Echo Jazz for HKB lecturer Lutz Häfner
Saxophonist Lutz Häfner, who teaches at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), is one of the recipients of this year's Echo Jazz award in Germany.
Häfner received the award in the category Instrumentalist of the Year National Saxophone/Woodwinds for the CD "Deep" with Rainer Böhm (C.A.R.E. Music), a CD with mostly rarely played ballads by Lew Brown, Cole Porter or George Gershwin.
Born in 1972, Häfner completed his training at the Herrmann-Zilcher Conservatory in Würzburg and the Cologne University of Music. He has worked with greats such as Till Brönner and Fanta 4. He teaches saxophone and ensemble playing in Bern.
