In the new trio SERENDIPITY, Berlin saxophonist Almut Schlichting, Darmstadt pianist Uli Partheil, and drummer Jörg Fischer from Wiesbaden work with the compositions of Darmstadt bassist and composer Jürgen Wuchner (1948-2020).

SERENDIPITY is the art of recognizing happy accidents and using them creatively — a guiding principle in Wuchner’s life, continued in the creation of this band.

In November 2025, the three musicians came together for the first time. Invited by the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt, they spent an intensive and very successful week of rehearsals and concerts and played three sold-out concerts before an enthusiastic audience.

Wuchner’s compositions leave plenty of room between concrete grooves, lyrical melodies, and abstract sound worlds. In this spirit, Schlichting, Partheil, and Fischer also approach the material. Partheil’s and Fischer’s many years of hands-on experience from working with Wuchner, and Almut Schlichting’s powerful sound and love of groove, are a perfect fit for this music. The trio brings the compositions to the stage vividly, in many different ways, with energy and joy in playing, connecting music history with the present and creating its own new cosmos.