Jazzingoethe: Julia Kadel Trio

Young German pianist Julia Kadel presents her third album "Kaskaden". She began to play the piano at the age of seven and discovered her passion for jazz music after years of classical training. As she devoted herself fully to the music she finally studied jazz piano at University of Music Carl Maria von Weber Dresden in 2009. With her well known piano trio Julia Kadel Trio she already released two albums at the legendary jazz label Blue Note/ Universal in 2014 („Im Vertrauen“) and 2016 („Über und Unter“). Kadel was nominated twice for the German Jazz Echo 2015 in the categories „Instrumentalist of the Year National Piano“ as a soloist and with her trio as „Newcomer of the Year“. In the same year her trio was also selected for the German jazz expo at the Jazzahead showcases in Bremen.

Julia Kadel's musical range varies in between the genres of contemporary jazz, free improvisation and new music, her compositions include narrative stories aswell as contrasting concepts for all kinds of improvisational thinking. Kadels music led her already to many international festivals and other countries such as England, France, Norway, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Lithuania and Turkey.