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Luxembourg native Paul Wiltgen is internationally recognized as an accomplished drummer, an imaginative composer and a visionary bandleader.
Since graduating from Manhattan School Of Music, Paul is in the vanguard of today’s jazz scene, having worked with many of its leading voices, including Joshua Redman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, David Binney, Patrick Cornelius, Michael Janisch, Ambrose Akinmusire, Will Vinson, Bireli Lagrene, Tim Collins and Franz von Chossy.
In collaboration with New Orleans guitarist, composer and producer Brian Seeger, Wiltgen released the album Organic Trio “Saturn’s Spell” in 2017, which features four of his original compositions and which charted nationwide at #2 in the US JazzWeek Charts in February 2017.
As the drummer and co-leader of the trio Reis/Demuth/Wiltgen, he has recorded and released four albums. The trio collaborates on a regular basis with saxophonist Joshua Redman, who performed Wiltgen’s composition “Floppy Disk” with his own groups in 2014 and 2015. During the trio’s March 2018 European Tour featuring Joshua Redman, Reis/Demuth/Wiltgen appeared at the Luxembourg Philharmonic presenting the trio’s music arranged for the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra by multiple Grammy Award winning composer and conductor Vince Mendoza. This repertoire was recorded in July 2022 and the album will be released by the renowned Italian label CAM Jazz in 2026.
