"... true beauty.“ (Jazz Echo, December 17)

Awards:

2011 “Creole Jazz Award“, National competition Berlin: winner, best band (Cyminology)
2010 “Creole Jazz Award“, State competition Berlin: winner, best band (Cyminology)
2006 “Brunswick Award for Composition“, New York: winner
2005 “Popcamp“, Award of the German music-assoziation: masterclasses (Cyminology)
2004 “Möbus Award”, Berlin: winner, best band (Cyminology)
2003 “Jazz Award Tübingen“: winner, best band (Max.bab)
2002 “Jugend Jazzt”, Germany: winner, best band (Max.bab)
2002 “Jugend Jazzt”, Bavaria: winner, best band (Max.bab)
2001 “New Generation”, International Jazzaward Straubing: winner, best band (Cyminology)
2001 “Internationaler Jazzpreis Biberach”: winner, best band (Max.bab)
2000 “International Jazz-Competition Usti Nad Laben” (CZ): winner, best band (Max.bab)

Scholarships:

2014 Scholarship of the Music Initiative of Germany
2013 Scholarship of the Music Initiative of Germany
2009 Scholarship of the Berlin Senat
2007 Scholarship of the Berlin Senat
2006 Annual scholarship of the DAAD for New York
2005 Annual scholarship of the DAAD for New York
2004 “Kommandantenhaus auf dem Dilsberg“, three month artist scholarship

Touring in over 45 different countries around the globe:

Among others to Japan, Iran, Austria, Italy, Ireland, Schwitzerland, Czech Republic, Belgium, Luxemburg, Poland, Rumania, Russia, UK, Netherlands, Finnland, Spain, France, Portugal, South Corea, USA, Canada, Israel, Syria, Sudan, Egypt, Jordany, Uniteted Arab Union, Libanon, Cypres, Greece, Armenia, Aserbaidschan, Kasachstan, Georgia, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapur, Malaysia, Indonesia, Ukraine, Brazil, Pakistan, Ghana and Venezuela. (Check also: gallery)

In the past years Benedikt worked among others with the following artists and ensembles:

As leader / coleader:

'Benedikt Jahnel TRIO' (feat. Owen Howard (CA) und Antonio Miguel (ES))
'Cyminology' (feat. Cymin Samawatie (IR), Ketan Batthi (IN) und Ralf Schwarz (DE))
'Max.bab' (feat. Max von Mosch (DE), Andi Haberl (DE) und Benjamin Schäfer (DE))
'Das Kaktus 6tett' (feat. Susanne Folk (DE), Ben Kraef (DE), Johannes Lauer (DE), Roland Fidezius (DE), Jens Dohle (DE))
'Peter Ehwald + Benedikt Jahnel - Doublequartet' (feat. S. Caswell (US), J. Kittel (US), S. Braun (DE), K. Wang (US), M. Aronoff (US), D. Weiss (US))
'Matzeit / Jahnel / Sieverts' (feat. Friedemann Matzeit (DE), Henning Sieverts (DE))
'New York Radiation' (feat. Matteo Sabatini (IT), Felix Fromm (DE), Antonio Miguel (ES), Tommy Craine (US))

As a composer:

'250 Piano Pieces for Beethoven' (DE) conducted by Susanne Kessel
'Metropol Orchestra' (NL) conducted by John Clayton
'Pophorn Bigband' (FI) conducted by Vellu Halkosalmet
'Max Frankl Quintett' (CH) contenporary guitarre jazz with Max Frankl
'Männerlieder' (PL) chansonprogram of Celina Muza

As a sideman:

'Brandenburger Sinfoniker' (DE) as soloist, conducted by Enrique Ugarte
'Prana Trio New York' (feat. Brian Adler (US), Sunny Kim (SC))
'Matteo Sabatini Quartet' (feat. Matteo Sabatini (IT), Tucker Jaro (US), Alex Menges (US))
'Holger Scheidt Quartett' (feat. Holger Scheidt (DE), Alex Terrier (FR), Steve Davis (US), Rich Perry (US), Anthony Pinciotti (US))

And with the following artists:

Rich Perry, Phil Woods, Ack Van Royen, Johannes Enders, Charlie Mariano, David Friedman, Frank Möbus, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dave Liebman, John Abercrombie, Manfred Eicher, Clarence Penn, Dan Weiss, Sara Caswell, Jonas Burgwinkel, Henning Sieverts, Bart Van Lier, Kate McGarry, Gunther Schuller, Peter Herbolzheimer, Brandenburger Sinfoniker, Martin Stegner ...

