The young top-level jazz orchestra
For 37 years, the German Music Council has dedicated itself to promoting young German jazz musicians with the Bundesjazzorchester (Bujazzo). The Bujazzo is regarded as a valuable link between education and career and as a talent factory for the successful jazz musicians of tomorrow. Prof Niels Klein and Theresia Philipp are closely associated with the orchestra as artistic directors. Together with them and changing guest conductors, the young talents aged between 17 and 24 - almost all of whom are students at German and international music academies - regularly develop new programmes and present them in subsequent concerts at home and abroad. Well-known jazz greats such as Till Brönner, Roger Cicero, Tom Gaebel, Julia Hülsmann, Jakob Manz, Alma Naidu, Matthias Schriefl, Johanna Summer, Nils Wogram and Michael Wollny started their careers in the Bundesjazzorchester.
Kateryna Shabelko
Conrad Räuchle
Josefine Laub
Tobias Bech
Josef Gütter
Thies van Ballegooy
Felix Bork
Jakob Jäger
Fabius Mey
Mark Maksimovich
Cansu Arat
Julius Jahn
Leon Glauning
Wigurd Wildgrube
Linda Scharnagl
Clara Wedel
Benedikt Göb
Sebastian Claas
Lilli Kornhuber
Irma Neumüller Broth
Isabella Schamberger
Varad Amol Bhagwat
Raphael Greil
Leonora Tomanoski
Kjalar Kollmar
Niklas Wittig
Lorenz Knauft
Estelle Dupont
Phillippe Feuerhake
Florian Groß
Alfred Müller
Noah Hinze
Fabian Eichler
Ben Mammel
Lena Lorberg
Dominik Gershkovich
Xaver Bodenstein
Lilith Walkenhorst
Jean-Loup Eberhardt
Join in
Every two years, the Bundesjazzorchester welcomes a new generation of musicians. Applications for the next audition period open in summer 2026.