URSULA WIENKEN (BASS//MUSIC)
URSULA WIENKEN
(BASS//MUSIC)
Ursula Wienken (*2001) is a German-Polish bassist, composer, and bandleader based in Cologne,Germany, active in the field of popular, improvised, and rhythmically expressive music.
Both on electric bass and double bass, she primarily performs as a sidewoman in numerous projects in Germany and Switzerland, while also leading her own projects („URS INVITES“; „SUMMIT“).
She began her music studies in 2020 at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Cologne, and has since performed on renowned stages and in coveted festivals (e.g. the North Sea Jazz Festival, FUSION Festival (Lärz), Jazzfest Bonn, Summerklaeng Festival Cologne, Altenberger Kultursommer, SATROCKS Festival Lausanne, and more).
Tours and concerts have already taken her to Ecuador, Poland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and many parts of Germany. She is also the bassist in the current lineup of the German National Jazz Orchestra (so called „BuJazzO“;2023/2024). For her work as a young composer and musician, she was awarded, among other honors, the Kunstförderpreis der Stadt Neuss 2022, the official art sponsorship of her hometown Neuss.
Her work has also been recognized by the scholarship from the Dr. Werner Richard Dr. Carl Dörken Foundation (with „SUMMIT“ 2023), the Munich Jazz Prize (3rd place with „SUMMIT“ 2023), the Cologne Jazzsupporters Composer Prize (2023), as well as several other awards as a sidewoman.
Right now Ursula studies modern music at the renowned Fundació Conservatori Liceu in Barcelona until June 2025. Ursula primarily focuses on rhythmically profound and sound-aesthetically developed music and prefers to work in community-based and genre-dissolving creative processes.
At the HfMT Cologne, Ursula served as the student representative for the Jazz/Pop department from 2021 to 2023. Over the course of her service for this position, she had the opportunity to participate as a member in panel discussions on the topic of gender inequality and power abuse in music, including events organized by the Beginen Salon Köln e.V., as well as the Cité des Dames event series by the Equality Commission of HfMT Cologne.
NEWS
Fotos: Nils Mehr // Jakob Jäger // Michal Zak// Grzegorz Lenart
PROJECTS
CONCERT DATES (2025)
3.01 – JANA GALLIFA QUARTET // Sala Parés, Barcelona
10.01 – Felix Hauptmann „Serpentine“ // NICA Live (Showcase), Stadtgarten, Köln
11.01 – Ursula Wienken‘s SUMMIT // WINTERJAZZ, Stadtgarten, Köln
17.01 – Marina y su Melao // L‘Occulta, Barcelona
11.02 – Ricardo Urquiza Quarteto // Robadors, Barcelona
20.02 – Pol Martí Trio // La Coral de Prodis, Terassa
4.03 – EDUSA Quartet // Casa Figari, Barcelona
8.03 – Ursula Wienken‘s SUMMIT // Dörken Stiftung, Herdecke
15.03 – URS INVITES // UPBEAT Hohenlohe Festival, Schwäbisch Hall
20.03 – EDUSA Trio // Teatre Lliure, Barcelona
22.03- LELEGORRI // Mehrspur, Zürich
27.03 – LICEU JAM Opener feat. Ramon Prats // Fundació Conservatori Liceu, Barcelona
