Dates

    • 16.10.2024
      Anouar Brahem Quartet
      Arrecife de Lanzarote, Spain
      Jameos del Agua Auditorium - Festival de Música Visual de Lanzarote
      more info/tickets...

      Anouar Brahem - oud
      Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
      Björn Meyer - bass
      Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir

      19.10.2024
      Amiira
      Tangente Liechtenstein
      more info & tickets….
      Klaus Gesing - soprano, bass clarinet, effects
      Björn Meyer - 6-string electric bass, effects
      Samuel Rohrer - drums, electronics, modular synths

      22.10.2024
      Amiira
      The Bird’sEye Jazz Club / Basel / Switzerland
      more info & tickets….
      Klaus Gesing - soprano, bass clarinet, effects
      Björn Meyer - 6-string electric bass, effects
      Samuel Rohrer - drums, electronics, modular synths

    • 23.10.2024
      Amiira
      The Bird’sEye Jazz Club / Basel / Switzerland
      more info & tickets….
      Klaus Gesing - soprano, bass clarinet, effects
      Björn Meyer - 6-string electric bass, effects
      Samuel Rohrer - drums, electronics, modular synths

    • 25.10.2024
      Amiira
      BeJazz / Bern / Switzerland
      more info & tickets….
      Klaus Gesing - soprano, bass clarinet, effects
      Björn Meyer - 6-string electric bass, effects
      Samuel Rohrer - drums, electronics, modular synths

      29.10.2024
      Anouar Brahem Quartet
      Stadtkirche St. Dionys, Esslingen / Germany
      Begin 19:30h
      more info/tickets...
      Anouar Brahem - oud
      Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
      Björn Meyer - bass
      Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir

      17.11.2024
      Anouar Brahem Quartet
      Anouar Brahem - oud
      Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
      Björn Meyer - bass
      Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
      EFG London Jazz Festival
      Barbican Hall / London / UK
      Begin 19:30h
      more info/tickets...

      19.11.2024
      Anouar Brahem Quartet
      Anouar Brahem - oud
      Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
      Björn Meyer - bass
      Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
      Luzern / Switzerland / KKL
      Begin 19:30h
      more info/tickets...

      23.11.2024
      Anouar Brahem Quartet
      Anouar Brahem - oud
      Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
      Björn Meyer - bass
      Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
      Dijon / France / Operà de Dijon
      season 2024/2025 to be announced soon

Past Concerts

23.07.2024
Songs from an unknwon land
Parco del Museo Sartorio /Trieste/Italy
21:00h 
Ana Pilat - lyrics, vocal
Klaus Gesing - composition, soprano, bass clarinet
Rosa Mussin - voice
Annamaria Varsori - voice
Simone Locarni - piano
Roberto Dani - 
Yuri Goloubev - contrabasso

more info...

19.07.2024
Simone Locarni Trio
Stresa Festival
Simone Locarni - piano
Klaus Gesing - soprano, bass clarinet, effects
Yuri Goloubev - contrabasso

more info & tickets….

11.07.2024
Amiira
Garana Jazz Festival / Romania
Klaus Gesing - soprano, bass clarinet, effects
Björn Meyer - 6-string electric bass, effects
Samuel Rohrer - drums, electronics, modular synths

more info & tickets….

06.07.2024 
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Dougga - Festival / Tunisia
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Soon more info on begin time and ticket sales. 

29.02.2024
Garden of Silence
Aula im Progr / Bern / Switzerland
more info & tickets…
feat.:
Björn Meyer (comp, b)
Veronika Stalder (voc)
Karin Streule (voc)
Emilia Amper (Nyckelharpa)
Reza Asgarzadeh (Duduk)
Carlo Niederhauser (Cello)
Mohamed Sami (Violine)
Klaus Gesing (bcl, s)
Kaspar Rast (dr)
Werner Dönni (Tontechnik)

