Marc Brenken

Marc Brenken (born June 17th, 1973 in Wilhelmshaven) started to play the piano at the age of eight and became interested in jazz after listening to Erroll Garner and Oscar Peterson. He studied at Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany and attended master classes by Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner and Richie Beirach.

He has released seven albums and has toured throughout Europe, in Lebanon and Mongolia.

In 2013 he founded "Jazz for the People", a concert series in Essen, where he plays nearly weekly with various guest musicians. More than 300 concerts have been performed there so far.

Brenken worked with Christian Kappe, Alex Morsey, Marcus Rieck, Matthias Strucken, Tamara Lukasheva, Jens Böckamp, Andrea Marcelli, Giacomo Di Benedetto, Jeroen van Vliet, Kristina Fuchs, Sónnica Yepes, Imke Spöring, Daniela Rothenburg, Johanna Schneider, Charlotte Illinger, Holger Werner, Florian Boos, Ilona Haberkamp, Jean-Yves Braun, Antoine Duijkers, Christoph König, Matthias Bröde a. m. o.