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Keyboards

Star musician Jakob Manz is continuously surprising. The German saxophone player and bandleader offers a surprising mix accompanied by a band of international stars.

Jakob Manz Groove Connection

Göteborgs Symfoniker

A little over ten years ago, Thomas Quasthoff left the classical music genre and has since turned more to jazz. "I had a wonderful time as a classical musician and loved being able to do my work at such a high level. I've always sung jazz, but I never had enough time for it," he confessed in an interview with Stern magazine. But now he has the time – and that has been a stroke of luck for the jazz world for several years now! Together with Simon Oslender on the piano and the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt under the direction of Jens Troester, the long-time festival friend will present a musical homage to Frank Sinatra this evening at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, in which a magnificent voice meets great hits.

Thomas Quasthoff sings Frank Sinatra

Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal

Thomas Quasthoff Quartet

Stadeum Culture and Convention Center GmbH & Co. KG operation

Freilichtbühne Krusenkoppel

For five decades, he has set standards on international stages and moved reached and moved countless people with his art. In the course of his career he has performed with all the leading orchestras and has appeared on all the major concert stages and at major festivals as a lieder and concert singer. A close collaboration with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Bernard Haitink, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Helmuth Rilling, Christian Thielemann and Franz Welser-Möst.

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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

This year, the WDR Big Band is once again touring NRW and presenting the current prizewinner, the Cologne musician Simon Oslender. The pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer convinced the jury with his "extraordinary artistic development, his international stage presence and his importance for the jazz scene in NRW". Oslender's services to the Hammond organ were particularly highlighted, which he made accessible to a wide audience with a new and stylistically open sound. Oslender worked early on with jazz greats such as Bill Evans and Wolfgang Haffner and several times with the WDR Big Band.

WDR Big Band feat. Simon Oslender | WDR Jazz Prize 2025

Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum

The WDR Jazz Prize has been awarded for over 20 years to musicians who work or live in North Rhine-Westphalia. The WDR Big Band is a reliable partner when it comes to the practical implementation of the winners' compositions.

Ebertbad

The WDR Jazz Prize has been awarded for over 20 years to musicians who work or live in North Rhine-Westphalia. The WDR Big Band is a reliable partner when it comes to the practical implementation of the winners' compositions.
This year, the WDR Big Band is once again touring NRW and presenting the current prizewinner, the Cologne musician Simon Oslender. The pianist, organist, keyboardist and composer convinced the jury with his "extraordinary artistic development, his international stage presence and his importance for the jazz scene in NRW". Oslender's services to the Hammond organ were particularly highlighted, which he made accessible to a wide audience with a new and stylistically open sound. Oslender worked early on with jazz greats such as Bill Evans and Wolfgang Haffner and several times with the WDR Big Band.

Pianist, Keyboards

Simon Oslender

Events

Past events

Dec 1, 2025

Jakob Manz Groove Connection · Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Aug 26, 2025

Thomas Quasthoff sings Frank Sinatra · Rheingau Musik Festival

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