Live Music Tip: Munich Jazz Summer Festival 2025
The 2025 Jazz Summer Festival, with live concerts, a photo exhibition by the Stephen Hoffman Gallery, and jazz films in the Cinema Lounge, is the highlight of Munich's cultural scene at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof
From July 21 to 26, 2025, Jazz Summer takes place at the renowned Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich's Old Town (DEUTSCH, Italiano, Français, English)
Munich. Live Music - Munich celebrates jazz and its musicians: The German State Music Councils recently voted the human voice "Instrument of the Year 2025," and the Bayerischer Hof is staging its Jazz Summer 2025 event under the motto "Voices." Great voices will be heard in seven top-class jazz concerts, which will take place in the hotel's ballroom and nightclub. An exciting supporting program will include jazz films in the Cinema Lounge and—we're particularly looking forward to this—a photo exhibition of famous musicians by almost equally famous international photographers. The selection of "Famous Faces" featured in the photo presentation was conceived and provided by the Stephen Hoffman Gallery - Fine Art Photography (a price list is available in the exhibition).
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| Promenadeplatz in München - vor dem Hotel Bayerischer Hof (gesamte Fassade links), Foto: Helga Waess |
July 22-26, 2025 PHOTO EXHIBITION
"Famous Faces"
Famous Musician Portraits from the "Stephen Hoffman Photo Collection"
at the "Voices" Jazz Summer
in the atrium of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof 2025 in Munich
Flyer as PDF from Hotel Bayerischer Hof Jazz Summer_Booklet_25_
As part of the Jazz Summer 2025 at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Stephen Hoffman will be showing a selection of high-profile musician portraits from his PHOTO collection in the hotel's atrium from July 22 to 26, 2025 – all hand-signed originals!
The exhibition features works by prominent photographers known to connoisseurs and collectors, such as Paul Gottlieb, Herman Leonard, Ted Williams, and William Claxton—the most famous photographer of the Golden Age of jazz.
And the last official Beatles photographer, Jim Marshall, and Terry O'Neill, who captured the icons of our time and the spectrum of their fame like no other.
Also on display are famous works by photographers such as Ed Caraeff, Peter Hince, and the Los Angeles-based Swiss photographer Markus Klinko, who shaped the aesthetic of "hyperglamour."
In addition to photographs of world-renowned stars of the jazz and pop world, visitors will also experience a journey through the history of modern music photography.
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| At the Galerie Stephen Hoffman - Fine Art Photography , renowned photographers exhibit their photographic art, such as Terry O'Neill, who is featured here with a portrait of Mick Jagger, or Peter Hince, who photographed Freddie Mercury and the band Queen. Photos: Helga Waess (press photo archive). |
The exhibited musician portraits by internationally renowned photographers have their own visual language
Artist portraits interpret or document the professional image of an artist who developed their own style through their interpretation of music and thus became a hero in the music history of their time.
The photographs shown in the "Famous Faces" exhibition in the atrium of the "Bayerischer Hof" hotel reflect the personality, style, motivation, and passion of the musicians portrayed. In the images shown, world-renowned photographers have captured various artistic personalities, who represent the respective musical styles, in their work, backstage, frontstage, or even in the studio. As part of the Jazz Summer at the Bayerischer Hof, the exhibited collector photographs will be mirrored by contemporary live jazz music interpretations. Photographers who made photographic history in their genres will be featured!
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| Promenadeplatz in Munich with a double bass statue and a monument to
Elector Max Emanuel - in front of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, photo:
Helga Waess |
"For decades, the Hotel Bayerischer Hof has also been a jazz venue
In 1991, the hotel co-organized the "Piano Summer," and after its end in 2006, it hosted the JAZZ SUMMER AT THE BAYERISCHER HOF, the only international jazz festival in Munich since then. Since the COVID-19 break, the festival has always had a theme. After a "Stroll Through Europe" and "Loud & Proud," this year's theme is "Voices." Perfectly fitting, given that the German State Music Councils have chosen the human voice as the "Instrument of the Year 2025." (Quote from the event booklet)
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| Bayerischer Hof (Promenadeplatz) from the Stephen Hoffman Gallery, Prannerstrasse 5 - Source: Bayerischer Hof |
Flyer for the Jazz Summer 2025 event announcing the exhibition FAMOUS FACES in the atrium of the
JAZZ SUMMER 2025 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel
Jazz Summer 2025 is dedicated to the oldest and most universal of all instruments: the human voice. In jazz, vocal lines interplay with piano, saxophone, or trumpet create a captivating sound.
The Jazz Festival at the Bayerischer Hof
opening will follow on July 22nd
- ... with a vernissage - by invitation - of the photo exhibition "Famous Faces," featuring famous musician portraits from Stephen Hoffman's photo collection
- and a performance by Dee Dee Bridgewater, the first lady of classical American jazz singing, in the ballroom.
This undisputed jazz queen will be followed by two stars of the American jazz scene:
- Sarah Vaughan Competition winner Tyreek McDole
- and Grammy-nominated Christie Dashiell Rising
Munich's greatest vocal hope
- Alma Naidu will bring along special guest Torsten Goods, hailed as the "German George Benson."
- Then will be the European all-star quartet Liberetto, led by Swedish bassist and cellist Lars Danielsson
- and finally, the Jazz Department of Söhne Mannheims – who will break down all genre boundaries from jazz, hip-hop to pop.
Hotel Bayerischer Hof
- Atrium - Exhibition of world-renowned photographers with musician portraits
- Night Club and Ballroom - See live concerts below!
Promenadeplatz 2-6, 80333 Munich
Jazz Summer 2025 offers six jazz concerts at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof.
July 22, 2025 - 7:30 PM Dee Dee Bridgewater
Munich - Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Festsaal
July 22, 2025 - 10:00 PM Tyreek McDole
Munich - Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Night Club
July 23, 2025 - 8:00 PM Lars Danielsson & Liberetto
Munich - Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Night Club
July 24, 2025 - 8:00 PM Alma Naidu feat. Torsten Goods
Munich - Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Night Club
July 25, 2025 - 8:00 PM Christie Dashiell
Munich - Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Night Club
July 26, 2025 - 8:00 PM Söhne Mannheims Jazz Department
Munich - Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Night Club
EVENT CALENDAR and TICKETS for
JAZZ SUMMER 2025 at the
Hotel Bayerischer Hof
- This link leads to the Hotel Bayerischer Hof's event calendar ( Hotel Bayerischer Hof – Eventkalender) with jazz concerts.
- This link leads to ticket providers such as muenchenticket.de
