Mannheim meets LEIF BERGER

In the organizer's words:

In this concert series, Mannheim meets talents from the young jazz scene. Together with musicians from the Mannheim scene, the guest forms a unique band and develops a completely new program.

In this way, the different scenes are brought together - influences and ideas about music are exchanged. An exciting experience not to be missed.

The band Leif Berger invites you to the next Mannheim Meets.

Leif Berger, born in Münster in 1995, has been a musician since he got his first drum kit in 1997. A few stations later (LEGO, "Age of Empires", skateboarding etc.), he decided to dedicate his life to this passion. He moved to Cologne, where he learned things like improvisation, friendship, taking his dreams seriously, listening, and playing in many bands. Today he also calls himself a composer, pianist, keyboardist, percussionist, bandleader and teacher. You can listen to his music on Bandcamp. Most of the more than 25 albums he has played on can also be found on the Internet.

Concert tours have taken him all over Europe and beyond, as well as to festivals such as Jazzfest Bonn, moers festival, c/o Pop, Jazzablanca and KLAENG. Leif was the recipient of the Claas-Willeke Soloist Award (HfM Jazzpreis Saar 2015), a scholarship holder of the Werner Richard, Dr. Carl Dörken Foundation (2016, with SALOMEA), finalist of the New German Jazz Award (2018, with SALOMEA) and has been teaching jazz drums at the IfM of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences since 2018.

Together with his colleagues Jonas Neubauer (sax), Mario Angelov (bass) and Justin Zitt (piano), the band has put together a unique program for this evening.

The combination of music and musicians provides the basis for a great concert evening that is eagerly awaited.

Concert starts at 8 pm / Casino im Rampenlicht (Waldhofstraße 2, 68169 Mannheim)

Tickets available at the Box Office / regular 15Euro reduced 10Euro