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.
Florian Groß
Conrad Räuchle
Estelle Dupont
Fabian Eichler
Tobias Bech
Cansu Arat
Isabella Schamberger
Kjalar Kollmar
Kateryna Shabelko
Josefine Laub
Jean-Loup Eberhardt
Raphael Greil
Phillippe Feuerhake
Lilith Walkenhorst
Benedikt Göb
Lorenz Knauft
Dominik Gershkovich
Mark Maksimovich
Julius Jahn
Varad Amol Bhagwat
Wigurd Wildgrube
Niklas Wittig
Sebastian Claas
Irma Neumüller Broth
Alfred Müller
Felix Bork
Xaver Bodenstein
Lena Lorberg
Ben Mammel
Clara Wedel
Josef Gütter
Linda Scharnagl
Leon Glauning
Leonora Tomanoski
Lilli Kornhuber
Noah Hinze
Thies van Ballegooy
Fabius Mey
Jakob Jäger
Join in
Every two years, the Bundesjazzorchester welcomes a new generation of musicians. Applications for the next audition period open in summer 2026.