Lisa Hoppe

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Lisa Hoppe (*1988 near Bremen, Germany) is a double bassist, composer, improvisor, band-leader and educator. Her musical works contain a variety of genres and non-genres: Ranging between modern chamber music, free improvisation and avant-garde electro, she is always striving to put the melodic qualities of the double bass into contemporary context. She studied bass and composition in Bremen (GER) and Bern (CH) and currently divides her time between Brooklyn, New York City, and Hamburg, Germany.

As the co-leader of the collective trios Me&Mobi and Esche she has released various albums and is touring venues and festivals all over Europe, such as XJAZZ Berlin, Aarhus Jazz Festival, CCS Paris, Vortex London, Moods Zürich, Cully Jazz Festival.

In 2018 Lisa Hoppe formed her own project, the multi-national ensemble Lisa Hoppe’s Third Reality (USA/ISR/GER), which debut release The Mighty Unlikely was included in the Best Of 2019 list of The New York City Jazz Record.

Furthermore she works and has worked with Rich Perry, Tyshawn Sorey, Ben Monder, Rudresh Mahantappa, So Percussion, Chern Hwei Fung, Dmitri Tymoczko, Jessica Pavone, Samantha Boshnack, Ryan Truesdell, Devin Grey, Tal Yahalom, David Leon, Gaya Feldheim Schorr, Louna Dekker Vargas, Aaron Edgcomb, Nick Dunston, Philipp Gropper, Bernhard Bamert, Daniel Weber, Phelan Burgoyne, Emanuele Maniscalco, Laura Schuler, Luzius Schuler, Philipp Schlotter, Fred Bürki and Marena Whitcher.

She received awards and scholarships from: NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentorship (2019), Banff Centre For Arts And Creativity Scholarship (2018), Composition Grant of the Federal State of Lower Saxony (2017), Nominated with Me&Mobi for Jazz-Prize Bremen (2016), Finalist of ZKB-Jazz-Prize with Me&Mobi (2015), Scholarship of Siena Jazz (2012).

Education:

2017 – Master of Music – Pedagogy, Jazz Double Bass (University of Arts Bern, Switzerland)

2015 – Master of Music – Performance, Jazz Double Bass (University of Arts Bern, Switzerland)

2013 – Bachelor of Music – Jazz Double Bass (University of Arts Bern, Switzerland)

2011 – Vordiplom ME Jazz – Hochschule für Künste, Bremen, Germany

Lisa Hoppe, Santiago Leibson, Artur Malecki & Angelica Sanchez

by Maurice Hogue
September 5, 2022

Some exciting new releases dot the playlist of this episode of One Man's Jazz. Bassist Lisa Hoppe's back with another release by her Third Reality Trio, and I'm very happy to play music from pianist Santiago Leibson's latest. He returned home to Buenos Aires to make this Aparecerse . There's much buzz in Poland about young drummer Artur Malecki, so his latest Widocki with his trio The Creature gets a spin. Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura returns for another album with his ...

Radio & Podcasts

Lisa Hoppe, Alexandra Grimal, Miles Okazaki, The Comet Is Coming & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
February 9, 2020

The second part of this week's show focusing on newly released album features, in particular, large ensembles, electronically infused improvised music and the many recent collaborations of the Brazilian transplant in Paris, guitarist Nelson Veras. For the first part of the show click here Happy listening! Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Dan Rosenboom “Nebulounge" Absurd in the Anthropocene (Orenda) 0:16 Host talks 5:25 Michael Leonhart ...

Album Review

Lisa Hoppe's Third Reality: The Mighty Unlikely

Read "The Mighty Unlikely" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
January 24, 2020

Without giving away any professional secrets, it is quite often that any beat-pounding pundit or wily curmudgeon--pick several thousand if you like, there's billions out there--will come at an artist with certain prejudices and expectations. And so it is with German bassist Lisa Hoppe. Having heard her unusual yet oddly soothing explorations on such discs as Esche's Der Dichter Spricht (QFTF, 2018), the Marc Jufer Trio Trio's Trip To The Center (QFTF, 2018), saxophonist Niculin Janett's Complexes (QFTF, 2017) and ...