Flo Franke

Flo Franke blends jazz, pop and soul into a sound all his own: at the piano and with a voice you don't forget. He has already released three albums, and live his music unfolds its full effect: sometimes quiet and intimate, sometimes grooving and rousing.

"It can be done. Keep going and hold on to your own path, don't let yourself be thrown off by the tumult of the times, Florian Franke follows this, his very own individual path, with real consistency. After the albums "Stadtgeflüster" and "Mond", now comes his third work "Rosa Elefanten", a refined, meaningful, almost lyric-led jazz-pop-soul record with genuine hits that burn themselves into the imaginations of attentive listeners. Where the melodies are gentle and bar-jazzy, Florian's words dig into the hemispheres of philosophy, full of humanism and warmth. And that resonates, of course, because good material is still able to intoxicate. The song "Ich geh nicht unter sondern auf" on the album received the KulturPlusPreis, yet "Wenn es alle verneinen" is a notch more magnificent still. The way this exceptional young artist and his friends manage to serve up hope-giving songs without leaving out the dark sides of existence reveals a faint glow in the darkness. Here a spark glimmers that seems to grow hotter and brighter from album to album. Florian writes anthems. Of the speck of dust that brings the frenzy of the machine to a standstill. Of rising up against the pressure that weighs on us all. With a piano, with good friends and a great deal of skill."

Schall Magazin, Volly Tanner, issue 21, 2020

Whether concert hall, corporate event or open-air stage: Flo Franke tailors his programme to the occasion and creates moments that stay with you.