Julia Kadel
Julia Kadel (born 1986 in Berlin-Kreuzberg) is a German jazz pianist and composer.
Julia Kadel

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- Name
- Julia Kadel
- Born
- 1986
- Birthplace
- Berlin-Kreuzberg, West Berlin, West Germany
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- pianist · composer
- Fields
- jazz · free improvisation
- Education
- Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber
- Teachers
- Günter Sommer
- Languages
- German
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Biography
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Julia Kadel studied at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. Training under Günter Sommer is recorded. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz and free improvisation. Places of work recorded in the authority are Dresden.
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Julia Kadel is described as a pianist, jazz musician and musician in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Dresden as a place of activity.

Jazz pianist Julia Kadel at the Moers Festival 2018
Harald Krichel

Jazz pianist Julia Kadel at the Moers Festival 2018
Harald Krichel
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Julia Kadel • Born — 1986 • Birthplace — Berlin-Kreuzberg, West Berlin, West Germany • Genre — Jazz • Instrument — Piano • Website — http: juliakadel.com/
Biography
Biography
Kadel began playing piano at the age of seven. She started out on classical piano and took up jazz at the age of fifteen. She studied psychology at Humboldt University of Berlin, then went on to study jazz piano at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden from 2009 to 2014. She led a trio with the German-Norwegian bassist Karl-Erik Enkelmann and Dresden drummer Steffen Roth. In 2014, their debut album Im Vertrauen was released by Blue Note Records/Universal. It was presented at the Überjazz Festival in Hamburg, and was awarded the first jazz prize from Hochschule für Musik Saar in 2013.
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The activity of Julia Kadel is recorded for 2014.
Discography
• 2014: Im Vertrauen (Blue Note), with Julia Kadel Trio (Karl-Erik Enkelmann and Steffen Roth) • 2016: Über und Unter (Blue Note) with Julia Kadel Trio (Karl-Erik Enkelmann and Steffen Roth) • 2019: Kaskaden (MPS), with Julia Kadel Trio (Karl-Erik Enkelmann and Steffen Roth) • 2023: Powerful Vulnerability (MPS), with Julia Kadel Trio (Athina Kontou and Devin Gray)
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- 1.Der Zauber des Assoziativen, Badische Zeitung vom 7. Januar 2015, abgerufen am 16. November 2015.
- 2.Julia Kadel Trio / Jazzfest Berlin: Persönlicher, charaktervoller Sound, Deutschlandradio Kultur vom 16. November 2015
- 3.»Du musst Reibungen ertragen!« Die Pianistin Julia Kadel, Deutschlandfunk vom 23. Februar 2017, abgerufen am 23. Februar 2017.
- 4.20201031015247. German All Stars 2019 (hr).
- 5.Anja Buchmann. Intensive Klangfarben: „Powerful Vulnerability“ vom Julia Kadel Trio in neuer Besetzung. SWR. 2023-07-13.
- 6.Preisträger HfM. 20150416030823.
- 7.theater-essen.de vom 20. September 2020: „Jazz Pott“ 2020 an Julia Kadel, abgerufen am 27. Oktober 2020
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