An extraordinary musical performance will take place on Friday, June 7th:

The winner of the 2021 WDR Jazz Prize, Tamara Lukasheva, will be performing at TGR The Green Room in Cologne-Nippes at 20:00.

The programme is entitled ''Vdoma'', from the Ukrainian word for "Home" and has several meanings. The music world has always been a home for Tamara, a place of secrecy, a safe space where one can truly be oneself, just as one is, without masks: honest and serene.

The solo programme, which consists of Ukrainian and German poetry set to music as well as her own interpretations of famous jazz standards, gives this home a new dimension of being for the musician. She immerses herself in the mysterious world of poetry and sound, floats in the air and transports the audience into a state of timelessness.

We are delighted to be able to present this musical treat to you and hope that you will be captivated by the enthusiasm! Lukasheva's impressive three-octave voice and her versatile playing on the grand piano are the perfect complement to her creative ideas. The critics are enthusiastic about her music: "Impressive, pure and expressive", says jazz musician Django Bates. And Jazz Tokyo writes: "Overwhelming!".

TGR The Green Room cordially invites you to be liberated and inspired by the music of Tamara Lukasheva and to enjoy the concert free of charge. Donations are of course also welcome. Join us for an unforgettable evening of jazz and creativity!

June 7th at 8 pm

Registration here

Free entry.

Donations will be collected and forwarded to humanitarian organisations supporting Ukraine.

This concert is made possible because of generous funding from:

About Tamara Lukasheva

As a composer, singer and instrumentalist, she is an artist of the highest calibre who lives and loves music in all its facets. With her works, she creates captivating and profound soundscapes that take all listeners on an emotional journey. Her compositions are a mixture of creativity, innovation and technical sophistication. They expand the boundaries of music and explore new horizons.

But Tamara Lukasheva is not only impressive as a composer. With her extraordinary voice, which can sound both powerful and delicate, she imbues her songs with a magic all of their own. She tells stories that move us all.

She walks through the world full of curiosity and with alert senses. Music is her mother tongue - and her means of processing impressions, encounters, everyday life and world events. And to create something new that in turn touches other people; across borders and musical categories.

Tamara Lukasheva was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1988. Between 2003 and 2007 she studied at the Conservatory in Odessa, and between 2010 and 2015 at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne, where she now lives.

Current projects

In her solo project, she sets German and Ukrainian poetry to music. Here she is a singer, composer and pianist in equal measure.

During her studies in Cologne, she founded a quartet with Sebastian Scobel (piano), Jakob Kühnemann (bass) and Dominik Mahning (drums). In 2019 Lucas Leidinger replaced Sebastian Scobel on piano and in 2022 Mathieu Clement replaced Dominik on drums.

In 2021 she founded her new trio with Laurent Derache from France on accordion and Calvin Lennig on double bass. The trio plays compositions and arrangements by Tamara.

She is also active in several collaborations: for INSO Lviv (International Symphony Orchestra Lviv) she writes a programme consisting of her own compositions and orchestrations. As a singer - duo with Vadim Neselovskyi, as a guest soloist with Hans Lüdemann Trio Ivoire, Matthias Schriefl - the Duo Matria, Markus Stockhausen as a guest soloist, Martin Hafizi with his Half Easy Trio as a guest soloist. With Bodek Jahnke - recorded several records, with Sebastian Gramss - was part of the Hard Boiled Wonderland project (German Jazz Award 2022), several performances with Jens Düppe, Brian Seeger, Roger Hanschel and other important musicians of the European and international jazz scene.

Important awards:

In 2023 she received the Silver Tuning Fork of the NRW State Music Council (award for special services to musical life in NRW)

In 2021 she received the WDR Jazz Prize in the composition category.

In 2018 she received the Horst and Gretl Will Scholarship and the Cologne Jazz Prize as an "exceptionally variable and imaginative musician".

In 2017 she received the New German Jazz Prize Mannheim, the only German jazz prize awarded by public vote.

2016 she won the Bujazzo composition competition.

2015 she came second with her quartet at the Keep an Eye Jazz Awards Amsterdam.

In 2014, she won the Young German Jazz Prize with her quartet and

Since 2019, she has been a lecturer in jazz singing at the Institute of Music in Osnabrück.