URSULA WIENKEN (BASS//MUSIC)
URSULA WIENKEN
(BASS//MUSIC)
Ursula Wienken (*2001) is a German-Polish bassist, composer, and bandleader based in Basel and Cologne, 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, Spain and Switzerland, while also leading her own projects.
She completed her music studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, Cologne, studied between 2024-2025 at Fundació Conservatori Liceu in Barcelona and has since performed on renowned stages and festivals (e.g. the North Sea Jazz Festival, FUSION Festival (Lärz), Bezau Beatz, PortaJazz, Jazzfest Bonn, Summerklaeng Festival Cologne, Altenberger Kultursommer, and more).
Tours and concerts have already taken her to Ecuador, Poland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal Norway, Portland (US), the Netherlands, Austria,
France, Switzerland, and many parts of Germany. She was the bassist 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 Cologne Jazzsupporters Composer Prize (2023), the Munich Jazz Prize (3rd place with „SUMMIT“ 2023), as well as several other awards as a sidewoman.
Right now Ursula lives in Basel, Switzerland, doing her master studies in double bass at Jazzcampus. 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.
CONCERT DATES 2026
2026
21.01. – Roberto Koch Ensemble // Jazzcampus, Basel
24.01. – Felix Hauptmann’s SERPENTINE // Stadtgarten, Koeln
5.02. – Mael Idris „Mael’s Smiles“ // Schall und Rauch, Basel
8.02. – Felix Hauptmann’s SERPENTINE // PortaJazz Festival, Porto
11.02. – Sean Haefeli // beeflat, Bern
15.02. – Ursula Wienken Trio // Jazzà, Cassà de la Selva
19.02. – Cole „MHDD“ Palensky // Schall und Rauch, Basel
25.02. – Alice Auclair // Kasheme, Zurich
5.03. – Slowklahoma // Goldkante, Bochum
8.03. – Aina Tramullas & Ursula Wienken // Espai Mallorca, Barcelona
15.03. – Uli Kempendorff, Dae Bryant, Ursula Wienken // Jazz im Gelben Bereich, Zeuthen
18.03. – Luka Righele Trio // Moods, Zurich (Jam Opener)
25.03. – Luka Righele Trio // Moods, Zurich (Jam Opener)
10.04. – Ana Ayala, Guillaume Colbois, Enric Fuster, Ursula Wienken // Robadors23, Barcelona
11.04. – Oleandole // Robadors23, Barcelona
12.04. – Oleandole // Mercantic, Sant Cugat
15.04. – m_hd.d // JazzCampus, Basel
27.04. – Dae Bryant Ensemble // 8bar, Basel
7.05. – Johannes Ludwig’s Vagabond Souls // Jazzforum, Plattling
10.05. – Eugenia Serra Quarteto // Banyoles, Catalunya
23.05. – DEJÀN COLLECTIVE // Afropfingsten, Winterthur
27.05. – Kajetan Skoneczny Trio // Centrum Kultury, Oswiecim (PL)
28.05. – Kajetan Skoneczny Trio // Cofeina Jazz Cafe, Sucha Beskidzka (PL)
30.05. – Songwriting Lab Concert, Festival Atelier Creation // Stellwerk, Bhf St.Johann Basel
31.05. – Oleandole // robadors23, Barcelona
5.06. – Aina Tramullas / Marius Koopmann / Ursula Wienken // Museu Arquelògic, Son Fornés, Montuïri, Mallorca
6.06. – Aina Tramullas / Marius Koopmann / Ursula Wienken // s’Escat, Manacor, Mallorca
7.06. – Aina Tramullas / Marius Koopmann / Ursula Wienken // s’Escat, Manacor (JamSession Opener), Mallorca
8.06. – Aina Tramullas / Marius Koopmann / Ursula Wienken // Pollença, Mallorca
9.06. – Roberto Koch Ensemble // JazzCampus, Basel
13.06. DEJÀN COLLECTIVE // Fete De Musique, Gstaad
