About
Vita
Finn Heine
Guitarist
Frankfurt/Main
born 2002
Musical Education
2009 - 2019
Guitar lessons at the Frankfurt am Main Music School
2019 - 2023
Member of Landes Jugend Jazz Orchester Hessen
2019 - 2025
PreCollege program at Dr. Hoch´s Konservatorium in Frankfurt with courses taught by Heinz Dieter Sauerborn, Anke Helfrich, Dietmar Fuhr, …
2021 – 2023
Participant in the WDR Big Band Composers Fellowship Program
2023 – 2025
Member of Bundes Jazz Orchester (Bujazzo)
Since 2025
Bachelor's degree studies at HfMT Cologne, majoring in guitar under Hanno Busch
Musical Highlights
2026 - 2030
Member of the Jazz Advisory Board for Bujazzo and Jugend Jazzt
Nov. 2026
Leverkusen Jazz Days – WDR Big Band feat. Mark Lettieri / Finn Heine & Discovery Collective
Oct. 2026
Jazz Scholarship - City of Frankfurt
Oct. 2026
German Jazz Festival Frankfurt Finn Heine / Darius Blair Group feat. Sasha Berliner
2025
CD recording of my own quartet, Discovery Collective, on the Jazzline Leopard Records label (Joachim Becker)
2025
Artistic Director for a program of the State Youth Jazz Orchestr
Oct. 2024
Inaugural concert of my big band, the "Traumfabrik Jazzorchester"
Jul. 2024
Opening for Marcus Miller and Richard Bona with my band, Discovery Collective, at Jazzopen Stuttgart.
Mai 2024
As guest conductor presenting an original composition with the WDR Big Band as part of Vince Mendoza’s Composer-in-Residence program.
Nov. 2023
Performance with the Bujazzo, David Garrett, and Jonas Kaufmann at the Elbphilharmonie
Nov. 2023
Performance with my band Discovery Collective at the Guitar Night during the Leverkusen Jazz Days.
Oct. 2023
Performance as a guitarist with the WDR Big Band at the Cologne Philharmonie
Sep. 2023
Performance as a guitarist with the WDR Big Band under the direction of Florian Ross
Aug. 2023
Performances with the Bujazzo and Nikki Iles
Aug 2023
Montenegro Tour with the Bujazzo
Jul. 2023
Opening act for Branford Marsalis and Arturo Sandoval at Jazzopen Stuttgart
Jun. 2023
Performance at JazzBaltica festival with Quartertone, Nils Landgren, and Jakob Bänsch
Mai. 2023
1. CD recording with Quartertone
Featuring guests: Nils Landgren, Jan Wessels, Katharina Koch
Jan. 2023
Performance with Nils Landgren and Quartertone
at Bellevue Palace for Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Nov. 2022
Winner of the Future Sounds competition at the Leverkusen Jazztage
2019
Guest appearance as a solist with the Martin Grubinger Percussiv Planet Ensemble at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.
Presse
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Date: 14. Oct 2026
tagesschau.de
Date: 13. Oct 2026
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Date: 13. Oct 2026
Stadtportal Frankfurt
Jazzstipendium
Date: 12. Oct 2026
hr2 Podcast
Jazz - Hot & Cool
Date: 25. Sep. 2026
Bergsträsser Anzeiger
Date: 27. Feb. 2026
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Date: 23. Nov 2025
Frankfurter Wochenblatt
Date: 25. Oct 2025
40 Jahre Landesjugendjazzorchester Hessen
Interview mit Kira Linn und Finn Heine
Highlights
July 2024 Discovery Collective
Opener Marcus Miller / Richard Bona
Stuttgart - Jazzopen
May 2024 Guest conducto
at Vince Mendoza's Composer in Residence
WDR Big Band
September 2025 Landesjugendjazzorchester Hessen "Kicks & Sticks"
Frankfurt - Jazzklub im Museum Angewandte Kunst
November 2023 Discovery Collective
Leverkusener - Jazztage
November 2023 bujazzo
with David Garett / Jonas Kaufmann
Hamburg - Elbphilharmonie
July 2023 Discovery Collective
Opener Branford Masalis / Arthuro Sandoval
Stuttgart - Jazzopen
May 2023 Quartertone
CD Release with guests:
Nils Landgren / Jan Wessels /Katharina Koch
January 2023 Quartertone
with Nils Landgren at the Federal President's office
Berlin - Schloss Belvue
January 2023 - 2025 bujazzo
Member of the Bundes Jazz Orchesters
November 2022 Discovery Collective
Winner of the Futur Sound Competition
Leverkusener - Jazz Tage
July 2021 WDR Big Band
Composers Fellowship Programm
featured by Florian Ross / Vince Mendoza
Köln
2019 Guest appearance on
Grubinger Percussiv Planet Ensemble
Schleswig Holstein Music festival
My special thanks go to
Alexandros Athanasiou
for the fotos
and all the others who support and accompany me on my journey but are not named here.