Ian wekwerth biography

Joined the Palast Orchester in: 1986

Your perfect moments?
Sometimes I lie in bed after a nice day and simply feel: at this moment everything is perfect!
Professionally a perfect moment was that first rehearsal in a large hall of a parish in North Berlin with the orchestra that later was to become Max Raabe & Palast Orchester.

How did you find to your instrument?
We lived in the English country and our garage was a large converted barn.

One day my Dad set off to buy an old cupboard for it and came back with a grand piano!

Your biggest influence?
My grandfather possessed a large old music centre with an integrated record player.

At the time, pianist Ian Wekwerth studied to be an aeronautical engineer in college.

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Joined the Palast Orchester in: Your perfect moments?

Ian Wekwerth.

Max Raabe, born in Lünen, has always sung - in the youth choir and on his bicycle.

On Sundays he´d put on his favorite Jazz-LPs and turn up the volume. The music could probably be heard in whole Golders Green (London)! I loved this and felt very attracted to the music. However I couldn´t believe it was being made up on the spur of the moment.

When I was about 13 I watched a friend of my parents play