14.06. – Oleandole // robadors23, Barcelona
16.06. – Lukas Kewell Bachelorconcert // JazzCampus, Basel
16.06. – Ursula Wienken/ Marta Wajdzik/ Xavier Maldonado/ Camil Arcarazo/ Enric Fuster // Renee Bar, Basel
18.06. – Kuzey Bachelorconcert // JazzCampus, Basel
19.06. – Cole Palensky „i1+i2“ Bachelorconcert // Jazzcampus, Basel
20.06. – tba (Slowhklahoma)
21.06. – tba (Slowhklahoma)
25.06. – LELE GORRI // tba, Zurich
28.06. – DEJÀN COLLECTIVE // OpenAir St. Gallen
//SUMMER BREAK//
11.07. – Camil Arcarazo Trio // heliogal, Barcelona
21.07. – Ursula Wienken Trio // artheater, Köln
3.08. – Antoni Casellas Trio // robadors, Barcelona
// POLAND BREAK //
14.08. – Fiffis Spaceship // Em Bebbi Sy Jazz Festival, Basel
17.08. – Berenice Keller Masterconcert // Jazzcampus, Basel
22.08. – Holly Foster / Emma Ståhl / Ursula Wienken // Münchenstein
23.08. – Antoni Casellas Masterconcert // Jazzcampus, Basel
24.08. – Pau Planas Dalet Masterconcert // Jazzcampus, Basel
25.08. – Pau Gurpegui Masterconcert // Jazzcampus, Basel
27.08. – Angel Cuyar & Ksenia Slobodan BigBand – Masterconcert // Jazzcampus, Basel
31.08. – Ursula Wienken / Josh Schofield / Martín Ortero / Pau Planas Dalet // FHNW Campus, Muttenz
4.09. – Dae Bryant Collective // 1905, Portland, Oregon (US)
6.09. – Dae Bryant Collective // Keys Lounge, Portland, Oregon (US)
24.09. – Fractal Pocket // kleiner wassermann, Basel
7.10. – Elijah Saxton / Lucas Santini / Miguel Fernandes / Ursula Wienken // Jazzcampus, Basel
8.10. – Anatole Muster / Elijah Saxton / Lucas Santini / Miguel Fernandes / Ursula Wienken // Schall und Rauch, Basel
11.10. – Clara Vetter / Lucas Johnson/ Ursula Wienken // Stadtbibliothek, Herrenberg
13.10. – Sonya Chernysh Quartet / tuesdayJam, Bern
21.10. – TRIZ QUARTET // Jazzcampus, Basel
22.10. – Manca Fekonja Quartet // Schall und Rauch, Basel
31.10. – Dae Bryant Collective // Donau115, Berlin
7.11. – Jorge Rossy / Chris Cheek / Esther Quevedo / Steve Cardenas / Julián Sánchez / Marina Calleja / Ursula Wienken // Sevilla, Spain
8.11. – Jorge Rossy / Chris Cheek / Esther Quevedo / Steve Cardenas / Julián Sánchez / Marina Calleja / Ursula Wienken // clasijazz, Almeria, Spain
10.11. – Flora DeGeus / Marta Wajdzik / Ursula Wienken // Basel tba
14.11. – Fabian Willmann’s „Tenor Madness“ feat. Jochen Rückert, Camila Nebbia, Simon Spiess, Alexandra Grimal, Ursula Wienken // Donau115, Berlin
18.11. – Holly Foster Band // Jazzcampus, Basel
20.11. – Matteo Bussy Trio // Jazzcampus, Basel
21.11. – Mael Idris Collective // Jazzcampus, Basel
22.11. – Ursula Wienken Band // Jazzcampus Basel
23.11. – Iannis Obiols Quartet // 8bar, Basel
26.11. – Linda // Celeste, Wien
27.11. – MSJ Session Hosting // Jazzcampus, Basel
3.12. – tba // Schall und Rauch, Basel
9.12. – Lena Senge // domicil, Dortmund
11.12. – Heidi Bayer’s Virtual Leak // Roter Saal, Braunschweig
13.12. – Heidi Bayer’s Virtual Leak // Dumont, Aachen
MORE TBA SOON!
PRESS
Fotos: Nils Mehr // Jakob Jäger // Niclas Weber // Grzegorz Lenart
PROJECTS
CONTACT
I offer Private Lessons for:
– Electric Bass
– Double Bass
– Preparation for Jazz Studies (PreCollege)
– groups lessons for kids (age 5-10)
– group lessons for teenagers
– group lessons for adults
