DeutschPascal Klewer
trumpet
Pascal Klewer, born 1997 in Groß-Gerau, Germany, started picking up the trumpet at the age of 8. After a focus on classical music, he started concentrating on jazz at the age of 13. Since 2014 he has been a member of the Youth Jazz Orchestra of the State of Hessen, and since 2018 a member of the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra. He has played in numerous ensembles including the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, several youth jazz orchestras, the Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, the Subway Jazz Orchestra, Shaikh9, and several other bands. He has toured all over Europe, China, Canada, and Bolivia and performed at renowned venues such as the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Köln, and Konzerthaus Köln, as well as playing with Grammy Award-winning musicians such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Schuur, and Randy Brecker. In 2015 he moved to Cologne to study at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz with Andy Haderer, Jürgen Friedrich, and Niels Klein. As a leader, his main projects are the German-Greek trio Bräumer/Klewer/Eftychidou (co-leader), as well as his own Big Band, the Pascal Klewer Bigband. With his own Big Band, he curates a concert series in Cologne, bringing together renowned artists such as Peter Brötzmann or Kit Downes with his own big band and his own compositions.
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