Barbara Dennerlein

Female German Hammond Organ player.

Born in Munich in 1964, she started playing 'her' instrument at the age of eleven and only four years later, at the age of 15, she has regular performances in local jazz clubs. During that years she developed a unique style and an artistic ability that she was never reached by anybody.
Besides her concert tours in Europe, USA and Japan, she performs at famous jazz clubs such as New York's Blue Note and Sweet Basils, London's Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scott's and at the Meridien in Paris. For years she has been invited regularly to play at many international festivals like Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Victoria, Den Haag, Pori, Molde, Arhus, Kortrijk, Vitoria, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leverkusen, Nürnberg, Vilshofen, Burghausen, Hannover, Hamburg and so on.

Awards

  • 1995: "German Record Critics Award" ("Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik") for "Take Off"
  • 1995: "Jazz Award" for "Take Off" for holding the number one position in the German Jazz Charts for several months and for being best selling Jazz Album of the year in Germany