Anke Helfrich Trio

WE'LL RISE

The multi-award-winning pianist Anke Helfrich is one of Germany's most outstanding jazz musicians. Her style combines the American jazz tradition with European influences, blues with a sensual sound and virtuosity with the ability to tell stories. She fuses music and attitude into highly interesting projects - as in her current programme "WE'LL RISE", which is dedicated to making inspiring women and forgotten pioneers visible. One of her compositions was included in the book "New Standards: by Women Composers", which was published in 2022 by US percussionist Terri Lyne Carrington. Helfrich has also long been recognised internationally.
Helfrich presents the music with her long-standing, excellent musical partners. Bassist Dietmar Fuhr has played with countless jazz stars at home and abroad and teaches at several German universities. Drummer Jens Düppe is a sought-after figure on the scene and an active bandleader himself. over the years, the trio has developed its own sound: musical equality, freedom and trust form the basis on which the many facets of Helfrich's compositions are moulded into an organic unity.