28.03 – FLUFFY quintet // Robadors, Barcelona
4.04 – Ursula Wienken’s SUMMIT // Schloss Raesfeld, Raesfeld
7.04 – LICEU FAMILIAR // Liceu, Barcelona
8.04 – LICEU FAMILIAR //Liceu, Barcelona
11.04 – Stadtgarten Experimental Band // Stadtgarten, Köln
15.04 – Stadtgarten Experimental Band // Schwerer Reiter München
16.04 – LELEGORRI // Kasheme, Zürich
25.04 – LELEGORRI // Goldener Dachs, Weinfelden
5.05 – Aina Tramullas Quarteto // Robadors, Barcelona
22.05 – MARINA Y SU MELAO // Razzmatazz, Barcelona
23.05 – MARINA Y SU MELAO // Sant Feliu de Guíxols
24.05 – MARINA Y SU MELAO // El Intruso, Madrid
27.05 – VINCENZO PELLEGRINO GROUP // Goethe-Institut, Barcelona
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past concerts (2024)
17.01. – PKIII (Paul Küppers, Ursula Wienken, Joshua Knauber) // King Georg Köln
18.01. – MODERN MUSIC @ Hopla.Kalk feat. Claudia Ramos & Alfonso Garrido // Hopla.Kalk, Köln
24.01. – Leandro Irarragorris Proyecto // Kasheme, Zürich, CH
25.01. – D’Carlos Carribeantime // Mikus Bar, Köln
31.01. – SLOWKLAHOMA Victor Gelling & Ursula Wienken // Maulvoll Weinladen, Köln
1.02. – PKIII (Paul Küppers, Ursula Wienken, Joshua Knauber) // Hopla.Kalk, Köln
9.02. – Ursula invites: Claudia Ramos, Leandro Irarragorri, Raciel Estrada, Joshua Knauber // Salon De Jazz, Köln
10.02. – Ursula invites: Claudia Ramos, Leandro Irarragorri, Raciel Estrada, Joshua Knauber // JazzSchmiede, Düsseldorf
14.02. – Leandro Irarragorris Proyecto // Kasheme, Zürich, CH
15.02. – Muito Kaballa // Bhf Langendreer, Bochum
16.02. – PKIII (Paul Küppers, Ursula Wienken, Joshua Knauber) // Salon De Jazz, Köln
19.02. – BRUNO BODE/URSULA WIENKEN/JAN ZEIMETZ // Greesberger Wirtschaft, Köln
20.02. – BRUNO BODE/URSULA WIENKEN/JAN ZEIMETZ // Brückenstern, Hamburg
23.02. – Muito Kaballa // Funky Club, Torino, IT
24.02. – SLOWKLAHOMA // Niehler Freiheit, Köln
25.02. – BRUNO BODE/URSULA WIENKEN/JAN ZEIMETZ // Blue Note, Dresden
27.02. – BRUNO BODE/URSULA WIENKEN/JAN ZEIMETZ // Kunstfabrik Schlot, Berlin
28.02. – BRUNO BODE/URSULA WIENKEN/JAN ZEIMETZ // Tante Betty, Nürnberg
29.02. – BRUNO BODE/URSULA WIENKEN/JAN ZEIMETZ // Horns Erben, Leipzig
1.03. – BRUNO BODE/URSULA WIENKEN/JAN ZEIMETZ // tba, Stuttgart
9.03. – Bundesjazzorchester „Aus der Tiefe des Raumes“; Leitung: Ansgar Striepens //Donauhallen Strawinsky, Donaueschingen
11.03. – Muito Kaballa // 100 Club, London, UK
12.03. – Muito Kaballa // tba, London, UK
13.03. – Muito Kaballa // tba, UK
14.03. – Muito Kaballa // tba, UK
15.03. – Muito Kaballa // Jam Bar, Bristol, UK
16.03. – Muito Kaballa // Band o. the Wall, Manchester, UK
17.03. – Muito Kaballa // Headrow House Leeds, UK
20.03. – Leandro Irarragorris Proyecto // Kasheme, Zürich, CH
27.03. – Leon’s Extraordinary Machine // Bunker Ulmenwall, Bielefeld
3.04. – Ursula Wienken + Paul Küppers Electric Duo // Maulvoll Weinladen, Köln
13.04. – WEBSTER // Wohnzimmer, Gelsenkirchen
14.04. – WEBSTER // veedel club, Köln
