Klaus Kugel

selected past festivals & concerts:

NATALKA : Natalka Polovinka (voc), Yuriy Yaremchuk (ts, ss, cl, bcl), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr, perc)
June-22-2008, Bochum, SilentArt Festival, Germany

GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
June-20-2008, Bochum, SilentArt Festival, Germany

GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
April-23-2008, Zagreb, Jazz Festival, Croatia

Europe tour with
MOONDOC-CAMPBELL-GREENE-KUGEL : Jemeel Moondoc (as), Roy Campbell (tp, flh, fl), Hilliard Greene (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
april-04-2008, Berikon, Jazztomate, Switzerland
april-05-2008, Milano, Gheroartè, Italy
april-07-2008, Celje, Celjski Dom, Slovenia
april-08-2008, Graz, Stockwerk, Austria
april-10-2008, Lugano, Radio Swizzera (Studio 2), Switzerland
april-11-2008, Vilnius, Lithuania
april-12-2008, Berlin, Rebirth @ Lovelite, Germany
april-13-2008, Berlin, Rebirth @ Lovelite, Germany
april-14-2008, Cottbus, ObenKino, Germany
april-15-2008, Bochum, Stanzwerk, Germany
april-17-2008, Bucarest, Jazz Festival, Romania
april-19-2008, Ilmenau, Jazz Festival, Germany

VYSNIAUSKAS-TOKAR-KUGEL: Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
March-22-2008, Kharkov, Jazz Festival, Ukraine
March-23-2008, Zaporizhzhya, DK "Metalurgov", Ukraine

YATOKU CD release concert: Yuri Yaremchuk (ts, cl, bcl), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
December-10-2007, Lviv, Ukraine

FIVE SPOT : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Yuri Yaremchuk (ts, cl, bcl), Roberta Piket (p), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
December-8-2007, Lviv, Jazz Festival BEZZ, Ukraine
December-9-2007, Sanok, Jazz Festival BEZZ, Poland

THEO JÖRGENSMANN QUARTET : Theo Jörgensmann (cl), Christopher Dell (vib), Christian Ramond (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
November-17-2007, Winterthur, Switzerland

MATTHEW SHIPP TRIO : Matthew Shipp (p), William Parker (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
November-14-2007, Nevers, Jazz Festival, France

EVANS-HEBERER-MANDERSCHEID-KUGEL : Peter Evans (tp), Thomas Heberer (tp), Dieter Manderscheid (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
November-12-2007, Koeln, Loft, Germany

BELOGENIS-BERGER-LINDBERG-KUGEL : Louie Belogenis (ts), Karl Berger (vib), John Lindberg (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
October-26-2007, concert at Jazz at the Seaport, NYC, USA

EDGEFEST 2007, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
CARNIVAL SKIN : Perry Robinson (cl), Peter Evans (tp), Bruce Eisenbeil (g), Hilliard Greene (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Free Jazz Festival Prague 2007 @ Csassa Gelmy, Czech Republic
POKSIS : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Juozas Milasius (g), Vladimir Volkov (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
VYSNIAUSKAS-TIBERIAN-TOKAR-KUGEL : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Mircea Tiberian (p), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Ujbuda Jazz Festival 2007 @ A38, Budapest, Hungary
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn, perc), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)

TAGE NEUER MUSIK BOCHUM 2007, Germany
Ute Kaiser (voice) & Klaus Kugel (percussion, sound objects)

VILNIUS FESTIVALIS 2007 @ National Philharmonie, Lithuania (TV recording)
World premiere of Antoni Donchev's composition "NOW AND NEVER - SKETCHES FOR JAZZ QUINTET AND ORCHESTRA" :
SANKT CHRISTOPHER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA - conductor : Donatus Katkus
Petras Vysniauskas - soprano saxophone
Eric Vloeimans - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Antoni Donchev - piano
John Lindberg - double bass
Klaus Kugel - drums, percussion

VISION FESTIVAL XII, NYC, and tour in USA
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Jazznight Lüneburg 2007
BALTIC QUARTET : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Bobo Stenson (p), Vladimir Volkov (b, viola da gamba), Klaus Kugel (dr, perc)

