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Julia Hülsmann

Julia Hülsmann is a pianist, composer, bandleader, songwriter, and educator whose Berlin projects connect long-running small groups with poetry and song.

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Career Overview

About Julia Hülsmann

Hülsmann’s official biography traces her 1991 move to Berlin for jazz-piano study at the University of the Arts and the formation of her own trio in 1997. It documents composition, songwriting, teaching, and ensemble leadership as distinct parts of her practice.[1]

The official project and music archives move from poetry- and song-based collaborations to long-running ECM trio, quartet, and octet recordings. Vocalists, strings, and saxophone appear in specific editions rather than as permanent additions to one group.[2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, pianist, and composer

Julia Hülsmann Trio

The trio founded in 1997 provides the long-running core of Hülsmann’s small-group work.[1][3]

Leader, pianist, and composer

Julia Hülsmann Quartet

The quartet expands the trio with saxophone while preserving its established bass-and-drums partnership.[2][3]

Pianist, composer, songwriter, and arranger

Poetry and song projects

Scattering Poems, Come Closer, and Good Morning Midnight each organize music around different writers and vocal partners.[1][3]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2019 · ECM Records

Not Far From Here

Quartet leader, pianist, and composer

The album documents the quartet with saxophonist Ule Kempendorff and the established trio rhythm section.[3]

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2022 · ECM Records

The Next Door

Quartet leader, pianist, and composer

The later quartet record continues Hülsmann’s small-group writing through a separate ECM program.[3]

Release details

2025 · ECM Records

Under the Surface

Quartet leader, pianist, and composer

The 2025 release extends the quartet chronology while preserving its documented personnel frame.[3]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official music archive

Browse Hülsmann’s trio, quartet, octet, poetry, song, and collaborative records with release dates.

Official YouTube channel

Watch small-group, larger-ensemble, and song-project performances posted by Hülsmann.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Julia Hülsmann. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and Berlin career history

    Julia Hülsmann

  2. [2] Official ensemble and collaboration guide

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  3. [3] Official discography and release chronology

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