Roberto Deimel (Chile)

Jürgen Häussler, saxophone Jürgen Häussler studied at the Amsterdam University of the Arts (NL) and graduated there with a degree in jazz and popular music for saxophone with classical saxophone and flute as a subsidiary subject. Since 1993 he has been a teacher for saxophone and clarinet at the Metzingen Music School and since then has also worked as a freelancer on numerous theater productions at the Württembergische Landesbühne, the Stadttheater Pforzheim, the Theater im Westen, the Altes Schauspielhaus Stuttgart, the Palladium Theater Stuttgart and the Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen. From 1994 to 2013, he was a musician at the Friedrichsbau Varieté Theater, where he worked with Robert Kreis, Marlene Charell, the Kessler twins, Karsten Speck, Ray Martin, Kimberley Trees and Bridget Fogle, among others. He has also performed in numerous concerts and CD productions with the Schenk/Häussler Quartet, the Ilona Nowak Jazztett, JP's Groove Project, Scharff 3fach, Evi Niessner, Frl. Wommy Wonder, Christof Altmann, the Composers-Circle Big Band, the Frederic Rabold Jazz Crew, Artango, Michael Stauss & Friends and jazz'n stuff. We are delighted that Jürgen has accompanied the Grupo Sal Sextett for more than 10 years now.   Carsten Netz, saxophone Carsten Netz (*1971 in Ludwigsburg) is a German jazz and fusion musician on the saxophone, clarinet and flute. Netz studied jazz and popular music at the music academies in Würzburg and Stuttgart and was a scholarship holder of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation in 2001. Together with Axel Hemprich, Hanfreich and Zbikbeat, Netz formed the quartet Schnute and is a member of the Stuttgart jazz and electro scene. In addition to the quartet, he can also be heard on releases by Gee Hye Lee, Gomo Park, Sputnik 27, Zeitlust and Siiri Sisask. The album "But where's the moon" (dml-records, 2002), released with Sputnik 27, was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award. In addition to a long-standing membership in Thorsten Krill's frimfram collective, he was also a member of Fried Dähn's Onomatopoeia Perturbation Consort. Together with Uwe Kühner, Netz released the album Die 12 Jahreszeiten (dml-records) in 1998. He also worked on the album A Railroad Session (Railroad Records, 2017) by Jah Schulz with T-Jah, Tribuman and Sirius Soulboy. We are delighted to welcome Carsten back to the Grupo Sal Sextet this year.   Lukas Wögler, saxophone Lukas Wögler (born 2000) is a saxophonist and composer from Stuttgart. From 2017, Wögler studied as a junior student at the HMDK Stuttgart with Sandi Kuhn and continued his studies in 2018 with Prof. Christian Weidner for his Bachelor's degree. His achievements were recognized in 2023 with a nomination for the Baden-Württemberg Jazz Prize and he has been a member of the renowned Bundesjugendjazzorchester since the same year. The Lukas Wögler Quartet (LWQ) has been performing on the stages of jazz clubs, festivals and competitions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 2019. They have performed at the jazzopen in Stuttgart, for example. They have also performed internationally, for example at the International Jazz Competition in Bucharest in 2021. With "ALBA" (Plastic Jazz, 2022), the quartet has already released its third studio production in 2022. In addition, Wögler can be heard throughout Germany and beyond in various projects and as a guest in a wide variety of genres. We are delighted to welcome Lukas back to the ranks of the Grupo Sal Sextet this year. You can also check out his Instagram profile: lukaswoegi132