Robert Landfermann
Looking back at the long list of recordings he has contributed to, it's amazing to realize that Robert Landfermann was born in 1982, and thus looks back at a relatively short career. He has played in dozens of groups, often with very different musical viewpoints, from Matthias Schriefl's "Shreefpunk" to Christian Lillinger's "Grund" und trumpeter Frederik Köster's quartet, on through to harpist Kathrin Pechlof's trio und the trio-formation "Grünen" with drummer Christian Lillinger and pianist Achim Kaufmann.

Landfermann has also played with such jazz luminaries as Joachim Kühn, Tomasz Stanko, Django Bates, John Taylor, Lee Konitz, and John Scofield. He has won an assortment of awards, among them the WDR Jazz Award, the New German Jazz Award, and the SWR Jazz Award. At the same time that he was celebrating his successes he completed his contra-bass studies, taking his concert exam in Cologne under the direction of bass professor Dieter Manderscheid. Robert had already been taking classical guitar lessons at the age of seven, and played e-bass up until 1998.

With all his experience, his desire to take on new challenges, his subtle touch and intense feel, he is a player who has all of his senses primed for interaction.