Moritz Pachale Trio

Moritz Pachale Trio

The Moritz Pachale Trio combines the spontaneity of jazz with the energy of rock music. Inspired by artists such as Pat Metheny, Julian Lage and Kenny Garrett, the formation creates a sound space that offers filigree nuances as well as powerful highlights. Own compositions full of depth and dynamism meet unconventional interpretations of pop classics, such as Radiohead. The three musicians use their small cast for intense interaction – each concert is a lively dialogue between stage and audience.

Guitarist Moritz Pachale combines versatility with a keen sense of tradition and innovation. He took his first musical steps in classical music before rock greats such as Pink Floyd and Deep Purple shaped his style. At the age of 13 he discovered jazz and gained experience in big bands such as the Jugendjazzorchester Sachsen-Anhalt. Since 2021 he is a permanent member of the East rock band Karussell, with whom he tours Germany and was significantly involved in the 2024 released album Unter den Sterne.

In addition to his work with Karussell, he has been studying jazz guitar with Prof since 2023. Werner Neumann in Leipzig and realizes his own musical vision with his trio there.

Drummer Lucas Rauch, born in 2000 in Weimar, started at the piano at the age of six before turning to drums at eleven. In addition to drum set and classical percussion he played in brass bands such as the brass band Hessen. In the jazz scene he was a member of the Jugendjazzorchester Sachsen-Anhalt and the Weimar Bigband. Since 2020 he studies Jazz Drum Set at the Leipzig School of Music and Theatre with Dominique “Gaga” Ehlert, Max Stadtfeld and Prof. Eric Schäfer. He is a multiple prize winner at “Jugend musiziert”, “Jugend jazzt” and the “Deutsches Stiftung Musikleben”.

As a scholarship holder of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Leipzig e.V. and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes he has already worked with renowned artists such as Nils Landgren and Johannes Enders.

Bassist Fotis-Julius Megas began playing electric bass at the age of twelve. After completing his studies in rehabilitation pedagogy at the Humboldt University Berlin, he completed his preparatory studies at the Music School City West. He is currently studying double bass at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig. He won, among other things, the 1st. Prize at the Youth Music E-Bass Regional Competition in Thessaloniki (2012) and the 2nd edition of the International Music Awards.

Prize in Milan (2015) as well as the “Energy Prize” at the Neukölln Stuvo Jazz Contest (2023). Since 2023 he is a scholarship holder of the association Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Berlin e.V.