Rolf Zielke

À propos de Rolf Zielke

ROLF ZIELKE  –  PIANO / COMPOSITION

The music of pianist and composer Rolf Zielke is a reflection of Contemporary Jazz, Latin and Brazilian Jazz and music of the Middle East.

‘Technically he knows all the tricks… The man from Berlin presents himself as a pianist who is able to surprise an overcrowded trio-genre with a fresh, new sound.’ (JAZZ THING)

Rolf Zielke was born in 1964 in Hameln, Germany. He started playing the piano at the age of seven and later studied music at the College of Music in Hannover.

Since the mid-eighties, Rolf Zielke has been an active member of the international Jazz Scene, presenting his own projects or accompanying renowned artists such as Charlie Mariano (sax) or Thomas Quasthoff (voc). Through years of intensive concert touring he has developed an individual but international sound: Concerts in USA, Mexico, Africa (Algeria, Cameroon), Asia (China, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Iraq) and in 15 European countries (concerts in London, Madrid, Zurich, Rome, Warsaw, St. Petersburg, Istanbul and in other music metropolises).

Rolf Zielke currently teaches jazz piano at the ‘Hanns Eisler’ College of Music and the 'Universität der Künste', now 'Jazz Institut Berlin'.

Rolf Zielke has taken part in many radio and television projects.  He was the musical director of theatres in Hannover and Hamburg and has composed music for film and theatre.