Wolfgang Lackerschmid Quartet - Highlight Concert

Name: Wolfgang Lackerschmid Quartet - Highlight Concert
Start: 2026-10-19T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-19T21:45:00+02:00
Location: K2acht - Zigarre

took place · 19 Oct 2026

K2acht - Zigarre, Heilbronn, Germany

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Wolfgang Lackerschmid Quartet - Highlight Concert — K2acht - Zigarre, Heilbronn

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To mark his 70th birthday, vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid has assembled a top-tier lineup that gives him room to play at his very best. Expect virtuosity, wit, harmonic depth, and demanding arrangements - all wrapped in melody.

About: Wolfgang Lackerschmid

A central figure in European jazz for five decades, Augsburg-based vibraphonist Wolfgang Lackerschmid brings a rare combination of improvisational depth and compositional range - from jazz standards to orchestral works. His duo recordings with Chet Baker put him on the world map, and he continues to collaborate with top-tier musicians across genres.

200+

recordings as performer or collaborator

What's new

2025-04
Lackerschmid released the duo album "Sharing Secrets" with soprano Stefanie Schlesinger on Dot Time Records, spanning jazz, classical and Broadway repertoire.
2025-03
"Sharing Secrets" was nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics' Award) shortlist 3/2025.
2025-11
Lackerschmid and Schlesinger performed the "Sharing Secrets" programme at the Jazztage Dresden festival on 20 November 2025.

Tour

AugsburgDresdenStuttgartKasselMünchenGütersloh

Tracks

Ballads for Two1979 duo album with Chet Baker, widely regarded as a jazz classic

Chet Baker / Wolfgang Lackerschmid1980 quintet session with Baker, Larry Coryell, Buster Williams and Tony Williams

Sharing Secrets2025 duo album with soprano Stefanie Schlesinger on Dot Time Records; nominated for Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik

Samba Gostoso2016 collaboration with The Brazilian Trio (Helio Alves, Nilson Matta, Duduka Da Fonseca)

Common Language, Common Sense2011 project conceived by Lackerschmid as curator of the Augsburger Friedensfest

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