SilentArt Festival Bochum 2007, Germany
TOMINAGA-VYSNIAUSKAS-KUGEL : Makiko Tominaga (butoh dance), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (perc, sound objects)

Europe tour with
CHARLES GAYLE TRIO : Charles Gayle (ts, bcl), Hilliard Greene (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)
April-21-2007, Freiberg, Jazz Festival, Germany
April-22-2007, Koeln, Loft, Germany
April-23-2007, Eindhoven, Café Wilhelmina, Netherland
April-24-2007, Brugge, De Werf, Belgium
April-25-2007, Lodz, Club Jazzga, Poland
April-26-2007, Wroclaw, Club Rura, Poland
April-27-2007, Willisau, Jazz Festival, Foroom, Switzerland
April-28-2007, Györ, Mediawave Festival, Hungary
April-29-2007, Chemnitz, Germany
April-30-2007, Cottbus, Germany

GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
April-13-2007, Berlin, Ballhaus, Germany
April-15-2007, Kracow, Alchemia, Poland
April-16-2007, Magdeburg, Jazz in der Kammer, Germany

Jazz Festival 'JEDNIST' 2007, Kiev, Ukraine
VYSNIAUSKAS-TOKAR-KUGEL : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

December-29-2006, National Philharmonie Vilnius, Lithuania
PETRAS VYSNIAUSKAS (ss) - VIJAY IYER (p) - HILLIARD GREENE (b) - KLAUS KUGEL (dr)

Jazz Festival Bezz 2006 & tour in Ukraine and Poland
YATOKU : Yuri Yaremchuk (saxes, bcl), Mark Tokar (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Europe tour with
GANELIN TRIO PRIORITY : Vyacheslav Ganelin (p, syn), Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Klaus Kugel (dr)
November-02-2006, Erfurt, Cityhall, Jazzmeile Thueringen, Germany
November-04-2006, Magdeburg, Projekt Sieben, Germany
November-05-2006, Ljubljana, Cankarjev Dom, Slovenija
November-08-2006, Vienna, Porgy & Bess, Austria
November-10-2006, Lugano, Radio Svizzera (live broadcasting), Switzerland
November-11-2006, Milano, Camera del Lavoro, Italy
November-12-2006, Esslingen, Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse, Germany
November-13-2006, Vilnius, Kotrynos Church, Lithuania

Jazz Festival Nanjing 2006
ALBRECHT MAURER QUARTET : Albrecht Maurer (v), Stefan Heidtmann (p), Peter Schönfeld (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

RADIO CULTURA MOSCOW - Live broadcasting all over Russia
& concert in Kalyga, Russia, September 2006
SECOND APPROACH : Andrej Razin (p), Tatyana Komova (voc), Igor Ivanushkin (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Jazz Festival Sankt Wendel 2006
GERMANY-HUNGARY SPECIAL PROJECT : Michael Riessler (ss, cl), Zoltan Lantos (v), Kálmán Balogh (cimbalom), Klaus Kugel (dr, perc)

Jazznight Lüneburg 2006
ANTONI DONCHEV PROJECT : Eric Vloeimans (tp), Antoni Donchev (p), Christian Ramond (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Internationales Jazz Open Air Glauchau 2006, Germany
MICHEL PILZ QUARTET : Michel Pilz (bcl), Itaru Oki (tp, fl), Christian Ramond (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Jazz Festival Montréal 2006, Canada @ Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal
CARNIVAL SKIN : Perry Robinson (cl), Peter Evans (tp), Bruce Eisenbeil (g), Hill Greene (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Vision Festival XI 2006, NYC, USA
STEVE SWELL QUINTET : Steve Swell (tb), Sabir Mateen (ts, as, fl, cl, acl), John Blum (p), Matthew Heyner (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Kerava Jazz Festival 2006, Finnland & tour in Austria, Switzerland, Poland
STEVE SWELL QUARTET : Steve Swell (tb), Sabir Mateen (ts, as, fl, cl, acl), Matthew Heyner (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Jazz Festival Idar Oberstein 2006
ANTONI DONCHEV PROJECT : Eric Vloeimans (tp), Antoni Donchev (p), Christian Ramond (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

