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Michael Flügel
piano

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CD coming soon: 
'Live at Jazzclub Birdland' Enrico Rava meets
Michael Flügel
Quintett
with E. Rava, Frank Lauber,
Michael Flügel, Dietmar Fuhr, Dejan Terzic
Doublemoon / Challenge

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Biography:

The piano player was born in 1970. He started playing piano at the age of 6. First classical trained he changed to jazz music at the age of 16. He participated in several jazz clinics like the Attila Zoller Jazzworkshop in Vermont, USA and others. There he was educated by teachers like Harold Danko and Armen Donalian. Music studies at the conservatories in Hannover and Würzburg.

He first professionally played with musicians like Roman Schwaller, Allan Praskin, Wolfgang Haffner etc. in Bavaria/Germany. As a member of the Lutz Häfner Quartet he was invited to play several EUROPEAN JAZZ COMPETITONS like in Bilbao, Leverkusen and Hoeilaart. In 1998 he started touring in Germany and Europe with musicians like Ingrid Jensen and Lutz Häfner (May 19th - May, 26th 1998), Enrico Rava (November 1998) and Tim Hagans (28th of November - 4th of December 1998). 1999 he joined the Leszek Zadlo Ensemble.

From 19th - 31st of October 1999 he will be on tour again with ENRICO RAVA.
Selected clubs will be: Regensburg - Leerer Beutel; Stuttgart - Jazzfestival im
Merlin, Neuburg a.d.Donau - Birdland; Nürnberg - Jazzstudio; Würzburg - Omnibus; BR-Studio Franken; Kassel - Schlachthof; Hamburg - Birdland

Projects and Bands:

Michael Flügel Quintet feat. Enrico Rava (tp)
E. Rava - trumpet; Frank Lauber - asax; M. Flügel - piano; 
M. Schieferdecker -
bass; D. Terzic - drums;
next tour: 19th until 31st of October 1999

Lutz Häfner Quartet

Leszek Zadlo Ensemble
L. Zadlo - tsax; M. Flügel - piano; 
P. Cardoso - bass; B. Elgart - drums
next tour : April 2000

Häfner - Terzic - Flügel feat. Tim Hagans
next tour: Feb. 2000

Norbert Emminger Quintett
J. Hahn - trumpet; N. Emminger bsax, M. Flügel - Piano; 
M. Schieferdecker - bass, D.
Terzic - drums
next tour: Jan. 2000

Contact and booking:
Michael Flügel
90478 Nürnberg
Tel. 0911-9412739 - Germany
Cellular: (+49) 0172 - 6619470
eMail: michael.fluegel@t-online.de

Official Page: http://www.michaelfluegel.de