Drummer and composer Eva Klesse (1986) studied jazz percussion at the academies in Leipzig, Weimar, Paris and New York where she completed a master’s degree in 2016 and gained invaluable experience for her work at the Euroean jazz scene. In 2013, she won the Marion-Ermer Foundation award for young jazz musicians in Leipzig. She recorded and performed with bands No Kissing and Trillman, with Jorinde Jelen sextet and Julia Hülsmann octet. With her quartet she made two albums, Xenon and Obenland on the renowned Munich-based label ENJA Records. This January she was awarded with Westfalen Jazz Prize at the Münster Jazz Festival.

Winners of the “Newcomer of the year” ECHO Jazz award, the most impressive act at the 12 Points Festival in San Sebastian 2016 and German showcase at this years’ Jazzhead! EXPO in Bremen, young band members of Eva’s quartet blend typical European jazz poetry, folk elements, waltz and free jazz, melodic passages and more provocative expression in highly emotional and intense music.