Availability of docents depends on number of workshop participants (4 participants per docent are needed), but all instruments will be taught by the docents which are available per workshop even if less than 4 participants have booked one instrument/vocal class.
Karoline Weidt (vocalist)
Karoline Weidt’s music captivates national and international jazz audiences. Her music is characterized by catchy melodies, sophisticated arrangements, and attention to detail. While her ethereal vocals float with ease, Karoline Weidt’s natural presence is at the center of the sound. She was honored with the BMW Young Artist Jazz Award from the City of Munich and the BMW Group in 2023, and her Karoline Weidt Quartet, founded in 2020, has also already won awards. In May 2023, Karoline Weidt will make her next strong statement with her debut album “Inviting” (Double Moon Records/Jazzthing Next Generation): featuring jazzy, catchy compositions, her crystal-clear voice, spectacular costumes, guest stars on vibraphone and trumpet, and a particularly personal touch. “Karoline Weidt is certainly one of the most promising singers currently available” (Oliver Hochkeppel, Süddeutsche Zeitung).Internet: www.karolineweidt.de https://www.instagram.com/karoline_weidt. Karoline is permanent staff member of our jazz workshop.
Nicola Lombardi (piano, saxophone)
Nicole Lombardi is an experienced piano player in classic music as well as in jazz music. He studied piano in Conservatorio G.B. Martini Bologna and is now an active musician playing in many combos and he is closely connected with jazz activities at Conservatorio Pollini di Padova. We hope to have many applications for piano in order to he able to hire Nicola as well on our next workshop. (and see: Nicola@Instagram)
Antonio Paone Lumastro (guitar)
Antonio Paone Lumastro is a professional guitarist and music educator based in Verona, Italy. He holds a First Level Degree in Jazz Guitar from the Conservatory of Mantua and a Second Level Degree in Pop Rock Guitar from the Conservatory of Milan. Antonio regularly performs as a live and studio guitarist for original projects, cover bands, and tribute bands, collaborating with organizations such as Art WhyNot, Jam For Live, Live for Music, Magix Promotion, and The Saifam Group. Antonio is permanent staff member of our workshop.
As a music educator, Antonio teaches guitar and various music-related subjects at several music academies. His lessons combine improvisation, rhythm and harmony training, reharmonization techniques, and practical musical skills tailored to students of all levels and ages. For more details about Antonio, please visit: Hompage:AntonioPaoneLumastro SocialMedia:AntonioPaoneLumastro
Thomas Heck (saxophones, vocalist)
Thomas Heck, professional Jazz Musician, Bonn Area, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany, Big band and combo leader, music and saxophone teacher. Thomas is a brilliant saxophone player as well as vocalist, singing in German, English as well as in Protuguese. He is experienced in traditional Jazz, in mainstream Jazz, as well as in Latin Jazz. We love him and hope to have plenty of sax applicants in our next workshops in order to be able to hire him as well.
Lena Lorberg (double bass, e-bass)
Lena Lorberg: The new star on the German jazz scene: Lena Lorberg (born September 14, 2006, in Osnabrück) discovered the electric bass at her high school. The double bass quickly followed, along with the school’s big band. At 13, she became part of the Lower Saxony State Youth Jazz Orchestra “Windmachine,” where she played from 2020 to 2023. In 2022, she began her pre-college studies at the Osnabrück Institute of Music with Anne Mette Iversen and Achim Seifert. In 2023, she became a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Youth Jazz Orchestra. Since the winter semester of 2024/25, she has been studying jazz double bass at the Cologne University of Music with Robert Landfermann. She is also a member of the German National Youth Jazz Orchestra (BuJazzO) lineup for 2025/26. She has received instruction from, among others, John Goldsby, Stefan Rey, Robert Landfermann, Anne Mette Iversen, Achim Seifert, Joshua Ginsburg, and Andreas Müller. (See also: Lena_Lorberg_homepage)
Bernd J. Kröger (double bass, e-bass, drums, Member of Jazz Education Network JEN)
Bernd is an experienced double bass player, who did a reasonable music career in the early 80s. In these times he played together with great Jazz musicians like Silvia Droste, Cliff Wren, Romy Cameron, Ralf Peyer, Sean Moyses, … In most times he worked as a freelancer in order to be able to study physics, phonetics, linguistics and musicology in parallel. He is currently working at RWTH Aachen University (see: www.speechtrainer.eu). Social links: BerndKroegerAtLinkTree). Bernd is the organiser and permanent staff member of the Montegrotto JazzWorkshop.
