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The piano player Michael Flügel
was born in 1970. He started playing piano at the age of 6. First
classical trained he changed to jazz music at the age of 16. He
participated in several jazz clinics like the Attila Zoller
Jazzworkshop in Vermont, USA and others. There he was educated by
teachers like Harold Danko and Armen Donalian. Music studies at the
conservatories in Hannover and Würzburg.
He first professionally played with musicians like Roman Schwaller,
Allan Praskin, Wolfgang Haffner etc. in Bavaria/Germany. As a member of
the Lutz Häfner Quartet he was invited to play several EUROPEAN
JAZZ COMPETITONS like in Bilbao, Leverkusen and Hoeilaart. In 1998 he
started touring in Germany and Europe with musicians like Ingrid Jensen
and Lutz Häfner (May 19th - May, 26th 1998), Enrico Rava (November
1998) and Tim Hagans (28th of November - 4th of December 1998). 1999 he
joined the Leszek Zadlo Ensemble.
From 19th - 31st of October 1999 he was on tour again with ENRICO RAVA.
Selected clubs will be: Regensburg - Leerer Beutel; Stuttgart -
Jazzfestival im Merlin, Neuburg a.d.Donau - Birdland; Nürnberg
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Jazzstudio; Würzburg - Omnibus; BR-Studio Franken; Kassel - Schlachthof; Hamburg - Birdland