CARSTEN HEIN

BASS PLAYER

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„A skilled navigator of contemporary European jazz sensibilities.“
London Jazz News, February 2019

„Elements from other genres flow into the music without transitions, but don’t dilute the jazz in any way. Rather, they illuminate its modern essence in a new light.“
Jazz ‘n‘ more, March 2019

„In his original, tasty instrumental compositions, the electric bassist born in 1979, underscores the tonal spectrum of his instrument.“
Jazzthing, March 2019

Carsten Hein was born in Hesse in 1979. He started playing bass in bands that performed original material at an early age besides singing in choirs and learning classical piano. That lead him to study jazz and popular music with a major in bass guitar and minor subjects upright bass and composition at the ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem/Netherlands, followed by getting a Master’s Degree in cultural and media management at Freie Universität Berlin.

Based in Berlin since 2004, he works as a freelance bassist in a wide range of different musical genres: Indie Rock, Jazz, Contemporary classical music, Afrobeat, Reggae, Latin, Pop and others. Live or in the studio he worked with Ivy Quainoo, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Neneh Cherry, Julia Marcell, Ladi6, Augustin Maurs, Gene Pritsker, Kristiina Tuomi, Ruffcats, Mellow Mark, Skew Siskin, Nosliw, Martin Jondo, Marcus Klossek, Mr Zarko and many more. Concerts and tours have taken him to many countries around the world.

He is equally fascinated to take up traditional roles of the bass as well as using it combined with electronics as a source for sound explorations. As a stage musician he has been involved in theater productions at Deutsches Theater Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Ballhaus Naunynstraße Berlin, for Polly Maggoo Amsterdam, Theater Oostpol Arnhem and others.

As a soloist and band member Carsten has won prizes at Jugend Jazzt, the Young Jazz award Tübingen and the Nujazzprijs Dordrecht. In November 2018 he released his latest album with his own compositions, alongside Swiss label Unit Records.

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„A skilled navigator of contemporary European jazz sensibilities.“
London Jazz News

„Elements from other genres flow into the music without transitions, but don’t dilute the jazz in any way. Rather, they illuminate its modern essence in a new light.“
Jazz ‘n‘ more

„In his original, tasty instrumental compositions, the electric bassist born in 1979, underscores the tonal spectrum of his instrument.“
Jazzthing

Carsten Hein started making music in bands that performed original material at a young age, alongside singing in choirs and learning classical piano. He studied jazz and popular music with a focus on bass guitar and minor subjects upright bass and composition at the ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, Netherlands. He then pursued a Master’s Degree in Arts and Media Management at Freie Universität Berlin.

Based in Berlin since 2004, he works as a freelance bassist in a wide range of different musical genres. Live or in the studio he worked with Neneh Cherry, Ivy Quainoo, Julia Marcell, Ladi6, Nosliw, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Angela Bulloch, Gene Pritsker, Kristiina Tuomi, The Ruffcats, Mellow Mark, Skew Siskin, Martin Jondo, Marcus Klossek and many more. Concerts and tours have taken him to many countries around the world.

Carsten is equally fascinated to take up traditional roles of the bass as well as using it combined with electronics as a source for sound explorations. As a stage musician and performer, he has been involved in works for Deutsches Theater Berlin, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Salzburger Festspiele, Theatertreffen der Berliner Festspiele, Grand Théâtre de Genève, MUDAM Luxembourg, Ballhaus Naunynstraße Berlin, Polly Maggoo Amsterdam and others.

As a soloist and band member Carsten has won prizes at Jugend Jazzt, the Young Jazz award Tübingen and the Nujazzprijs Dordrecht.

He has contributed as a bassist to numerous studio productions. In addition to his work as a session musician, he has released his own compositions, most recently a quintet album called „This“ for the Swiss Jazz label Unit Records. Currently, he is working on a solo album featuring electronic and ambient music, created using bass guitars and electronic effects.