18.04. – Lukas Weber’s Carte Blanche: Weber/Roßmüller/Wienken/Raineri // Jazzkeller, Krefeld
19.04. – D’Carlos Carribeantime // TIMBALONIA, Köln-Porz
20.04. – BuJazzO „Zukunftsmusik“ // JazzFest Bonn, Bonn
24.04. – Lele Gorri // Lebewohl Fabrik, Zürich
25.04. – MODERN MUSIC @ Hopla.Kalk feat. Theresia Philipp // Hopla.Kalk, Köln
26.04. – Dominick Wiskoski Band // Musikforum Katharinenkirche, Stendal
4.05. – NOOMAE // JazzMontez, Frankfurt
8.05. – Lele Gorri // Kasheme, Zürich
11.05. – Reinel Ardiles Lindemann’s SIEMBERA ASHÉ // BlueShell, Köln
13.05. – NOOMAE // Pantheon, Bonn
16.05. – MODERN MUSIC @ Hopla.Kalk feat. bernard & Jabul // Hopla.Kalk, Köln
17.05. – Ursula Wienken’s SUMMIT // domicil, Dortmund
20.05. – Matthias Bergmann, Denis Gäbel, Carlotta Ribbe, Ralf Gessler, Ursula Wienken – BLUE MONDAY // Jazzclub Hilden
24.05. – SLOWLKAHOMA // Open Air, Rudolfplatz, Köln
26.05. – La Casa De Nadie presented by José Pino (Jam Session Opener) // L200, Zürich
6.06. – Felix Hauptmann „SERPENTINE“ // Schwerer Reiter, München
7.06. – Maxi Valdes Band // Club Machado, Köln
9.06. – Wolfang Perez / Bruna Cabral / Ursula Wienken/ &more tba // Open Deck Cologne, Köln
11.06. – Heribel Izquierdo Master graduation concert // HSLU, Luzern, CH
12.06. – Lele Gorri // Open Air, Moods, Zürich, CH
14.06. – BuJazzO // Konzerthaus, Dortmund
19.06. – Seeman Cypher Vol. 2 // Reineke Fuchs, Köln
22.06. – DUXIUS // Polnisches Institut, Wien, AU
29.06. – Muito Kaballa // FUSION Festival, DE
30.06. – Joshua Knauber Bachelor graduation concert // JAKI, Köln
2.07. – BuJazzO // Gloria, Köln
4.07. – PKIII // JazzAgainstTheMachine Festival, artheater, Köln
7.07. – NOOMAE // SUMMERKLAENG Festival, Köln
12.07. – Lele Gorri // Kasheme, Zürich, CH
13.07. – Lele Gorri // Vista Bar, Näffels, CH
14.07. – Lele Gorri // Bündner Rigi, Graubünden, CH
3.08. – Leon Plecity Quintett // JazzSchmiede Open Air, Hofgarten, Düsseldorf
4.08. – Ursula Wienken’s SUMMIT // GREEN ROOM, Stadtgarten, Köln
6.08. – Ursula Wienken’s „POLISZ SUMMER VIBES“ // artheater, Köln
24.08. – Maxi Valdes/Bruna Cabral/Cristian Faig/Ursula Wienken // Planeta Sol, Osnabrück
25.08. – URS INVITES // Woelfl Haus, Bonn
31.08. – URS & Friends // Coco-Vin, Pulheim6.09. – Horst Hansen Trio // tba, Krefeld
24.09. – Lele Gorri // ZKB Jazzpreis, MOODS, Zürich
29.09. – Ursula Wienken’s SUMMIT // Jazzclub Witten
30.10. – Jam Session Opener: NeoLatinJam @ Gotthard Bar // Gotthard Bar, Zürich, CH
2.11. – Marina y su Melao // Marula Café, Barcelona
7.11. – URS invites // Ingolstädter Jazztage, Ingolstadt
20.11. – LELE GORRI // Kasheme, Zürich, CH
22.11. – Johannes Ludwig’s Vagabond Souls @ Jazztime // Kongresshalle, Böblingen
28.11. – Angel González Trío // Fundació Conservatori Liceu, Barcelona
29.11. – Ricardo Urquiza Trío // Estudi 110, Barcelona
13.12.- Julian García Miró Trio // galerie art nomade
18.12.- LELEGORRI // Kasheme Schweiz
CONTACT
I offer Private Lessons for:
– Bass
– Music Theory
– Piano (basic)
contact via email:
mail@ursulawienken.com