About

 I am a professional jazz flutist, composer, arranger and bandleader living in Cologne, Germany. I have my own big band, called "Jorik Bergman and her large, imaginary big band constellation" and my own trio, called the "Jorik Bergman Trio". Additionally I'm currently working on various large ensemble projects, such as the "Julius Eastman Project", the "Mingus Project" and the "Dinosaur Project", playing the music of Arthur Russel. These last three ensembles have been founded due to my position as the "Head of arrangement and Weekend Ensemble", in collaboration with the annual Weekend Festival in Cologne. 

 For me, as a composer, it's very important to be right in the middle of the action, and play along with my band. No matter if I'm playing with my trio, or with my big band. With every project I try to aim higher, looking for ways to make my music and ensembles more diverse, interactive, interdisciplinary, creative and out of the box, all the while trying to still keep the musicians, myself and the audience happy. 

Photo by Anna Ibelshäuser

 In 2024 I arranged the string arrangement for "African Sunset", a composition and opening song from the lifelong Sun Ra Arkestra member Marshall Allen's debut album "New Dawn". In 2025 I worked with Marshall Allen and many additional Sun Ra Arkestra members for their Album Release show at the Roulette in New York.

 Additionally I have played concerts with my own bands in great venues, such as a concert with my own big band in the Kölner Philharmonie as part of the Acht-Brücken Festival, a two-day residency at Cafe Oto in London, with my Julius Eastman Project, and various concerts at well-known venues such as the Stadtgarten in Cologne, the Schwere Reiter in Munich and the Neimenster in Luxemburg.

 Since September 2024 I'm an official NICA Artist. 

 In the course of the last few years I have won 1st prize at the 2022 Composition Competition, Das Zerbliche Paradies, from the JJO NRW, and I was one of the winners from the 2021 Composition Competition, European Composers, from the Subway Jazz Orchestra, the 2022 Composition Competition, Future Music, from the BundesJazzOrchester, the ACADÉMIE DE COMPOSITION JAZZ 2023 by the ONJ (Orchestre National de Jazz) in Paris and I won the audience award at the Jazz Comp 2024 composition competition in Graz. As a flute player I have played at well-known festivals such as the Acht-Brücken Festival, the Weekend Festival, The Peng Festival, The "Cologne Jazz Week", Stadtgarten’s “Winterjazz”, the Nijmegen International Music Meeting Festival, The Reset Festival (LU) and the renowned North Sea Jazz festival, and I have played with well-known artists such as Joyce Moreno, Pablo Held, Becca Stevens and Natalie Greffel. As a sidewoman I play flute in Felix Hauptmann’s “Serpentine”, Luca Müller’s “Lucaxixi” and many more miscellaneous projects.