Jazz musician, a cappella artist, stage performer, composer, arranger, educator, and festival director — Gabriel Hahn has been a dynamic force with a broad artistic vision in the cross-cultural music scene for over 20 years. Recently relocated from Berlin to Taipei, Hahn is again exploring new musical territory, with his experimental solo debut album now in its final stages.

The French-German artist's musical endeavors span an impressive breadth of genres, projects, and collaborations. For over a decade, Hahn has toured and performed with the vocal jazz legends The New York Voices. He has also served as the drummer for the Lorenz Kellhuber Trio, the Tobias Meinhart Quartet, and the French-German septet Das Rote Gras. Additionally, Hahn has sung and recorded contemporary vocal music with the Brussels Vocal Project and worked with the award-winning Taiwanese a cappella groups Voco Novo and O-kai Singers. He has appeared at new music festivals with Ensemble Atonor and performed classical percussion in various opera productions. As a background singer and percussionist, Hahn has collaborated with chart-topping German pop artists Roger Cicero, Max Mutzke, and Howard Carpendale. His deep engagement with Balkan, North and West African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and classical Hindustani music cultures reflects his commitment to cross-cultural exploration, especially through his work with Talisman, Konnexion Balkon, and Hannes Beckmann's Canto Migrando. Moreover, Hahn has captivated diverse audiences through beatboxing and body percussion with his projects fuchs+hahn and Ohrlabor, along with his global educational initiatives. His versatility is showcased on over 20 albums, where he performs as a drummer, percussionist, vocalist, and body percussionist. Now based in Taiwan, Hahn actively contributes to the local jazz scene, serves as the festival director of Vocal Asia, and runs his own company, Glocal Culture Exchange (家柏文化交流), which recently completed the Vocal Jazz Celebration Tour Taiwan 2024, featuring world-renowned jazz vocalists Rosana Eckert and Darmon Meader.

Photo Mike Chao