MARTIN KOHLSTEDT

The acclaimed German pianist and composer Martin Kohlstedt combines acoustic pianos with electronica in his works – and with that attracts an audience from the world of high culture and the club scene in equal measure. Kohlstedt intuitively weaves the different worlds from which his influences come to create a live experience that alternates between a classical piano concert, an introspective improvisation experience, and a spectacular festival show with film soundtrack echoes. Everything is in movement, never following a fixed form, which makes every evening magically unique. His flowing method spontaneously establishes relationships and responds to external stimuli – Kohlstedt himself describes it as “modular composition”. Having borrowed from jazz a love of improvisation, Kohlstedt has made interaction with people and space a key part of his inimitable work.