CLAUDIA DÖFFINGER

CLAUDIA was born in southern Germany. At the age of 8 she starts to play the Piano, but soon realizes she enjoys playing together with other instruments the most. She plays in a jazz band for the first time at the age of 13. After that, many bands with different stilistics follow: Salsa, Big Band, Blues, Rock, Fusion, Musical, Classic und Jazz. With her first Jazz trio she takes part in the competition „Jugend Jazzt“ in 2008 and wins the third prize in the category „Trio“. In autumn 2009, she moves to Lucerne (CH) to study Jazz Piano. She finishes her Bachelor’s in 2013 and her Master’s in Jazz Piano and Pedagogy in 2015. At the music university in Lucerne she encounters composition and realizes very soon that she has an unforced and natural approach to arranging and composing. Always fascinated with big band music, Claudia founds her own big read more...