Wolfgang Haffner

Wolfgang Haffner is a musical all-rounder. A leader who loves to accompany. An instrumentalist who loves to compose. A master of nuances on the drums, for whom the audience is important and for whom it is important to play "music for the heart", as he says himself. He has been a professional musician since the age of 18, when he joined the bands of jazz icon Albert Mangelsdorff and singer-songwriter Konstantin Wecker. In the years that followed, he drummed his way into Klaus Doldinger's Passport and Chaka Khan's band. Haffner has also played with Al Jarreau, Pat Metheny, The Brecker Brothers, The Manhattan Transfer, Jan Garbarek, Till Brönner, Nightmares on Wax, Die Fantastischen Vier and the Nils Landgren Funk Unit. Today, the two-time ECHO Jazz Award winner is internationally regarded as the most successful German drummer and is also one of the few German musicians who are successful worldwide. 4000 concerts in over 100 countries, from Japan to Brazil, South Africa to Australia, USA to Scandinavia. Haffner's distinctive beats can now be heard on over 400 album productions. His reputation is also enhanced by how active and agile he is as a producer, for example for Max Mutzke or Mezzoforte. Music, especially live and played by such outstanding musicians, always has something magical about it. Together they create and experience the Haffner sound, that unique and unmistakable combination of driving grooves, beautiful melodies and a deep sense of atmosphere and musical moods. In addition to the long-standing members of his trio, Simon Oslender on keyboards and Thomas Stieger on bass, the celebrated Berlin trumpeter Sebastian Studnitzky will also be joining the band. Haffner has a long instrumental friendship with the latter, documented on many of his twenty albums as bandleader, such as "Kind of Spain", "Round Silence" and "Silent World". Line-up: Wolfgang Haffner (drums), Sebastian Studnitzky (trumpet), Simon Oslender (keyboards), Thomas Stieger (bass) "Messiah" thus offers the unique opportunity to take a look inside our heads and understand which psychological mechanisms really shape and drive us. The skillful fusion of mentalism, psychology and philosophy with playful elements has already had great appeal and entertainment value in the past. It is no coincidence that it is extremely important to Timon Krause that lightness and fun are not neglected. This applies both to his shows and to the other areas in which he expresses himself creatively, such as with his current book, the novel "Das versunkene Theater" (KMAV Kölner Medienagentur und Verlag), which will be published on October 23 this year. And it's no coincidence that he regularly meets up with Joko & Klaas to present them with completely new challenges with clever mind games. Entertainment is a top priority in Timon Krause's life. Perhaps this is part of the secret to his success. More than 10 million YouTube clicks and his "Mind Games" tour, which has sold out several times, speak for themselves.