| 2023 |
The Sessions Collective, concert series at Domicil Dortmund and album production with Marius Goldhammer, Felix Waltz, Marvin Becker & Hendrik Lensing |
| 2022 |
CD production & release "Moon Balloon" (JazzSick) with Philipp van Endert, André Nendza (Trio Cartouche) and the Babelsberg Film Orchestra |
| 2021 |
Began teaching at the University of Oldenburg (big band, ensemble playing/leading, jazz trumpet) |
| 2020 |
CD Production Cru Sauvage Volume 2 with Kai Brückner & Burkhard Jasper |
| 2019 |
CD release cartouche with Philipp van Endert & Andre Nendza |
| 2018 |
Concert tour to Macedonia & Belgium with the Eda Zari Band with Rhani Krija, Gert Kapo & Visar Kuci |
| 2017 |
Concert tour to Norway with the Trilok Gurtu Band "Spellbound" |
| 2016 |
Concerts with Trilok Gurtu & Spellbound in Portugal (tour) and at the Popakademie Mannheim Concerts with Bassmati, Cru Savage, Tim Sund & TME, in a duo with Sebastian Altekamp and with Eda Zari's band with Roland Peil, Gert Kapo & Dietmar Fuhr The children's and youth jazz orchestra Westphalia UniJAZZity, conducted by Christian Kappe, receives the WDR Jazz Prize 2016 |
| 2015 |
CD release "Volume 1" by Christian Kappe & Cru Sauvage with Burkhard Jasper and Kai Brückner at Musicom Concerts with the Trilok Gurtu Band “Spellbound”, Barbara Dennerlein & Bebab, Tim Sund & TME (DVD Live – recording), with Cru Sauvage and many others. at home and abroad 1st place and winning a CD production with UniJAZZity, the Münsterland Youth Jazz Orchestra in the Essen Philharmonic |
| 2014 |
Tours with the band of Trilok Gurtu "Spellbound" (Trilok Gurtu - percussion, Christian Kappe - trumpet, Jonathan Cuniado - bass, Jesse Milliner / Sabri Tulug Tirpan - piano) through Brazil, France, Romania and Germany |
| 2013 |
CD production with the Marc Brenken - Christian Kappe Quartet with Alex Morsey and Marcus Rieck (winner of the 1st Jazz Prize Ruhr) |
| 2012 |
CD release with "Tim Sund & The Mightiest Ever" with Valentin Gregor, Lars Gühlke & Kai Schönburg Christian Kappe & Cru Sauvage meets Chris Higginbottom & Sam Lasserson (London, UK) First prize at Jugend jazzt NRW with the children's/youth jazz orchestra UniJAZZity Münsterland WDR production "Room free" with Götz Alsmann & Sabine Westermann and the "Room free - Kurorchester" Winning the special prize of the Musikhochschule Münster with the jazz ensemble in the "Voice plus" competition |
| 2011 |
Move to Cologne Won the 1st Jazz Prize Ruhr with the Marc Brenken - Christian Kappe Quartet with Alex Morsey & Marcus Rieck Production at RBB (Radio Berlin Brandenburg) in the Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin Workshop at the JIB (Jazz Institute Berlin) with Peter Weniger, Ed Partyka, Christof Griese & Niko Schäuble International Jazz Festival Münster with Bobby Previte (New York) as well as other festivals with their own groups as well as with Barbara Dennerlein, Jörg Achim Keller (NDR Big Band) and others. |
| 2010 |
"Jazz plays Europe" with Kristina Fuchs "Im Röseligarte" & Christian Kappe & Marc Brenken Quartet with Jeroen Van Vliet, Mete Erker, Alex Morsey & Marcus Rieck with concerts at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam, among others Foundation of the formation "Christian Kappe & Cru Sauvage" with Burkhard Jasper & Kai Brückner CD productions with Klaus Fey & Streetscenes, Stephanie K., Felix Elsner and others WDR TV – Contributions to "Vuvuzela / FiFA WM 2010" and about "Jazz in Münsterland" |
| seit 2009 | since 2009 artistic director of the newly founded UniJazzity KJO Münsterland |
| seit 2009 | since 2009 teaching position at the Musikhochschule of the University of Münster |
| 2009 |
CD production at Radio Berlin - Brandenburg (RBB) and concerts with the Niko Schäuble - Adrian Sherriff sextet (Australia / Germany) as well as founding of "The Migthiest Ever", the new band of pianist Tim Sund (Berlin) Concert tour to the Jazz Festival Moscow / Russia with Barbara Dennerlein, concerts with the quartet with Marc Brenken, the quintet with Christof Griese and guest appearances live and on CD with Stephanie K., Ansgar Specht, Achim Kück, Jörg - Achim Keller (NDR Big Band) i.a. CD release "Lyrik & Jazz / Peter Rühmkorf" by Hoffmann & Campe / ECM with Eberhard Weber, Michael Naura and the WAF Jazz Ensemble, among others |
| 2008 |
