High honor for HfMT jazz musicians
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Konstantin Reinfeld, Dr. Langner Jazz Master student at the HfMT, has won the Opus Klassik 2019 in the category Young Artist Instrument Harmonica - With ZDF interview
The award ceremony took place on Sunday, October October 13 2019 at the Konzerthaus Berlin and was hosted by Thomas Gottschalk and broadcast by ZDF in the evening. Together with his pianist Benyamin Nuss Konstantin was the only artist in the up-and-coming artist category to perform. Here is the backstage interview after the show.
If you want to see Konstantin Reinfeld live, you can do so on October 30th opportunity: at his invitation, the harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy is coming to the Hamburg University of Music and Drama as Artist in Residence for the start of his European tour and will be giving a concert at the Theater im Zimmer with the most sought-after musicians on the Hamburg jazz scene.
The OPUS KLASSIK is the new prize for classical music in Germany. The aim of the Verein zur Förderung der Klassischen Musik e. V., the organizer of Germany's most important classical music prize, is to promote classical music and in particular to honor its artists. An expert jury, made up of representatives from the music and media industry, honors 46 prize winners in 24 categories.
Vita
Konstantin Reinfeld already caused a sensation in the jazz world as a teenager. If you listen to him play the harmonica without seeing the just 21-year-old, you would think you were dealing with an experienced jazz musician with decades of training. His chromatic playing on the diatonic Hohner harmonicas sounds technically and emotionally mature. This is all the more impressive as Konstantin has only been playing the harmonica for a few years.
At his first live performance at the 2010 Frankfurt Music Fair, Konstantin already caused quite a stir. At the invitation of internationally renowned blues harp player Steve Baker, he took part in the "Harmonica Masters Workshops 2010" in Trossingen for the first time as a scholarship holder, where the Hohner company also became aware of Konstantin's talent and included the "German prodigy" in its program as the youngest endorser. After his self-taught studies, Konstantin's love of improvisation grew so strong that he decided to become a student at the Howard Levy Harmonica School in 2011.
In the studios of the legendary Peer Music publishing house in Hamburg-Winterhude, the highly acclaimed jazz album "Mr. Quilento" with numerous original compositions was recorded in 2012 with pianist and producer Christoph Spangenberg and released under the "Hohner Masters Of The Harmonica" brand in 2013 by Membran/Sonymusic.
Konstantin also records his second album ALGIEDI with his band "Mr. Quilento" at Peer Studios. The promising artist once again demonstrates that his own compositions transcend the boundaries between musical genres. He is discovering new musical territories - and not just for the diatonic instrument.
Since the recording of his debut album, Konstantin has become one of the most sought-after harmonica players in the world and plays with his band Mr. Quilento on the most important jazz stages in Germany.
As a soloist and lecturer, he also performs at national and international harmonica festivals (World Harmonica Festival, Seoul International Harmonica Festival, Bristol NHL Festival, Pärnu Harmonica Festival, Harmonica Bridge Festival Torun and many more).He has been announced as one of the best jazz players in the world on the diatonic harmonica for the gala concert of the World Harmonica Festival 2013 in Trossingen.
He is currently working on two duo projects. On the one hand, he is recording an album full of jazz standards with Christoph Spangenberg and, on the other, he is presenting the unexpected possibilities of the harmonica in classical music and film music with Benyamin Nuss.