Fortuna Ehrenfeld - Solo on the piano

Seated // Admission 7.30 pm

The devil invented the gas pedal
And now we'll do our laps
And fill up on gas

Sold-out tours and a jubilant press.
In just a few years, Martin Bechler, head and singer of the Cologne-based indie band Fortuna Ehrenfeld, has taken his project from a moderately attended pub concert to a sold-out Cologne Philharmonic Hall.
With his idiosyncratic poetry and unpredictable sound cosmos, he has created a completely
independent genre.
In rare solo concerts, Bechler takes us back to his study at the piano, where he creates the songs for Fortuna before putting them through the wolf with his enthusiastic band.
In Solo am Klavier, quiet, deep spaces open up - lyrics and his unmistakable voice come to the fore.

In 2024, he is awarded the German Cabaret Prize for his "intoxicating melodies and musical resistance".

"Once the left ventricle poured out over the keyboard and the right one thrown furiously behind it" Martin Bechler

"A grand master of tart storytelling at the piano. Beguiling and sovereign."
Rolling Stone

Photo: Sebastian Igel