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Nils Kugelmann

Bass

Nils Kugelmann has achieved something very special with his debut album Stormy Beauty (ACT). In addition to a nomination for the German Record Critics' Award, an appearance in the European jazz charts and enthusiastic audiences everywhere, it has also been consistently celebrated by the national and international press. The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote about Stormy Beauty: "A brilliant album by one of the most universal musicians in this country". BR Klassik ranks the album among the top ten international jazz albums of 2023 and states: "Nils Kugelmann's compositions [...] are among the most elegant you can hear in jazz today." And SWR describes his debut as "music that gets under your skin".

Kugelmann fuses with his double bass like no other and liberates it from the role of accompanying instrument with a force that is unrivalled. His intelligent and powerful playing has already led the 28-year-old to appearances with the Benny Golson Quartet, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Johannes Enders and Trio Elf. Nils Kugelmann has also received numerous awards as a bandleader and sideman. He won the European Young Artist Award at Jazzwoche Burghausen with his trio and the German Jazz Prize 2024 as part of the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet. In addition to further prizes at the Young Munich Jazz Prize, Biberacher Jazz Prize, Bavarian Jazz Association Award and the Future Sounds Competition, Kugelmann has also been honoured for his work as a composer and musician with the Music Scholarship of the City of Munich and the BMW Young Artist Jazz Award.

Projects

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Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet
Nils Kugelmann Trio
Nils Kugelmann Trio
Shuteen Erdenebaatar & Nils Kugelmann
Shuteen Erdenebaatar & Nils Kugelmann

Calendar

2024

13 12
DE - Hamburg NDR
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Norddeutscher Rundfunk

2025

25 01
DE - Frankfurt am Main
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Netzwerk Seilerei
14 02
DE - Hamburg Urban Jazz Festival
Nils Kugelmann Trio | Birdland Hamburg
01 03
DE - Dresden Club Show
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Jazzclub Tonne
06 03
AT - Innsbruck Club Show
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Treibhaus
07 03
DE - Heidenheim an der Brenz Doppelkonzert
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Jazz Heidenheim e.V.
08 03
DE - Leipzig Club Show
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Horns Erben
09 03
DE - Feldafing Festival Show
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Jazz am See
12 03
DE - Bonn Jazz Reihe "Aspekte"
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Beethoven-Haus Bonn
13 03
DE - Plattling Jazz Forum Plattling
Nils Kugelmann Trio | Regenbogen Kunst- und Kulturverein Plattlling e.V.
14 03
DE - Ratingen
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Friedenskirche
15 03
NL - Utrecht Transition Festival
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | TivoliVredenburg
21 03
DE - Merzhausen
Nils Kugelmann Trio | FORUM Merzhausen
24 03
DE - Ismaning Jazzmontag Ismaning
Nils Kugelmann Trio | Hainhalle
25 03
DE - München Konzert
Nils Kugelmann Trio | Bürgersaal Fürstenried
28 03
DE - Viersen Club Show
Nils Kugelmann Trio | Jazzclub Weberhaus
11 04
DE - Braunschweig
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Roter Saal
16 04
DE - Stuttgart Club Show
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | BIX Jazzclub
03 05
DE - Paderborn
Nils Kugelmann Trio | Jazz-Club Paderborn
08 05
RO - București Lightville / Jazz in Church Festival
Shuteen Erdenebaatar & Nils Kugelmann | Lutheran Church
10 05
DE - Seehausen / Riedhausen
Nils Kugelmann Trio | Forum am Westtorhalle e.V.
30 05
DE - Bayreuth Pijazzo Festival
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet | Hoftheater der Klaviermanufaktur Steingraeber & Söhne
06 06
DE - Neustadt am Rübenberge
Nils Kugelmann Trio | Schloss Landestrost / Großer Saal
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Contact

Floriane Schroetter

Booking Agent

Wenna Liu

Production Manager