It’s not that nothing happened — I just forgot to post about it. A whole year slipped by quietly, and what a year it was. I got married, traveled to new countries, recorded new music, and played at incredible festivals. More on all of that below.

Personal highlights:
• Marrying the love of my life
• Opening the Álvaro Soler show in front of 40,000 people in Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Playing in Finland for the first time
• Playing Django Reinhardt’s music at Zigzag once a month with the Hot Club of Berlin, featuring international guests
• Playing the Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) in Wismar on several occasions in an old cathedral
• Performing with the Omniversal Earkestra at the Rudolstadt World Music Festival, broadcasted live on Deutschlandfunk
• And last but not least: finishing my Bachelor’s degree in Architecture with a 1.5

What a ride!

First excerpt of my piece „Gewendelt“ from a lovely night @donau115 this year. I wrote two sets of new music for that occasion, which I promise to myself to keep on publishing here and elsewhere. This was the last concert of three in a row.

Rieko Okuda (p) James Banner (bs) Fabian Rösch (dr) Fritz Moshammer (tp, comp) Mix: Simon Scheibel

Playing EVERY MONDAY with this Band. @sonnenraum (https://hoppetosse.berlin/sonnenraum/)

Thrilled with my new B&S trumpet! It’s been a fantastic companion in gigs and recordings this past year—versatile, open, and delivering a superb sound. Grateful for the support, @bnsmarkneukirchen! 🎺
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📸: @yulllius

Happy new year 2024 everybody. A small Recording Diary of 2023.

1-2: FET „The Bigband“ (YouTube)
3: Alvaro Soler – Para Vivirla (live) (YouTube)
4: Omniversal Earkestra – BertaBerlin Session (YouTube)
5: Daisam Jalo – Cycles (listen here)
6: Häuserkampf – Podcast by @audiokombinatand music by @ja.meister and me (listen here)
7: Adi Gelbart – The Portal, Finaly!

Thanks to: @ehrlichmarkus@flexible.eingreiftruppe@alvarosolermusic@omniversalearkestra@daisamjalo@ja.meister@theoceancollective@gelbart.gelbart@bnsmarkneukirchen

📸 by @florianthierer

Besides many pop concerts this year, I’m happy to share some Bigband music I was lucky to be part of. I had a little solo in this one.

October 22 I had the huge honor to be part of the Berlin show of DEEP PURPLE. This was part of their 2022 world tour and had been recorded both video and sound. So maybe there is going to be a more professional recording of this evening.

Some tour impressions again. Thank you everyone who made this possible and for pushing through after these long month without tours and gigs in the pandemic years!

Frohes neues Jahr! Am 01.01.22 wurde unser ZDF Bauhaus Konzert in Weimar mit Alvaro Soler ausgestrahlt. Für Stream aufs Bild klicken.

Slightly different and difficult year for all of us musicians and artist. But nevertheless there had been a few highlights, like recording and some open air live gigs.

Some impressions of last summer with Mark Forster. Many new places and faces. Special thanks to the „Bleser“ and the whole „Orchesterchen“.

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#markforster #wearebns #trumpet

Alvaro Soler Europe Tour. What great experience to be on tour with these guys. Thank you to everyone involved!
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#alvarosoler #mardecolores #tour #kelvinjones #wearebns #trumpet #mardecoloreseuropeantour2019

Arena Tour mit Mark Forster und meinen lieben Kollegen Nils Wrasse und Raphael Klemm. Danke für eine großartige Zeit!

Das Jahr startet mit der Mark Forster Clubtour

Europe Tour with Junius Meyvant from Island through Scandinavia, France, England, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Nice band, nice people and endless hours in the bus.