Ronny Graupe

Ronny Graupe has been playing nationally and internationally since the mid-1990s and is an integral part of the lively Berlin scene.

In many years of working with the trio Gropper/Graupe/Lillinger, as well as in his ensemble Ronny Graupes Spoom, appearing first as a trio and since 2018 as a quartet, he developed his own language on the guitar and as a composer. He has released over a dozen albums as a leader/co-leader and numerous as a sideman. 

In 2011 Ronny was appointed as a lecturer at the University of the Arts in Bern, Switzerland for jazz guitar and ensemble playing. In June 2021 he received the German Jazz Prize, which was awarded for the first time and initiated by the federal government, in the guitar category.

He works with his own projects such as Off The Record (Dominik Bukowski-Vib, Phil Donkin-Bs, Oli Steidle-Dr), his trio Szelest (Lucia Cadotsch - Voc, Kit Downes - p), Spoom, the Schiepek - Graupe - Duo (with Philipp Schiepek - Git) and as a sideman in numerous other ensembles (Lucía Martinez, Hans Lüdemann, Dejan Terzic, Clara Vetter and others). In 2022 he founded his label OUT OF THE SHED. He played concerts in Asia, South and North America, Africa and Europe. 

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