with the new program FOR YOU! as part of the 24th Ahrenshooper Jazzfest
When Thomas Quasthoff brings his new program "FOR YOU" to life, he is one thing above all - absolutely authentic. Quasthoff has a sleepwalking instinct for the appropriate style of what he sings. This applies to opera arias, art and folk songs as well as jazz, pop and soul. He has long since proven that, as a classical singer with an enormously versatile bass-baritone, he is also a master of genres rooted in the African-American musical tradition. And so what is so appreciated about Quasthoff as a lieder singer also becomes the golden rule for everything else: "He places his own personality entirely at the service of music and text. He wants to exclude the artificial, to reach his listeners through truthfulness", to quote one critic's opinion. How the bass-baritone lives up to his claim of really touching people with his voice is made clear by the audience reactions and the hymns of praise from the press still document the fascination and enthusiasm that he is able to trigger in his listeners with his exceptional voice. Now he wants to give something back to his audience, who have remained loyal to him over the years - with FOR YOU! He is joined by three excellent jazz musicians.
