jazzahead! Up and Coming Writers Camp

14 February 2025

International connections and support of up and coming female and non-binary musicians

Photo: FOUR

From February 24th to 27th, the jazzahead! Up and Coming Writers Camp creates a creative meeting place for female and non-binary musicians from the fields of jazz and improvised music. Two up-and-coming projects from Bremen and Groningen, selected by an international jury, will get the chance to work on new material together over several days and prepare it for a joint performance at the jazzahead! CLUBNIGHT on April 25th. The two bands zwanzig nach eins from Bremen and FOUR from Groningen will be coached by the internationally active bass player Lisa Hoppe, who started her studies in Bremen. The jazzahead! Up and Coming Writers Camp thus combines the three important future topics of promoting young talent, gender balance in the jazz world and international exchange, in this case with Bremen’s twin city Groningen.

The camp is made possible by the support of Clubverstärker e.V. and the Senator für Kultur as part of the “Perspektivwechsel” funding program as well as the inJazz program from Buma Cultuur. The project is being carried out in cooperation with Musikszene Bremen e.V., Buma Cultuur and the Prins Claus Conservatorium.

zwanzig nach eins

The trio zwanzig nach eins embeds German poetry in an often spherical and intense mixture of classical, jazz and jazz-related music. Selected texts, finely interwoven with chamber music and electronic sounds.

Antonia Wohlgemuth – vocals
Paula Sagastibelza – cello
Dani Catalán – vibraphone

Instagram: @zwanzig_nach_eins

FOUR

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FOUR is a vibrant jazz collective formed by four musicians of Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen. The band came together through a shared love for jazz and a desire to explore and blend their diverse musical influences.

Isabel Ruiz – piano
Amy Campbell – vocals
Stilyan Radev – bass
Ricardo Ramos – drums

Instagram: @isabelruizmusic

Lisa Hoppe

Lisa Hoppe (*1988 in Rotenburg (Wümme)) is a double bass player and composer who lives in Berlin. She works in the fields of jazz, improvised music and music theater, and is involved in various projects in Germany and Switzerland. Her album Faking An Imperfect Utopia with the band YSOP was nominated for the German Jazz Award in 2024.

Instagram: @lisahoppebass

Check out jazzahead! to see the full program.