About

Since 2018, Heidi Bayer has been pursuing her own artistic projects. Her duo "Bayer/Scobel" received the Folkwang Jazz Award in 2018. In the same year, she started her new band, "Virtual Leak," which in March 2020 released its first CD on Tangible Music.  In 2021 she started her quintet "KORSH" with Norwegian accordion player Kalle Moberg and released her second album as a bandleader in 2022 (also on Tangible Music). In the same year she was nominated for the "German Jazz Award" in the brass category.

Heidi Bayer is also in demand as a solo trumpeter in groups ranging from small ensembles to big bands. Recent projects in which she is involved include Janning Trumann's nonet "Wem Zeit wie Ewigkeit," Shannon Barnett's latest quartet "Wolves and Mirrors," Stefan Karl Schmid's "Pyjama" octet and Marià Portugals "Erosao". She is a regular member of trumpet sections in several big bands, including the monthly performing "Subway Jazz Orchestra".

Besides her concert activities, Heidi is an active and passionate teacher. She has offered private trumpet lessons and led big band and trumpet workshops for many years and across Germany. In April 2019, she accepted a permanent half-time position as an instructor of trumpet performance and conducting at the University of Oldenburg’s music department, where she also leads the university big band and won the "Teaching Award" in the 2019/2020 academic year. From 2021, she also holds teaching positions at the Mannheim University of Music and at the Stuttgart University of Music.