Numerous festival appearances with Jasper van't Hof & Hotlips (with Jasper van't Hof, Tony Lakatos, Annie Whitehead, Eric van der Westen & Moritz Müller) in Madrid, Luxembourg, Würzburg (recording HR & BR), Essen, Rottweil and Worms CD production "Floating" by the Griese - Kappe quintet with Johannes Kersthold, Dirk Strakhof & Rainer Winch at the RBB in the small broadcasting hall, Berlin CD - live recording "Lyrics & Jazz: August Stramm" with Andreas Ramstein & Marc Brenken and CD - production "Cosmic Waltz" with Hans-Martin Limberg Duo and trio concerts with Barbara Dennerlein as well as various project works with Tim Sund & Michael Kersting, Julia Hülsmann, Gregor Hilden, Burkhard Jasper & Nico Schäuble, Tal Balshai, Heiner Kleinjohann & Maria de Fatima, Johannes Gunkel & John Schröder Lecturer at workshops in Berlin, Gladbeck, Ibbenbüren, Cloppenburg, Hanover, Beckum and in Dallas, Texas |
| 2007 |
WDR 5: Jazz twenty 5: Portrait of trumpeter Christian Kappe Live on WDR 3: Marc Brenken - Christian Kappe Quartet Concerts with Barbara Dennerlein & Bebap, e.g. in the Philharmonie Essen and the Glocke, Bremen Jasper van't Hof & Hotlips January Tour, Internat. Warsaw Jazz Festival, Poland Deutschlandfunk – radio broadcast and CD – release "Live At Quasimodo" Marc Brenken - Christian Kappe Duo at the International Jazz Festival Münster Invitation to "Jazz Ahead", the international jazz trade fair event |
| 2006 |
Release of the CD "Eight Short Stories" by the Marc Brenken - Christian Kappe Quartet with Alex Morsey and Marcus Rieck January tour with Jasper van't Hof & Hot Lips and other festival concerts with Bob Malach, Tony Lakatos, Bo Stief, Annie Withehead and others. Concert & Theater - Performance as part of the cultural program of the 2006 World Cup at Extraschicht: Night of Industrial Culture with Michael Gees DVD live recording with the Gregor Hilden Band Release of various CDs. Among other things, poetry & jazz with Peter Rühmkorf and a homage to Reinhard Döhl |
| 2005 |
Concerts and CD production "Neverneverland" with Jasper van't Hof's new formation "Hot Lips" with Tony Lakatos and Annie Withehead, among others CD live recording and production of "Live at Jazzclub Schlot" as well as winning the Jazz & Blues Award 2005 with the Christof Griese - Christian Kappe Quintet Poetry & Jazz: The WAF Jazz Ensemble meets the wonderful Peter Rühmkorf. CD live recording Jazz Festival Wolfsburg with Barbara Dennerlein and Daniel Messina Poetry & Jazz: with Marc Brenken & Andreas Ramstein: "Reinhard Döhl" CD - live recording Europhonics Festival Dortmund with the Andreas Heuser Trio, WDR recording Invitation as a lecturer to the summer jazz workshop in Dallas, Texas, USA |
| 2004 |
Autumn - Tour with Pili Pili, the band of Dutch pianist Jasper van't Hof Various festivals with the Kappe - Brenken Duo / Klaus Fey & STREETSCENES such as Hürth, Delmenhorst, Ingolstadt, Bremen, Marl, Coesfeld, Essen and Münster Release of Gregor Hilden's new CD Founding of the Hans-Martin Limberg - Christian Kappe duo with jazz music on the pipe organ Invitation to lecture at the summer workshop in Marlborough, UK |
| 2003 |
Founding of 2 new formations, the "Christian Kappe - Marc Brenken Duo" and "Klaus Fey, Christian Kappe & STREETSCENES" Release of the CD "Shout It Out" by the English saxophone legend Frank Mead (Bill Wyman, Gary Moore, Mick Jagger) The Audioworx - games - music production "World Racing"/ TDK in cooperation with Mercedes Benz is sold worldwide Release of the CD "M-Vibez" by bassist Peter Miller "Essen Original" with Barbara Dennerlein MIB Festival Bremen, Radio Bremen - recording Recordings for the new CDs by Gregor Hilden and Andreas Heuser |
| 2002 |
Invitation as a lecturer to the International Summer Jazz Workshop in Los Angeles and Dallas, USA, collaboration with Tim Ishi, Lou Carfa (Maynard Ferguson), Cedar Walton Concerts such as Jazz Festival Potsdam with Christof Griese, Jazz Rally Düsseldorf with Barbara Dennerlein, Breminale with Klaus Fey, Florian Poser Allan Vizutti as a guest at the Musikhochschule Leipzig |
| 2001 |
Release of the 4tet - CD "The Merry-Go-Round After Dark" International Jazz Festival Münster with WDR / DLF – recording Working scholarship jazz from the city of Frankfurt 2001 with the European Jazz Project Invitation to the International Summer Jazz Workshop in Los Angeles and Dallas, USA, meeting Tom Scott and Garry Pratt |
| seit 2000 |