SilentArt-Festival Bochum 2006
KOTODAMA : Albrecht Maurer (v, gothic fiddle), Norbert Rodenkirchen (midieval flutes, harp), Makiko Tominaga (butoh dance)
IRONAXE: Roby Glod (as, ss), Bruce Eisenbeil (g), Kent Carter (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

EUROPHONICS 2006 - BALTIKUM & tour in Germany (WDR recording)
POKSIS w/ Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Juozas Milasius (g), Vladimir Volkov (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Jazz Festival Freiberg 2006
STEFAN HEIDTMANN PROJECT: Reiner Winterschladen (tp), Gerd Dudek (ts), Stefan Heidtmann (p), Dieter Manderscheid (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

concert @ THE STONE, NYC, USA, march 2006
BRUCE EISENBEIL QUARTET : Ellery Eskelin (ts), Bruce Eisenbeil (g), Alex Blake (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Other Jazz Festival 2006, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
MICHEL PILZ TRIO w/ Michel Pilz, Christian Ramond, Klaus Kugel

Fringe Festival 2006, Theatre National, Luxembourg
WINDSLEEPERS w/ Glod-Clément-Heidtmann-Schönfeld-Kugel

Festival "Die 3. Art" Wuppertal 2005, Germany
ORNAMENTS OF LIGHT AND SOUND : Makiko Tominaga (dance), Roger hanschel (as), Stefan heidtmann (keyb), Klaus Kugel (perc)

"Die Musiknacht Köln 2005"
Arkady Shilkloper / Albrecht Maurer / Klaus Kugel

Jeunesse Festival 2005 - "Über Grenzen" Vienna, Austria
Otto Lechner, Anatoly Vapirov, Vladimir Volkov, Klaus Kugel

Litauische Kulturtage in Hamburg 2005 / "Lieben Sie Litauen? @ Literaturhaus Hamburg, Germany
Duo: Petras Vysniauskas & Klaus Kugel

International Peter & Paul Jazz Festival 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia
Petras Vysniauskas, Vladimir Volkov, Klaus Kugel & Vyacheslav Gaivoronsky

Jazz Festival Montréal 2005, Canada @ Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal
Steve Swell Quartet w/ Sabir Mateen, Matthew Heyner, Klaus Kugel

Jazz Festival Eldena 2005, Germany
MICHEL PILZ QUARTET : Michel Pilz (bcl), Itaru Oki (tp, fl), Christian Ramond (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Greizer JazzWerk #6, 2005, Greiz, Germany
Ganelin Trio Priority: Ganelin-Vysniauskas-Kugel

Jazz Hope 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania, @ Lithuanian National Philharmonie
Ganelin Trio Priority: Ganelin-Vysniauskas-Kugel

Neue Musik Klangwelten Mülheim/Ruhr 2005
with Robert Dick, Sebastian Gramss, Albrecht Maurer, Norbert Rodenkirchen

Freiberger Jazztage 2005 & tour in Germany/Netherland
Steve Swell Quartet w/ Sabir Mateen, Matthew Heyner, Klaus Kugel

Kasseler Symposium zu Aktueller Musik 2005
with Geraldine Keller, Robert Dick, Petras Vysniauskas, Adam Simmons, Ursel Schlicht, Reuben Radding, Tanya Kalmanovitch a.o..

Jazz Welten Dresden 2005
Baltic Trio: Petras Vysniauskas, Vladimir Volkov & Klaus Kugel

Festival "Die 3. Art" Wuppertal 2004
Ganelin Trio Priority: Ganelin-Vysniauskas-Kugel

Jazzmeile Thüringen 2004
Ganelin Trio Priority: Ganelin-Vysniauskas-Kugel

Pazaislis Music Festival Kaunas 2004
Bartulis-Vysniauskas-Milasius-Kugel & Kaunas State Choir & Kaunas String Quartet

