For the Thursday-to-Sunday stretch of September 3–6, one of the week’s most coherent listening routes sits inside a single Mitte basement. Kunstfabrik Schlot has booked three consecutive 21:00 concerts that move deliberately across jazz’s working scales: a swing quartet on Thursday, Maria Baptist’s 16-piece orchestra on Friday, then Esther Kaiser and Alexander Wienand’s four-person record-release group on Saturday. The venue, founded in 1993 and now located in the Edison-Höfe near Nordbahnhof, has long made room for both established local players and large-format ensembles. This run makes that range unusually easy to hear across three nights.[1][2][3][4][5]

Thursday, September 3: swing with a quartet frame

Thursday opens with Savoy Satellites Quartet feat. Siri Svegler, billed as “Swing vom Feinsten.” Svegler sings with pianist Kenneth Berkel, guitarist Fredi Gebhardt and bassist Heiko Grumpelt. The Schlot’s programme places the group in the swing vocabulary of the 1930s and 1940s, while also identifying its repertoire as a mix of classic material, original compositions and pop adaptations. It is the smallest configuration of the three nights, and its direct instrumental layout offers a useful entry point for anyone seeking a focused, song-led evening. Doors are scheduled for 20:00, one hour before the 21:00 start; the listed admission is €15, or €10 reduced.[1][4]

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Friday, September 4: Maria Baptist’s wide-screen writing

On Friday, the scale changes decisively with the Maria Baptist Orchestra. Baptist appears as pianist, composer and conductor, leading a 16-member group whose listed personnel includes rhythm section, five reed players, four trumpeters and four trombonists. The September programme includes Midnight Suite in four movements. The club describes Baptist’s work as a meeting point for jazz improvisation and forms such as fugues, concertos and suites, which gives the concert a clear architectural pull without losing its ensemble character. For a room associated with Berlin’s jazz scene, a full orchestra is also a practical reminder of the venue’s stage capacity. The 21:00 concert has listed admission of €20, or €15 reduced, with entry from 20:00.[2][4][5]

Saturday, September 5: breath, voice and close interplay

Saturday turns inward again for the live debut of BREATHING, the new joint album by Berlin singer-composer Esther Kaiser and pianist Alexander Wienand. Their quartet adds Athina Kontou on bass and Tilmann Dehnhard on flute. Kunstfabrik Schlot frames the project around breath as a musical and physical starting point, with jazz, poetry and improvisation central to its approach. The personnel suggests a different kind of density from Friday’s orchestra: voice, piano, bass and flute leave space for texture and quick interaction between players. It is a record-release concert, scheduled for 21:00, with doors at 20:00 and admission listed at €20, or €15 reduced.[3][4]

Plan the three-night run

Kunstfabrik Schlot is at Invalidenstraße 117 in the Edison-Höfe, with access also via Schlegelstraße 26. Nordbahnhof and Naturkundemuseum are nearby public-transport options. Each concert in this run begins at 21:00, and the venue advises arrival from one hour before programme time; reserved tickets must be collected 30 minutes before the performance. Thursday’s Savoy Satellites show, Friday’s Maria Baptist Orchestra concert and Saturday’s BREATHING release each work independently, though together they trace a concise passage from social swing through orchestral composition to lyric vocal jazz. Recheck Kunstfabrik Schlot’s official event pages before leaving for current ticket, door and programme information.[1][2][3][4][5]

These concerts happened on 3–5 September 2026

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Sources

  1. SAVOY SATELLITES Quartet feat. Siri Svegler — Kunstfabrik Schlot
  2. Maria Baptist Orchestra — Kunstfabrik Schlot
  3. Esther Kaiser/ Alexander Wienand “BREATHING” (Record Release Concert) — Kunstfabrik Schlot
  4. Kunstfabrik Schlot Berlin – Jazz-Club — Kunstfabrik Schlot
  5. Kunstfabrik Schlot — visitBerlin