HIDDEN

After my interdisciplinary studies with both artistic and scientific degrees, I gained more than 15 years of experience as a cultural and media manager specializing in music as well as the intersection between art, culture and digitalization. I like to bring people together and act as an intermediary between artists, audience, politics and funders. Working for state institutions as well as international companies like Google, I have gained broad experience in the creation and implementation of complex collaboration projects taking into account the interests of various stakeholders.

Currently I support and advice organizations in cultural management, the design of digital products and in the areas of team development, communication, New Work, transformation and leadership. I’m a certified New Work Facilitator, a Workshop/Design Sprint Facilitator and give leadership seminars.
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SELECTED REFERENCES

Deutsche Jazzunion e.V.
Project management for „Zentrum für Jazz und Improvisierte Musik“ and STOP OVER (residency program curated by Tina Heine)

msg group
Senior Business Consultant – New Work and digitization in the Public Sector

Google Arts and Culture
Coordination, implementation and project controlling of digital launches by arts and cultural institutions, including the creation of content concepts

Berlin Senate – Department of Culture and Europe
Consulting

German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development (vhw)
Lecturer: leadership and communication in the digital age

Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH
Project management, conception, supervising, consulting

Kultur Räume Berlin alliance
Consulting, stakeholder management

Studio 38 pure communications GmbH
Content conception, consulting

25th Jubilee of the fall of the Berlin wall
Conception and management of social media campaign, sponsor care

Museumsportal Berlin
Acquisition of subsidies, conception, project management, stakeholder management, marketing

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin
Cultural index Berlin

Long nights of the museums Berlin
Online management, content creation

Berlin Twitter Wall
Conception and management of social media campaign, communication

Berlin Music Week
project management, branding

Berlin stages
Acquisition of subsidies, consulting

Bedeutungsraum – KonMarie Consultant
Business and marketing consulting, website conception and design

DATA (debt, AIDS, trade, africa)
Analysis of media impact, pr consulting for G7 summit 2007

Theater group PlayBack Berlin
Consulting

ARTS & MEDIA, CONCEPTION, FACILITATION

After my interdisciplinary studies with both artistic and scientific degrees, I gained more than 15 years of experience as a arts and media manager specializing in music as well as the intersection between art, culture and digitalization. I create concepts, facilitate groups, bring people together and act as an intermediary between artists, audience, politics and funders. Working for state institutions as well as international companies like Google, I have gained broad experience in the creation and implementation of complex collaboration projects taking into account the interests of various stakeholders.

Currently I support and advice organizations in arts management, the design of digital products and in the areas of team development, communication, New Work, transformation and leadership. I’m a certified New Work Facilitator, a Workshop/Design Sprint Facilitator and give leadership seminars.

SELECTED REFERENCES

Center for jazz and improvised music
Project management/production for „Zentrum für Jazz und Improvisierte Musik“ and „STOP OVER 1“ (residency program curated by Tina Heine)

Google Arts and Culture
Coordination, implementation and project controlling of digital launches by arts and cultural institutions, including the creation of content concepts

Berlin Senate – Department of Culture and Europe
Consulting

msg group
Senior Business Consultant for New Work and digitization, customers from federal ministries and state authorities, workshop design, facilitation,
project management, conception

Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH
Head of online management, conception, supervising, consulting

Kultur Räume Berlin alliance
Consulting, stakeholder management, workshop design, facilitation

Studio 38 pure communications GmbH
Conception, project management, consulting, workshop facilitation

German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development (vhw)
Lecturer: leadership and communication in the digital age

25th Jubilee of the fall of the Berlin wall
Conception and management of social media campaign, sponsor care

Museumsportal Berlin
Acquisition of subsidies, conception, project management, stakeholder management, marketing

Berlin–Bühnen.de
Acquisition of subsidies, staffing, supervisor

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin
Cultural index Berlin

Long nights of the museums Berlin
Online management, content creation

Berlin Twitter Wall
Conception and management of social media campaign, communication

Berlin Music Week
Project management, branding

Bedeutungsraum – KonMarie Consultant
Business and marketing consulting, website conception and design

DATA (debt, AIDS, trade, africa)
Analysis of media impact, pr consulting for G7 summit 2007

Theater group PlayBack Berlin
Consulting

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