Jazz im Palmengarten Frankfurt 2004 &
Festival Quedlinburger Musiksommer 2004
SEQUENCE : Antoni Donchev (p, comp), Eric Vloeimans (tp), Glen Moore (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Jazz Night Lüneburg 2004
VIOCAL

Eurojazz XXI Moscow 2004
Ganelin Trio Priority: Ganelin-Vysniauskas-Kugel

Nordischer Klang Greifswald 2004
Baltic Quartet: Vysniauskas-Stenson-Volkov-Kugel

FABRIK, Hamburg
Baltic Quartet: Vysniauskas-Stenson-Volkov-Kugel

Prezidento Rumu Festivalis Vilnius 2004
concert may-9-2004, 15:00 - Vilnius, Lithuania, Courtyard of the Presidential Palace with
PETRAS VYSNIAUSKAS INTERNATIONAL QUINTET : Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Steve Swell (tb), Bobo Stenson (p), Christian Spering (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Neue Musik in der Friedenskirche Köln 2003/2004
Bollmann-Carter-Maurer-Mickiewizc-Kugel, Cathedrals, a.o..

Jazz Festival Leipzig 2003
VYSNIAUSKAS-STENSON-KUGEL : Petras Vysniauskas (soprano saxophone), Bobo Stenson (church organ) Klaus Kugel (drums, sound objects and percussion)

Jazz Festival Konstanz 2003
Viocal

Vom Balkan bis zum Baltikum 2003, Stuttgart, Theater Haus
Viocal

International Jazz Festival of Coimbra 2003, Portugal
John Law Quartet: Paul Dunmall (ts+ss), John Law (p), Alec Dankworth (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

New Music Summer 2003
Syntopia Quartet, Ornaments Of Light And Sound, a.o..

Intl Jazz Festival Vancouver 2003
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Intl Jazz Festival Edmonton 2003
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Intl Jazz Festival Montréal 2003
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Intl Music Festival San Francisco 2003
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Westfälisches Musikfest 2003
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Jazz Festival Greiz 2003
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Jazz Festival Lüneburg 2003
ALBRECHT MAURER QUARTET : Albrecht Maurer (v), Bobo Stenson (p), Kent Carter (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Tour in UK
John Law, Michel Pilz, John Lloyd, Christian Ramond, Klaus Kugel

Jazz Festival Kaunas 2003
POKSIS: Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Bobo Stenson (p), Katrin Mickiewicz (v, voc, comp), Skirmantas Sasnauskas (tb), Kent Carter (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

"intersonanzen" / Brandenburgisches Fest Der Neuen Musik 2002
Viocal

Jazz Festival Würzburg 2002
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Jazz Festival Nanjing 2002 & tour in China
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Leigo Järvemuusika 2002, Estland
Petras Vysniauskas Project

VILNIUS FESTIVALIS 2002 @ National Philharmonie, Lithuania (TV recording)
Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Reiner Winterschladen (tp), John Law (p), Vladimir Volkov (b), Klaus Kugel (dr)

Jazz Festival Greiz 2002
Stefan Heidtmann Project: Dudek, Winterschladen, Heidtmann, Rek, Kugel

Euro Jazz Festival Mexico 2002 & tour in Mexico
Stefan Heidtmann Project: Dudek, Winterschladen, Heidtmann, Rek, Kugel

Jazz Line Munich 2002
Viocal

Rheinisches Musikfest 2002
European Echoes: Maurer, Jörgensmann, Wierbos, Stenson, Carter, Kugel

Rheinisches Musikfest 2002
Glen Moore & Friends

JazzArt 2002
Stefan Heidtmann Project: Dudek, Winterschladen, Heidtmann, Rek, Kugel

Tour in USA & Canada 2001
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

NDR Jazz 2001
Vysniauskas-Mariano-Jörgensmann-Berger-Carter-Kugel

Jazz Woche Hannover 2001
Vysniauskas-Mariano-Jörgensmann-Berger-Carter-Kugel

Jazz Night Lüneburg 2001
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet & Reiner Winterschladen

Open Jazz Meeting Lohmar 2001
Maurer/Vapirov/Izmailov/Hübsch/Horvath/Kugel

Jazz Festival Varna 2000
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Duisburger Akzente 2000
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet & Eric Vloeimans

