Elbphilharmonie Jazz Academy

Stand on stage at the Elbphilharmonie and learn from greats like Anat Cohen and Yaron Herman – the »Elbphilharmonie Jazz Academy« makes this a reality! The Academy offers budding jazz musicians aged from 18 to 30 the opportunity to spend a week working with well-known musicians and teachers in group workshops and individual trainings to create a programme that all 15 selected participants and their mentors present together at the finale in the Grand Hall.

Since 2021, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg has organised the »Elbphilharmonie Jazz Academy« every two years. Jazz greats such as Theo Croker, Donny McCaslin and Julia Hülsmann act as mentors for the young jazz musicians for a week. From Japan to Israel to the USA – the talented up-and-coming musicians often travel a long way to take part in the Elbphilharmonie Jazz Academy. The final concert in the Grand Hall marks the culmination of an intensive, creative and highly emotional time together at the Elbphilharmonie for both teachers and participants.

The next »Elbphilharmonie Jazz Academy« takes place from 18–24 August 2025.

With support of the Dr. E. A. Langner-Stiftung

Benjamin Fryde clarinet (FR)
Leon Hattori piano (DE)
Christian Höhn trumpet (DE)
Lucas Johnson drums (DE)
Tal Kalman saxophone (IL)
Nico Klöffer bass (DE)
Kateryna Kravchenko vocals (UA)
Roz Macdonald bass (UK)
Lajos Meinberg piano (DE)
Paul Prassel guitar (DE)
Klára Pudláková bass (CZ)
Patricija Skof vocals (SI)
Leo Steinriede guitar (US)
Åsmund Waage vibraphone (NO)
Malte Wiest drums (DE)

Jakob Bänsch trumpet (DE)
Maxim Burtsev piano (DE)
Marleen Dahms trombone (DE)
Jonas Esser drums (DE)
Lucie Graehl saxophone (DE)
Dominic Harrison drums (DE)
Lauri Kadalipp saxophone (EE)
Malthe Kaptain trumpet (DK)
Daniel Nagel bass (NL)
Kristina Shamgunova saxophone (DE)
Loreen Sima bass (DE)
Mateusz Szewczyk bass (PL)
Rahel Talts piano (EE)
Lion Wegmann piano (DE)
Lisa Wilhelm drums (DE)