Herbstliche Solokonzerte im LOFT gehören seit einer Reihe von Jahren zu meiner Agenda, womit sie inzwischen fast den Status einer Tradition nahelegen. Viele der Abende wurden mitgeschnitten, und Ausschnitte aus den Jahren 2012 – 2019 werden nun in Form einer 3-CD-Box vorgelegt, erweitert um Aufnahmen aus Nickelsdorf (2016) und Wien (2018).

Solokonzerte erfordern ein gewisses Durchhaltevermögen hinsichtlich Technik und Fantasie, haben aber den Vorteil, dass einem niemand in die Quere kommt – ausser einem selbst, und damit hat man dann schon genug zu tun.
Georg Graewe
Wien, 16.September 2023


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„Lyrisch verspielt, hochvirtuos, klangsensibel und klar strukturiert: Der Solo-Auftritt von Georg Graewe in Ludwigshafen zeigte eindrücklich die Ausnahmestellung des Pianisten …
Graewes musikalische Sprache hat die Jazzgeschichte von Jelly Roll Morton über Bill Evans bis hin zu Fred van Hove genauso absorbiert wie die Eleganz der französischen Klaviertradition oder die lakonische Prägnanz der Zweiten Wiener Schule.“
Julia Neupert , SüdwestRundfunk (SWR), 2015

„What distinguishes Graewe is his remarkable control, a focused urgency making his compositions/improvisations feel twice as dense. The way his hands tumble across the keys and over each other should make it inevitable that his fingers would get twisted up like Bugs Bunny playing Liszt, yet there is never a moment of anything other than perfect articulation. This is complemented/contrasted by an unusual rhythmic sense in some sections, almost a drunken lurch approaching proto-stride. And when he plays slow passages, the loveliness is highlighted by his seeming to wait until the absolute last possible millisecond to play a note.“
Andrey Henkin, New York City Jazz Record, 2018




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Autumn solo concerts at LOFT have been part of my agenda for a number of years, by which time they almost suggest the status of a tradition. Many of the evenings have been recorded, and excerpts from 2012 – 2019 are now presented in the form of a 3-CD box set, expanded with recordings from Nickelsdorf (2016) and Vienna (2018).

Solo concerts require a certain stamina in terms of technique and imagination, but have the advantage that no one gets in your way – except yourself, and that’s enough to deal with.

Georg Graewe
Vienna, September 16, 2023

„Lyrically playful, highly virtuosic, sensitive to sound and clearly structured: Georg Graewe’s solo performance in Ludwigshafen impressively demonstrated the pianist’s exceptional status …
Graewe’s musical language has absorbed jazz history from Jelly Roll Morton to Bill Evans to Fred van Hove as well as the elegance of the French piano tradition or the laconic conciseness of the Second Viennese School.“
Julia Neupert , SüdwestRundfunk (SWR), 2015

„What distinguishes Graewe is his remarkable control, a focused urgency making his compositions/improvisations feel twice as dense. The way his hands tumble across the keys and over each other should make it inevitable that his fingers would get twisted up like Bugs Bunny playing Liszt, yet there is never a moment of anything other than perfect articulation. This is complemented/contrasted by an unusual rhythmic sense in some sections, almost a drunken lurch approaching proto-stride. And when he plays slow passages, the loveliness is highlighted by his seeming to wait until the absolute last possible millisecond to play a note.“
Andrey Henkin, New York City Jazz Record, 2018


Information about prices, ticket reservations and our opening times can be found here:
www.loftkoeln.de/en/tickets/
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