Jazz Night Lüneburg 2000
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Euro-Syrian Jazz Festival 1999 in Damascus & Aleppo
Michel Pilz Trio

Moscow Off Jazz 1999
Vysniauskas-Volkov-Kugel

Jazz Festival Eldena 1999
Petras Vysniauskas, Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel

European Music Festival Münsterland 1999
Ganelin Trio Priority: Ganelin-Vysniauskas-Kugel

Rheinisches Musikfest 1999
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet & Petras Vysniauskas

JazzFest Berlin 1999
Petras Vysniauskas Quartet feat: Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel
& Sankt Christopher Chamber Orchestra

Mare Balticum 1999
Petras Vysniauskas Quartet feat: Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel

Du Murier Festival Int.l De Jazz Montreal 1999
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Du Murier Festival Intl. De Jazz Vancouver 1999
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

concert @ Jazz Café London
Michel Pilz / Zbigniew Namyslowski - Quartet

Offene Welten Köln 99
Petras Vysniauskas Quartet feat: Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel

Jazz Festival Muenster 1999
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet & Lee Konitz

Jazz Podium Ruhr 1998
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Paranoia Festival Tilburg 1998
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet & Kenny Wheeler

Klap Op De Vuurpejl Amsterdam 1998
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet & Kenny Wheeler

Solo Virtuos Gelsenkirchen 1998 &
Cityhall Wuppertal / WDR live recording of the CD "FELLOWSHIP" (hatOLOGY 616)

from left to right:
Petras Vysniauskas (ss), Karl Berger (vib, p), Charlie Mariano (as), Theo Jörgensmann (cl), Klaus Kugel (dr), Kent Carter (b)

Solo Virtuos Gelsenkirchen 1998
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet & Kenny Wheeler

Jazz Night Lueneburg 1998
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

Jazz Festival Lohmar 1998
Maurer / Mariano - Quintet
Michel Pilz / Itaru Oki Quartet

Jazz Festival Yokohama 1998 & tour in Japan
Michel Pilz, Itaru Oki, Christian Ramond, Klaus Kugel

Worms Jazzt 1997
Kent Carter Project: Charlie Mariano, Albrecht Maurer, Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel

Freiberger Jazztage 1997 & tour in Germany/Austria
Kent Carter Project: feat. Charlie Mariano, Albrecht Maurer, Karl Berger, Kent Carter, Klaus Kugel

J.O.E. Festival Essen 1997
NRW Klang Quartet

Open Ohr Festival 1997
Theo Jörgensmann Quartet

1996
Germany Tour with Michel Pilz Trio & Tomasz Stanko

Jazz Festival Chemnitz 94
Petras Vysniauskas Quintet

Jazz Festival Kaunas 1994
Petras Vysniauskas (ss) - Thomasz Stanko (tp) - Vladimir Volkov (b) - Klaus Kugel (dr)
Vilnius-Cologne-Sextet

Jazz Festival Vilnius 1993
Draft

Jazz Festival Kaunas 1993
Petras Vysniauskas Quartet

Jazz Festival Ilmenau 1991
Praskin-Schubert-Ramond-Kugel

Musikfesttage Hoyerswerda 1990
Vysniauskas-Ramond-Kugel

International Festival "Grenzgänge" Wolfsburg 1990
Vysniauskas-Ramond-Kugel

Rheinisches Musikfest 1990 (WDR)
Vysniauskas-Ramond-Kugel

Jazz Festival Ilmenau 1990
Vysniauskas-Ramond-Kugel

Jazz Festival Vilnius 1989 & tour in UdSSR
Petras Vysniauskas, Michel Pilz, Itaru Oki, Christian Ramond, Klaus Kugel

Jazz Festival Sankt Ingbert 1989
Michel Pilz / Itaru Oki - Quartet

Jazz Festival Leipzig 1988
Michel Pilz Quintet

JazzHaus Festival Cologne 1986
Michel Pilz / Itaru Oki - Quartet

Jazz Festival Konstanz 1986
Michel Pilz / Itaru Oki - Quartet