Pudláková / Flaig / Meissner

Bild: Vincent MeißnerBild: Vincent Meißner

In July 2024, the three musicians Klára Pudláková (double bass), Erik Wie Flaig (drums) and Vincent Meissner (piano) met for the first time as part of the International Jazz Platform in Łódź (Poland) – a festival with a five-day workshop for young musicians from all over Europe in the field of jazz and improvised music. From the intense musical exchange and the joint play in the workshop ensembles, the idea arose to organize a tour of Germany for the coming year as a trio. The current centers of life and work of the band members are in Prague, Trondheim and Leipzig. In this newly founded project, they bring their different musical imprints and individual forms of expression together and thus create a dynamic, multi-layered sound world. Her music is created both freely in the moment and on the basis of a repertoire of contemporary jazz arrangements and original compositions by all three members.

Klára Pudláková is a jazz double bass player and composer from Prague. Their main project is the string ensemble MAOMAH (Music Army Of Mystery And Love), which released his debut album Platoon of Love. With the band Uthando, which she founded in 2019, she is dedicated to experimental jazz and free improvisation. Together with the singer Anežka Matoušková, she develops her own folk jazz world as part of a lifelong collaboration. Together with her brother, she explores the connection between contemporary classical music and traditional jazz in the band Pudlax. Her music can be heard on the following albums: Platoon of Love (MAOMAH, 2024), 11mg (Pudlax, 2024), Za kousek něhy (Avokaduo, 2020), Zmatená Zmatená (Avokaduo, 2022), Enter the Avoid (Molotow Moloch, 2018), Uthando (Uthando, 2021), Nenutits (Uthando, 2022). At the Krokus Jazz Youth Competition 2021 she received a special prize for her performance with the trio Henya and Uthando.

Erik Wie Flaig is a 21-year-old jazz drummer from Norway, born in Rottweil (Germany). He is currently studying at the Jazz Institute of the NTNU in Trondheim. With a background in classical percussion, Erik approaches drums with a mixture of technical precision and free improvisation. He has already had the opportunity to play in various ensembles and gained experience both in the traditional jazz context and in experimental projects.

Vincent Meissner, born in 2000, is a pianist and composer from Germany. Growing up in a small village in Central Saxony, he discovered his instrument at an early age and found his passion in jazz, which he made his goal in life. At the age of 16, he moved to Dresden to attend the Saxon State Gymnasium for Music, where he further deepened his enthusiasm through constant discoveries. His influences developed from Andrew Hill, Geri Allen and Marilyn Crispell to Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer, Kris Davis and German jazz pianists such as Pablo Held, Achim Kaufmann and Joachim Kühn. For Vincent, the path was the goal – and that has remained the case to this day. He remains a seeker and explorer, also in the field of contemporary piano music. Since 2019 he has been studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig with Michael Wollny and Frank Chastenier and currently lives and works in Leipzig. With his trio – consisting of Henri Reichmann (drums) and Josef Zeimetz – he has performed in prestigious clubs and festivals throughout Europe over the past five years. In July 2025, the third studio album Eigengrau will be released by the renowned label ACT.

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