania LeónTania León
Yann RobinYann Robin
Yannik MayaudYannick Mayaud
Yasuhiro ChidaYasuhiro Chida
Żaneta RydzewskaŻaneta Rydzewska
Niels Klein

Artist

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Niels Klein

Niels Klein is a saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, arranger and conductor living in Cologne. His numerous releases as a bandleader include albums ranging from trio, and quartet formats to large ensembles of various sizes to big band and orchestral lineups. He has received numerous awards such as the WDR Jazz Prize for Composition, ECHO Jazz, and many others. As a composer, arranger, and conductor, he regularly works with the big bands of the NDR and WDR as well as many other big bands and orchestras of the independent scene in Germany and Europe. He has been part of the permanent artistic management team of the Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzO) since 2011 and has been a professor of jazz saxophone and ensemble at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln since 2016.