26.02.2024
Garden of Silence
Moods / Zürich / Switzerland
more info & tickets…
feat.:
Björn Meyer (comp, b)
Veronika Stalder (voc)
Karin Streule (voc)
Emilia Amper (Nyckelharpa)
Reza Asgarzadeh (Duduk)
Carlo Niederhauser (Cello)
Mohamed Sami (Violine)
Klaus Gesing (bcl, s)
Kaspar Rast (dr)
Werner Dönni (Tontechnik)

24.02.2024
Garden of Silence
Kunsthaus Glarus / Glarus / Switzerland
more info & tickets…
feat.:
Björn Meyer (comp, b)
Veronika Stalder (voc)
Karin Streule (voc)
Emilia Amper (Nyckelharpa)
Reza Asgarzadeh (Duduk)
Carlo Niederhauser (Cello)
Mohamed Sami (Violine)
Klaus Gesing (bcl, s)
Kaspar Rast (dr)
Werner Dönni (Tontechnik)

4th of December 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Begin 20:00h
La Filature - Scène nationale
Mulhouse, France

2nd of December 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Begin 20:00h
DeSingel - Salle bleue - Festival WinterFuse
Anvers / Belgium

27th of November 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Prinzregententheater
Munich / Germany

25th of November 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Begin 20:30h
Espace Marcel Carné
Saint-Michel-sur-Orge / France

20th of October 2023
Amiira
Klaus Gesing - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, effects
Björn Meyer - 6string electric bass, effects
Samuel Rohrer - drums, electronics, modular synths
Paradox - Tilburg
Begin: 20:30h
Tilburg / Netherlands

7th of October 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Begin: 19:30h
Sala M1 Teatro Massimo 
Cagliari / Sardegna / Italy

29th of September 2023
Amiira
Klaus Gesing - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, effects
Björn Meyer - 6string electric bass, effects
Samuel Rohrer - drums, electronics, modular synths
Begin: 19:30h
Hospitalkirche
Am Spitalbach 8
74523 Schwäbisch Hall /Germany

13th of July 2023
Amiira
Klaus Gesing - soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, effects
Björn Meyer - 6string electric bass, effects
Samuel Rohrer - drums, electronics, modular synths
As part of the festival Trieste Loves Jazz
Venue tbc
Trieste / Italy

7th of July 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Scène des Platanes - Charlie Jazz Festival
Vitrolles / France

5th of July 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Herodes Atticus Odeon - Athens Epidaurus Festival
Athens / Greece

2nd of July 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Théâtre Maisonneuve - Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
Montreal / Canada

12th of May 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
SPOT - Groningen
Postbus 775, 9700 AT Groningen
20:30 h

5th of May 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Jazzfest Budapest
Hall of Franz List Music Academy /
Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8, 1061
20:00 h 
more info / buy tickets...

29th of April 2023
European Jazz Trio
Lorenzo Comminoli - guitar
Klaus Gesing - soprano sax and bass clarinet
Sebastian Merk - drums
21:00 - Teatro Nuovo Borgomanero /Italy

13th of April 2023
Klaus Gesing Solo
Show of Hands IV - Istanbul Turkey 
>more info coming soon

11th of April 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Le Cratère | Scène nationale d’Ales
Square Pablo Neruda, Place Henri Barbusse, 30100 Alès

5th of April 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Neumünster Zürich / Switzerland

4th of April 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Alhambra
Rue de la Rôtisserie 10
1204 Genève / Switzerland

3rd of April 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
Stadtcasino Basel
Konzertgasse 1
4051 Basel / Switzerland
>tickets/info

14th of March 2023
Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet/soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka/bendir
La Scène Musicale
Île Seguin, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt / France
>tickets/info

3rd of December 2022

Opéra Garnier
Monte-Carlo / Monaco

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)
more info…reserve tickets...

20th of November 2022

Klaus Gesing Music for Voice and Big Band

Featuring Ana Pilat and the Latvian Radio Big Band

Dzintari Concert Hall Jurmala / Latvia
5 November 2022

Brabanthallen - Den Bosch

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

16th of October 2022

Grande Auditorium - Cité de Congrès
Nantes / France

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)
more info…reserve tickets...

8th of October 2022

Neubausaal
Schwäbisch Hall / Germany

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)
more info…reserve tickets...

