David Orlowsky feat. Daniel Stelter & Tommy Baldu

David Orlowsky:
David Orlowsky is internationally renowned for his captivating and expressive clarinet playing and is now considered one of the world’s leading interpreters of the clarinet repertoire from Mozart to Golijov to Klezmer music. As a Sony exclusive artist, he has released seven CDs to date and has twice been awarded the ECHO Klassikpreis. His musical partners have included renowned artists such as Daniel Hope, Andreas Haefliger, Vilde Frang, Nils Mönkemeyer, the Fauré Quartet and the vocal ensemble “Singer Pur”, with whom he won an ECHO Klassik in 2011 for their joint album Jeremiah.

His compositions are published worldwide by Schott Musik/ Advance Music and the music books enjoy enormous demand. Born in Tübingen, he studied classical clarinet with Prof. Manfred Lindner at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and with Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Today he lives in Berlin.

Daniel Stelter:
With his inimitable, unagitated and yet memorable style, Daniel Stelter has long since made a name for himself in the German jazz scene. He is one of the most sought-after guitarists in Germany. On his musical path as a solo artist and composer, Stelter has already released five albums under his own name. In addition, he is a much sought-after sideman for numerous studio and live productions, where he has worked with greats such as Wolfgang Haffner, Lulo Reinhardt, Till Brönner, Annette Louisan, Laith Al-Deen, Seven, Jan Delay, Ringsgwandl, Xavier Naidoo and many others from a wide variety of genres. His artistic career was shaped by the European tour with jazz legend Al Jarreau in 2016 and the subsequent tours as a duo with Lulo Reinhardt in 2018 and 2019.

As a lecturer for guitar at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main, Daniel Stelter fulfils his great desire to be able to share his diverse experiences and extensive knowledge with his students.

Tommy Baldu:
Drummer Tommy Baldu, – born in Karlsruhe – has already worked with musicians such as Edo Zanki, Laith Al Deen, Emiliana Torrini, Rebekka Bakken, Triband, Sebastian Studnitzky, Andre Heller, Söhne Mannheims, Xavier Naidoo, Music Show VOX TV, Gregor Meyle, Rilke Projekt, Daniel Stelter, Georg Ringsgwandl and many more. He is increasingly working on new sounds and music with interesting artists at the house of Baldu! His concern: to produce authentic music. His approach: let the artist recognise creative space. His sound aesthetic: dusty/rough/innovative.

“Intelligent and full of soul” Schwäbisches Tagblatt

On the current album “Begegnung”:

“Daniel Stelter is a jack-of-all-trades on the guitar” Jazzthing

“the guitar dominates and the accompaniment [is] with few exceptions very restrained, tasteful, but calculatedly serving the music” Jazzthetik

“Sovereign in all saddles […] one of Germany’s most versatile and best guitarists” Akustik Gitarre

“Daniel Stelter […] shows himself to be a man of quiet, restrained sounds with a wide stylistic range. Stelter’s music avoids everything loud, shouty, vehement. […] On the twelve titles of the disc he prefers small instrumentations. The musical exchange takes place in twos, threes, fours or fives – and it is so intense that you only notice the small instrumentation when you look in the booklet for the people involved in each track.” Rondo Magazine

“Virtuosic across stylistic boundaries” Mannheimer Morgen

“Daniel Stelter moves confidently between jazz, pop and classical music with his inimitable, unagitated and yet memorable style.” Badische Neuste Nachrichten

“Music giants like Al Jarreau, Till Brönner, Wolfgang Haffner, Lulo Reinhardt or Jan Delay have left their mark on Daniel Stelter with his unmistakable style.” Music Tip of the Week in the Pinneberger Tageblatt

New album on Warner Music in spring 2024!

There is hardly a more fitting image for the new chapter that David Orlowsky hereby opens. After 21 years with the worldwide successful David Orlowsky Trio and his award-winning project ‘Alter Ego’ together with lutenist David Bergmüller, as well as numerous composition commissions, the time has come to launch a new band. And what a band!

Daniel Stelter, one of the most sought-after guitarists in Germany, and the legendary drummer Tommy Baldu need no introduction. Together with Orlowsky, they form a true all-star band. It wasn’t planned. The three met by chance behind the scenes at a festival and found each other so congenial that they spontaneously decided to create a small tour together. This concert tour laid the foundation for ‘Tabula Rasa’. A new song idea emerged at every soundcheck, and the musicians couldn’t get enough of this special chemistry.

These three are like a catalyst – each of them brings a unique past and musical language to the table, and out of this mix comes something that goes far beyond the sum of its parts. The elements interact with each other and create something completely new.

That’s why the project is titled ‘Tabula Rasa’: they want to free themselves from prefabricated concepts and marketing ideas and instead give free rein to creativity. The result is to be shared with the audience in as pure and concentrated a way as possible. Because the audience is an integral part of these concerts, a dialogue is created that lifts the music to a higher level. Most of the songs were composed as a team. They are simple yet atmospheric, taking the listener on a captivating journey.

There is no room for egotism in this trio, only pure joy in music. All three are true admirers of each other’s skills, and this admiration grows with each performance. This is unmistakable.

David Orlowsky is known for his border crossings, for the ability to effortlessly unite seemingly opposites. In the interplay with Daniel Stelter and Tommy Baldu, it seems as if these boundaries do not exist at all.