Festivals:

Among other, Montreal Jazzfestival (CA), Jazz Baltica (DE), Münchner Klaviersommer (DE), Jazz An Der Donau (DE), Jazz-Festival Usti Nad Laben (CZ), Show of Hands (IR), International Jazz Festival In Bukarest (RO), Hermanstadt International Jazz Festival (RO), City Jazz Night Braunschweig (DE), Patras Jazz Festival (GR), Würzburg Jazz Festival (DE), Edmonton Jazz Festival (CA), Jazzfocus Berlin (DE), CUNY Festival New York (US), Almaty Jazz Festival (KZ), London Jazz Festival (GB), Caracas Jazz Festival (VZ), Enjoy Jazz Germany (DE), Augsburger Jazzsommer (DE), Jazznacht Jena (DE), Stimmenfang Festival (DE), Festival Rudolstadt (DE), Odessa Jazzfest (UK), SongXJazz Tokyo (JP), Show of Hands (IR), Morgenland Festival (DE), Akbank Jazz Festival (TK), Baku Jazz Festival (AZ), Palatia Jazzfestival (DE), Brazov Jazz Festival (RO), Jazz im Palmengarten (DE), Vancouver Jazz Festival (CA), Rochester Jazz Festival (US), Jazzfest Wien (AT), Jazzfestival Viersen (DE), Faiz Festival (PK), Ostsee Jazzfestival (DE), Loule Jazz Festival (PT), ... (Check also: gallery)

Cd-Productions:

Check also Diskographie: Benedikt Jahnel TRIO “The Invariant“ (ECM), Benedikt Jahnel TRIO “Equilibrium“ (ECM), Cyminology „Phoenix“ (ECM), Cyminology „Saburi“ (ECM), Max.bab “Wild Pitch“ (embab), Max.bab “Laws of Motion“ (embab), Max.bab “Inner Orbit“ (ACT), Cyminology “Asnej“ (ECM), Benedikt Jahnel TRIO “Modular Concepts“ (material records), Max.bab “Bright Eyes“ (embab), Max.bab “Live feat. Charlie Mariano“ (embab), Peter Ehwald + Benedikt Jahnel “Doublequartet: Music for string quartet and jazz quartet“ (konnex), Max.bab “Going Home“ (embab), Das Kaktus 6tet “Vol.1” (embab), Cyminology “Bemun“ (doublemoon), Cyminology “Per Se“(doublemoon), Max.bab “feat. Martin Scales“(embab).

Radio & TV:

Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Bayerisches Fernsehen (BR), ARTE, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), Radio Bremen (RB), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Deutschlandfunk (DLF), Deutschland Radio (DR), Radio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), Norddeutcher Rundfunk (NDR), Schweizer Rundfunk (SRF), BBC, ZDF, ARD, ...

Musical teaching:

2006/07 Assistant teacher at City College New York
2004/05 Teacher at 'Jazz und Rockschule' Berlin
2004 Assistant teacher at UDK Berlin for jazztheory and eartraining.
2000 - now several workshops in Germany and abroad

Managementconsulting:

2010 Three month internship for Goetzpartners Management Consultants
2009 Managementworkshop for the AUDI AG. Theme: "Patternbreaking in the virtuoso team"

Exhibitionmusic:

2013 Music for the exhibition-film "Bizarre Begegnungen 2" in Penzberg
2009 6.0 Dolbysurround Soundinstallation "Connected Concepts - Poetry of Logic" in Vienna
2009 Three piano pieces for the Exhibition "Bizarre Begegnungen" in Penzberg

Mathematics:

Jahnel has a PHD in mathematics. He is currently working as a researcher at the Weierstrass Institute Berlin. His main research interests are interacting particle systems, statistical physics and stochastic gemetry in the contect of wireless telecommunication systems: scientific website.