Rüdiger Baldauf feat. Max Mutzke - Trumpet Night & Friends

Name: Rüdiger Baldauf feat. Max Mutzke - Trumpet Night & Friends
Start: 2026-10-08T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T19:30:00+02:00
Location: Anthroposophisches Zentrum

took place · 8 Oct 2026

Anthroposophisches Zentrum, Kassel, Germany

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Rüdiger Baldauf feat. Max Mutzke - Trumpet Night & Friends — Anthroposophisches Zentrum, Kassel

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Rüdiger Baldauf, trumpeter and driving force behind Trumpet Night, regularly brings together guests from across the music world for this format. Tonight's lineup includes Max Mutzke, Thomas Quasthoff, Laith Al-Deen, Nils Landgren, Joo Kraus, Lorenzo Ludemann, and Jakob Manz.

Baldauf tailors and re-arranges his guests' compositions to suit each specific lineup. The soloists are backed by a top-tier band.

Line-up

Rüdiger Baldauf
Thomas Quasthoff
Lorenzo Ludemann

About: Max Mutzke

A Black Forest native who shot to fame via Eurovision in 2004, Mutzke has since built one of Germany's most versatile live careers - spanning soul, jazz and funk across roughly 100 shows a year, often alongside big bands and jazz orchestras.

Tour

IngolstadtMünchenBerlinMagdeburgWolfsburgHamburgHagenDuisburgSiegenMönchengladbachFrankfurtWienLeipzigHannover

Tracks

Can't Wait Until Tonight2004 debut single, #1 in Germany, top 5 in Austria and Switzerland, German ESC entry finishing 8th

Wunschlos süchtig2021 album, his first entirely in German, peaked at #24 in Germany

Colors2018 self-produced album reworking hip-hop tracks as R&B/soul, peaked at #22 in Germany

Forever Strong2024 single, runner-up at Germany's Eurovision national selection "Das Deutsche Finale"

XX2024 anniversary album marking 20 years in music, blending German and English songs

About: Laith Al-Deen

With hits like "Bilder von dir" and "Dein Lied", Laith Al-Deen helped shape German-language pop from its very beginnings - selling millions of records and earning gold discs along the way. His eleventh studio album "Dein Begleiter" (2024) and the upcoming 25th-anniversary best-of "25" confirm that his warm, soulful voice has lost none of its pull.

Tour

BielefeldOldenburgWuppertalFuldaAschaffenburgTübingenKarlsruheKaiserslauternRansbach-BaumbachBochumHanauLeerOsterholz-ScharmbeckKöln

Tracks

Bilder von dirbreakthrough single from debut album (2000), one of the most-played German pop songs of the 2000s

Dein Liedhit from second album "Melomanie" (2002)

Keine wie dulong-standing fan favourite; re-recorded for the 2026 anniversary album "25 - Best Of"

Dein Begleitertitle track of the 11th studio album (2024)

Alles an dirlead single from chart-topping album "Für alle" (2004), reached #21 on German singles chart

About: Nils Landgren

Sweden's most celebrated jazz trombonist, Landgren leads his Funk Unit and a string of orchestral and chamber projects with the same red horn he has played for over 40 years - a live presence that spans hard funk grooves and intimate ballads in a single evening.

333.2K

Spotify monthly listeners

500+

Albums appeared on as performer/sideman

40+

Albums released as leader on ACT Music

200

Concerts per year at peak

What's new

2026-02
Landgren released 'Love of My Life' on 13 February 2026, an orchestral album with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra arranged by Vince Mendoza, timed to his 70th birthday.
2026-02
Landgren celebrated his 70th birthday on 15 February 2026 with a concert at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg titled 'Nils 70 - A Birthday Celebration'.
2026-02
Landgren was awarded the 'Verdienstorden des Landes Schleswig-Holstein' by Minister-President Daniel Günther in Kiel.

Tour

LeipzigEssenTimmendorfer StrandAndorraSan RemoOestrich-WinkelEltville am RheinRendsburgBrantevikGlücksburgNeustadtWiesbadenJenaLübeckKielHamburg

Tracks

Funky ABBA2004 Funk Unit tribute to ABBA, recorded at Polar Studios with Benny Andersson as guest

Christmas With My FriendsLong-running series (9 volumes since 2006), one of ACT Music's all-time bestsellers

I Will SurviveSignature live cover, a crowd favourite at Funk Unit concerts

Paint It Blue1996 Funk Unit album, won the German Jazz Award; features Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker

Love of My Life2026 orchestral album with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, released for his 70th birthday

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