5th of October 2022

De Warande
Turnhout / Belgium

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)
more info…reserve tickets...

21st of September 2022

Grande Auditorium - Philharmonie
Luxembourg / Luxembourg

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)
more info…reserve tickets...

17th of September 2022

Bozar 
Brussels / Belgium

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)
more info…reserve tickets...

9th of September 2022

Amphithéâtre du Domaine d’O
Montpellier / France

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)
more info…reserve tickets...

5th of August 2022

Ystad / Sweden

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)
more info…reserve tickets...

15th of July 2022

Borgomanero / Italy

Klaus Gesing - reaLTime

Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet, soprano saxophone

24th of June 2022

Ecully Jazz Festival / France

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

16th of June 2022

Ljubljana Jazz Festival / Slovenia

20th of May 2022

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

Zorlu PSM - Istanbul Jazz Festival
Istanbul / Turkey

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

16th of May 2022

Muziekgebouw
Amsterdam/Netherlands

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

15th of May 2022

TivoliVredenburg, Grote Zaal
Utrecht/Netherlands

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

13th of May 2022

Philharmonie Essen
Essen/Germany

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

11th of May 2022

Chapelle Corneille, Auditorium de Normandie
Rouen/France

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

25th of April 2022

Konzerthaus 
Vienna / Austria

Johannes Berauer / Vienna Chamber Diaries

Wolfgang Muthpsiel – E. Guitar
Klaus Gesing – Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet
Gwilym Simcock – Piano
Johannes Dickbauer – violin
Florian Eggner – cello
Christian Bakanic – accordion
Yuri Goloubev – Bass
Bernhard Schimpelsberger – Drums, Percussion
String Orchestra

5th of April 2022

Cully Jazz Festival
Switzerland

Anouar Brahem Quartet

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

30th of November 2021

Auditorium
Opéra de Dijon 
Festival Nuits d’Orient

Anouar Brahem Quartet

The astounding eyes of Rita

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

15.08.2021 Middelheim Jazz Festival/Belgium

Anouar Brahem Quartet 

The astounding eyes of Rita

Anouar Brahem (oud)
Klaus Gesing (bass clarinet)
Björn Meyer (electric bass)
Khaled Yassine (percussion)

Beginn: 21:00 
Park Den Brandt, Antwerp, Belgium

16.07.2021
Double Concert - Klaus Gesing & Ansgar Wallenhorst

Cathedral of Klagenfurt / Austria

In this first time double concert there will be ample space for improvisation of organ and Soprano- saxophone or bass clarinet.
Klaus Gesing explores the combination of Soprano Saxophone and Bass Clarinet with electronics and Ansgar Wallenhorst plays a selection of French organ music in a double concert that includes some surprising impovisations in Duo. 

17.06.2021

Anouar Brahem quartet / Athens

Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet, soprano saxophone
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka, bhendir

13.12.2020

Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein

Concert in Duo with Björn Meyer & Klaus Gesing
The concert is a birthday matinee concert for the 45th anniversary of the Liechtenstein association for the arts.

10. October 2020

Germany / Altes Pfandhaus / Köln
Multiphonics Festival 2020

03. October 2020

Italy / San Giorgio di Cremano / Villa Vannucchi

Anour Brahem Quartet 
Anouar Brahem - oud
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - perc
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet
unfortunately, Khaled Yassin cannot do the concert due to Covid 19 regulations

30. September 2020

Perpignan / France
Théâtre de l’Archipel

Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - perc
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet

29. August 2020

Stadtcasino Basel / Switzerland

Anouar Brahem Quartet
Anouar Brahem - oud
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - perc
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet

24. November 2019

Wroclaw / Poland

Wroclaw Festival
Narodowe Forum Muzyki, Sala Główna
plac Wolności 1
Wroclaw, Poland

Niedziela, 24 listopada 2019
19:00

Anouar Brahem Quartet "The Astounding Eyes of Rita" with :
Anouar Brahem: Oud
Klaus Gesing: Bass clarinet
Björn Meyer: Bass
Khaled Yassine: Darbuka, Bendir

