Tinka Steinhoff Booking - European Jazz Bands
I never learned an instrument, never even sang in the school choir, my approach to music was actually always rather superficial.
In my early twenties, when I fell in love with a musician during the open stage in the only jazz club in my university town, everything suddenly changed. We listened to music for hours, I paid attention to instruments and harmonies for the first time ever, we nerded details and backgrounds, spent all our money on CDs and concerts. I had never consciously perceived jazz before, but then I heard about Esbjörn Svensson Trio and Jacky Terrasson, my gateway drugs into jazz. My first jazz concert: Brad Mehldau Trio, where a world opened up to me to which I had had no access so far. A key moment: I became an event manager.
The relationship to the musician ended eventually - the one to Jazz music didn't. Over the years, I realized that I do have a musical talent after all: the perception of the extraordinary. Since 2010 I have been working as a booking agent and not only jazz music, but also the industry has grown dear to my heart. I am happy to be a part of it and I am immensely proud of the trust that my artists and many promoters put in me.
