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Biography
born 1986 in Heppenheim, grew up in Konstanz. Studied Classical and Jazz double bass in Berlin and Cologne, lives and works in Cologne. Works in between Improvised Music, Jazz, Classical Avantgarde. Founding member of the Cologne collective for improvised and contemporary music impakt. Besides working with his own ensembles entitled Enso with different lineups which deal with quiet intensities in between free improvisation and composition, he is / was involved in numerous projects like Eva Klesse Quartett, Die Fichten, Schmid’s Huhn, Simon Nabatov Trio, Katrin Scherer Cluster Quartet, Totenhagen, Leif Berger „Hinweis auf die Sonne“, Janning Trumann Octet and others. As a demanded sideman Stefan plays concerts all over Europe and beyond, including tours in China, Egypt, India, Lebanon, Russia, Turkey. He played on reknowned festivals for Jazz and Neue Musik like Moers festival, Elbjazz, Cologne Jazzweek, Cairo Jazz festival, Izmir Jazz festival, Warsaw Autumn, Acht Brücken, Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt. He worked amongst others with: Arto Lindsay, Theo Bleckmann, Simon Nabatov, Eve Risser, Tom Rainey, Ingrid Laubrock, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Judith Hamann, Toma Gouband, Kari Ronnekleiv, Michael Thieke, Sandra Weiss, Nathan Bontrager, Etienne Nillesen, Philip Zoubek, Matthias Muche, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Oli Steidle, Elisabeth Coudoux, Janning Trumann, Laura Totenhagen, Leif Berger, Rebekka Ziegler, Kathrin Pechlof, Sebastian Gille, Felix Hauptmann, Fabian Arends, Stefan Karl Schmid, Dominik Mahnig, Leonhard Huhn.Pictures
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September 2nd, 2026
This time we released our fifth album
September 2nd, 2026
„Enso: On the withered tree a flower blooms“ in cooperation with Deutschlandfunk has been nominated for Deutscher Jazzpreis 2026 for Broadcast Production of the year.
September 2nd, 2026
Two new videos are out. Two live recordings. Two different trios dealing in different ways with space and time.
September 2nd, 2026
„Enso: A Simplified Space“ in cooperation with Deutschlandfunk has been nominated for Deutscher Jazzpreis 2025 for Broadcast Production of the year.
September 2nd, 2026
I am incredibly happy to announce the new Enso-Album called Peaceful dwelling.
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