Olga Reznichenko

From modern to punk jazz: This year, Russian-born pianist Olga Reznichenko, who lives in Berlin and Leipzig, is receiving the SWR Jazz Prize, which comes with a cash award of 15,000 euros. Reznichenko is considered one of the most exciting up-and-coming talents in German jazz. Whether with her own ensembles, such as her trio O.R.T. or the “White-Reznichenko Quintet,” as a soloist, or as a sought-after sideman. The jury’s statement reads: “This year, Olga Reznichenko is being honored as an artist whose musical thinking is as unconventional as it is tradition-conscious: Her playing on piano, keyboard, and keytar is masterful and intense; her handling of highly complex rhythms is furious; and her imagination in shaping sound is impressive.” At the award-winner’s concert, she will present a new project, specially curated for this occasion, as part of Enjoy Jazz BASF Gesellschaftshaus.