HfK Jazzclub: Martin Classen & HfK-Dozent:innen
Martin Classen studied saxophone and flute with Ferdinand Povel in Hilversum (Amsterdam), arrangement and composition with Kenny Napper and Jerry van Rooyen. For more than 30 years he has been very successful with various projects at important national and international festivals. His artistic work has also been honored with various awards. He has released more than 35 CDs and given concerts with Jeff Hamilton, Clark Terry, Luciano Biondini and Ack van Rooyen, John Marshall, Albert Mangelsdorf, Richie Beirach, Billy Hart, Bart van Lier,Jo Krause, German Marstatt, Ingo Senst, Jan Bierther, Martin Wind, Sebastian Altekamp, Ruud Ouwehand, Buggy Braune, Altfrid M. Sicking, Florian Poser, Michael Arlt, Bart van Lier, Georg Rox, Maarten van de Grinten, Oliver Groenewald, Tobias Sudhoff, Oli Poppe, Detlev Beier, Gerard Klejin, Joost Kesselaar, Markus Stockhausen, Christian Schoenefeldt, Deborah Brown, Shirley Bassey, Markus Schieferdecker, Martin Sasse, Sebastian Netta, John Clayton, Cees van Lier.
He led the jazz studies program at the University of the Arts Bremen until 2023.
In addition to invitations to international festivals such as the Northsea Jazzfestival (The Hague), Jazzfestival Peruggia (I), Cork (Ireland), Royal Festival Hall (London), Mozarteum (Salzburg), Jazzfestival Curacao, Stadtgarten Köln, Münsterland Festival, A-Trane Berlin, Hörfest Hamburg, he has been a guest with successful big bands such as: The Midland Big Band (NL), and the “Timeless Orchestra” (Nl). As a soloist he was engaged for the John Clayton Big Band, the Metropole Orchestra, The Dutch Jazz Orchestra, the Glenn Miller Orchestra (NL), the Würzburg Jazz Orchestra and currently for the Nordwest Big Band.
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The "hfk jazzclub" is the venue for contemporary jazz in Bremen. Concerts and sessions with musicians from the university and local and national musicians take place every Tuesday of the semester at 9 pm in the basement vault of the University of Music. Passionate jamming takes place here, or student tryout programmes are presented. Semester projects by the Rehearsal Band and themed concert programmes are also on offer. In short: a think tank for jazz and a meeting place for Bremen's jazz scene.
Admission
Normal: 5 Euro
HfK students: 2 euros
Tickets are available at the box office from 8 pm
Important information
The HfK is barrier-free to a limited extent at the Dechanatstraße location.
The entire building is fully accessible via two lifts, in the west wing and in the middle wing, from the basement to the 2nd floor. Due to a height offset on the ground floor, the toilet for people with limited mobility can only be reached barrier-free from the entrance via the basement and the 1st floor.
Public disabled parking spaces are designated on the street immediately adjacent to the courtyard entrance. In addition, a disabled parking space can be allocated on the premises by the caretakers and the security service. The colleagues can be reached by telephone at +49 421 9595-1400.