Member of the band of the organist Barbara Dennerlein, since then numerous festival appearances: Rheingau - Music Festival, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Dortmund Concert Hall, Jazz Festival Gronau and many others. |
| seit 2000 |
Lectureship at the University of Music "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig in the areas of main subject, ensemble, jazz music history, sentence samples of the big band |
| 2000 | Iceland tour incl. new CD production Ibiza Jazz Festival, Leverkusen Jazz Days Release of the CD "Jazzpodium Ruhr / Swing Beats" |
| 1999 |
Election of the best soloist of the entire international jazz competition in Getxo / Bilbao, Spain by the audience as well as 1st place in the band competition, participation in the associated festival Participation in the International Jazz Festival in Münster Invitation from Community College Vancouver to participate in an international big band project in Victoria, B.C. and Vancouver, Canada conducted by Hugh Fraser, Graham Collier (Royal Academy, London) CD release of the European Jazz Project with Silvia Droste and Martijn Sohier Concert tour of a classical brass quintet to Moscow and Ryazan, Russia |
| 1998 |
Tour through Colombia, including appearances at the International Jazz Festival in Bogotá, at the Festival in the Park, in Cali and Bucaramanga Invitation from Community College Vancouver to participate in an international big band project in Victoria, B.C. and Vancouver, Canada conducted by Hugh Fraser, Ian McDougall (Boss Brass) and Slide Hampton Release of the 4tet CD "It's Green" on Mons Records Participation in the premiere of the new Kenny Wheeler - Suite for large ensemble with Kenny Wheeler as soloist in Banff, Canada and attending Kenny Werner's master classes |
| 1997 |
Winner of the International Dutch Young Talent Competition 1997 in Leeuwarden. Successful participation in the German young talent competition in the Moritzbastei Leipzig, CD production of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk MDR, which was released in 1998. Appearances at the International North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, among others 4tet - concerts in theatres, clubs and festivals in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and France in 1997 and the following years Participated in master classes with trumpeter Kenny Wheelers at the Center of Music and Sound, Banff, Production of the CD "Focus On Vocals" by the Federal Jazz Orchestra, which was awarded the German Record Critics' Prize in 1997 Concert tour to St. Petersburg and Moscow with the Big Band Rotterdam |
| 1996 |
Foundation of the Florian Zenker- Christian Kappe 4tets with Gulli Gudmundsson (bass, Iceland) and Eddy Lammerding (drums/ Netherlands) Concert tour Poland with the Natasza Kurek Group Concert tour in Hungary as guest soloist of the Saxony State Youth Jazz Orchestra with Eberhard Weise |
| 1995 |
Won a scholarship from Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA Christian Kappe spent the second half of 1995 in Boston, where he studied trumpet, theory and composition with Ed Tomassi and Greg Hopkins at Berklee College, participated in renowned Berklee ensembles (including W. Shorter, H. Silver, C. Adderly) Performances with the group of Canadian vibraphonist Matthias Lupri in the USA |
| 1994-1998 | Permanent member of the concert cast of the Federal Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer |
| 1992-1998 |
Studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, NL. In July 1997, he passed his diploma in instrumental music education (9 out of 10 points). In June 1998, he passed the artistic concert diploma with a diploma (9 out of 10 points) Tutors: Ack van Rooijen, Eric Vloeimans, Jarmo Hoogendijk and At van Zon (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra) |
| Seit 1990 |
Lessons from John Abercrombie, Arild Andersen, Uli Beckerhoff, Rüdiger Baldauf, Lin Biviano, Bobby Burgess, Jon Eardley, Wolfgang Engstfeld, Rachel Gould, Andy Haderer, Ray Kotwica, Dave Liebman, Erik and Bart van Lier, Victor Mendoza, Jan Oosthof, Claudio Roditi, Ack van Rooijen, Bobby Shew, Markus Stockhausen, Jon Surman, John Taylor, Kenny Werner, Kenny Wheeler and others. |
| 1992 |
First prize at "Jugend jazzt" NRW Lessons with the trumpeters Klaus Heimann and Uli Beckerhoff and the saxophonist Werner Jeder In the early 1980s, trumpet lessons with Fritz "Fitti" Dermann and first contact with jazz with the Big Band leader and pedagogue Karl Heinz Buhne |