JOHANNES KERSTHOLD

(*1965, Trier) is a pianist, composer and producer. He studied piano at the University of the Arts, Berlin, and has performed in Germany and abroad in various formations. He won the contest MUSICA VITALE (1996) with the German-Chinese group OMEN, and the JAZZ AWARD Berlin in 2004 with the Hattie St. John Quartet, and again in 2005 with the Griese/Kappe Quartet. He has participated in productions with the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin and the RIAS Big Band, as well as for the public broadcasters ZDF, SWR and WDR. He was the keyboarder in the Konstantin Wecker musical SCHWEIJK, musical director of FALCO MEETS AMADEUS, and first keyboarder for CATS. In 2003 he founded his own label ANJOKE.

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TOBIAS KRUSE

(*1979, Waren an der Müritz)studied graphic design from 1996–2000, worked as graphic artist from 2000–2004. 2005–2009 further studies at the Ostkreuz School of Photography with Ute Mahler, masterclass with Arno Fischer, Berlin. In 2008 he won the NEW YORK PHOTO AWARD in the category Student Editorial Series; 2010 the main prize at F/STOP, the International Photography Festival in Leipzig. From 2009 to 2011 he was head of photography at the Dummy magazine. Member of OSTKREUZ since 2011. 2019 exhibition and publication of MATERIAL in the Robert Morat Gallery, Berlin, published by Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld; 2019/2020 recommended scholarship candidate; exhibition of DEPONIE in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg and in the Photography Forum Frankfurt; 2020 publication of FREUNDSCHAFT (Friendship), together with Jörg Brüggemann, also published in Kerber Verlag.