Programme & Tickets

Jakob Manz. Johanna Summer
Freedom for Two

Tickets

9 Apr 2026
19:30

Auditorium of the Old University Heidelberg

Musikfestival

Alto saxophonist Jakob Manz and pianist Johanna Summer are regarded as the dream duo of young German jazz. Yet they are quite different musically: while he has a soft spot for pop music and plays contemporary jazz-rock with his Jakob Manz Project, she creates new worlds of sound through free improvisation from piano works ranging from Bach to Ligeti, either solo or in duo with Igor Levit. Together, however, Manz and Summer create their very own musical universe, especially in their own compositions, which they "tailor to each other", by searching together, listening to each other and reacting to each other, whereby they manage to surprise each other time and again.

Jakob Manz

Alto Saxophone

Johanna Summer

Piano

Own and borrowed melodies from Mahler to Grönemeyer

Auditorium of the Old University Heidelberg
Grabengasse 1
69117 Heidelberg

Directions by Public Transport

Bus routes: 29, 33 (stop: Universitätsplatz), 20, 30, 31, 36 (stop: Peterskirche)
S-Bahn: S1, S2, S5 (stop: S-Bahnhof Altstadt)

Parking facilities for bicycles available Directions by Car

Parking garages: P9 Am Theater, P10 Friedrich-Ebert-Platz, P11 University Library

The Old University is barrier-free accessible via ramp at the main entrance. The elevator can be found next to the staircase leading to the concert hall on the 1st floor.
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