BOHJazz concert with Kristina Brodersen on alto saxophone

The trio of jazz guitarist Christian Hassenstein plays every two months in the Appendix, the extension of the LernWerk, at Industriestr. 1 in 46395 Bocholt. The guest soloist at this concert is Kristina Brodersen on alto saxophone. The concert starts at 8.00 pm and admission is free. As usual, visitors can look forward to the unique sounds of this fascinating combination. The guest will be joined by Christian Hassenstein on guitar, Silvio Morger on drums and Conrad Noll on double bass.

Kristina Brodersen began playing classical piano at the age of 5 and switched to saxophone at the age of 13, taking lessons from Peter Decker and Lee Konitz, among others. She also took lessons at the jazz department of the "University of New Orleans". In 1995 she was honoured with the Jazz Prize of the border triangle (Saarland-Luxembourg-Rhineland-Palatinate).

She began her jazz studies in Mainz with Peter Reiter, which she later continued and successfully completed in Cologne with Frank Gratkowski and Wolfgang Engstfeld. In 1998, she co-founded the band "The Sidewinders" with which she won 1st prize at "Jugend jazzt" and 1st prize at the Biberach Jazz Competition. In 2000, the band toured Texas and recorded their first record.

Kristina Brodersen played in the Saarland and Bavarian State Youth Jazz Orchestras and was a member of the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra for several years, with whom she played concerts in Germany and Russia under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer. Further concert tours through Germany, Slovenia and Portugal followed. Together with the pianist Tobias Weindorf, she founded the "Brodersen-Weindorf Quartett".

The event is supported by the Stadtsparkasse Bocholt.