21. November 2019

Brussel/Belgium
Flagey 

Anouar Brahem Quartet
+ Orchestre Royal De Chambre De Wallonie
Frank Braley, dir.
Anouar Brahem: Oud
Francois Couturier: piano
Klaus Gesing: Bass clarinet
Björn Meyer: Bass

26. October 2019

Copenhagen / Denmark

Den Sorte Diamant – Dronningesalen
Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1
1219 KØBENHAVN K
Danemark
lørdag 26. oktober 2019 kl. 20:00

ANOUAR BRAHEM Quartet "The Astounding Eyes of Rita“ with :
Anouar Brahem: Oud
Klaus Gesing: Bass clarinet
Björn Meyer: Bass
Khaled Yassine: Darbuka, Bendir

18.October 2019

Skopje / North Macedonia

Skopje Jazz Festival
Macedonian Opera and Ballet
Бул. Гоце Делчев бр.4
1000 Skopje
North Macedonia
петок 18. oktober 2019 kl. 22:00

ANOUAR BRAHEM Quartet "The Astounding Eyes of Rita“ with :
Anouar Brahem: Oud
Klaus Gesing: Bass clarinet
Björn Meyer: Bass
Khaled Yassine: Darbuka, Bendir

27.08.2019

Klaus Gesing Solo - reaLTime
@ Festival Show of Hands 3
Niavaran Hall
Tehran
Iran 

07.07.2019

Anouar Brahem Quartet © Teatro La Fenice / Venice / Italy
Anouar Brahem - oud
Klaus Gesing - bass clarinet
Björn Meyer - bass
Khaled Yassine - darbouka, bhendir
Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Label ECM at the beautiful Venice Opera House. 
Triple concert featuring, Egberto Gismonti solo piano, Anouar Brahem Quartet and Enrico Rava Special Edition. 

22.06.2019

Jazz at the farm / Jazz am Bauernhof
Björn Meyer / Klaus Gesing  Duo

17.06.2019

Festival "O Modernt"
with Svante Henryson (cello) and
Helge Andreas Norbakken (percussion)  
Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen
Sweden
Begin: 19:00

30.04.2019

Klaus Gesing Solo - reaLTime
Radio Jazz Day Liezen
Stadthalle Liezen/Austria
Begin 8 p.m. 
Double bill with pianist John Wolf Brennan. The concert will finish with a short duo set of John Wolf Brennan and Klaus Gesing. 

23.03.2019

Winstone | Gesing | Venier
Hospitalkirche Schwäbisch Hall
Germany
Begin: 21:00

20.03.2019

Winstone | Gesing | Venier 
featuring Mario Brunello (cello) and
Helge Andreas Norbakken (Percussion) 
Teatro Communale Giuseppe Verdi 
Prodenone  Italy
Begin: 20:45

18.01.2019 

As guest with Johannes Berauer´s Vienna Chamber Diaries at the Winterjazzfestival Saalfelden. 

18.11.2018

Winstone | Gesing | Venier play at the Cordoba Jazz Festival

17.11.2018

Klaus Gesing - reaLTime at the Buenos Aires Jazz Festival -Usina del Arte/Chamber Room Buenos Aires/Argentina

14.11.2018

Winstone | Gesing | Venier play the opening of the Buenos Aires Jazzfestival 2018 Buenos Aires/Argentina

09.11.2018

Concert as guest with the Zoran Maijstorovic Quintett in Oaptija. 
Begin: 21:00

20.10.2018

Winstone | Gesing | Venier - Leipziger Jazztage - Oper Leipzig/Germany

14.10.2018

Anouar Brahem Quartet - The astounding eyes of Rita - Tourcoing/France

07.10.2018

Workshop about breathing techniques and posture for wind instrumentalists at the Stadtgarten Köln, organised by the Multiphonics Festival.
From 10am - 3pm

06.10.2018

Winstone | Gesing | Venier - Descansado with special guest Nathan Bontrager - cello Stadtgarten Köln Germany

05.10.2018

Winstone Gesing Venier - Descansado with special guest Nathan Bontrager - cello Jazzschmiede Düsseldorf
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