“First I poured out my left ventricle over the keyboard, then hurled my right one after it in a rage.” Martin Bechler
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Martin Bechler
Sold-out tours and rave reviews. In just a few years, Martin Bechler, frontman and singer of the Cologne-based indie sensation Fortuna Ehrenfeld, took his project from sparsely attended pub gigs to a sold-out performance at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall.
With his idiosyncratic poetry and unpredictable soundscapes, he has created a genre entirely his own.
In rare solo concerts, Bechler takes us back to his study and his piano, where the songs for Fortuna are born before he puts them through the wringer with his wildly energetic band.
his solo piano performances, quiet, deep spaces open up—lyrics and his unmistakable voice come to the forefront.
In 2024, he was awarded the German Cabaret Prize for his “intoxicating melodies and musical defiance.”
“Enchantingly confident” Rolling Stone
“Fortuna Ehrenfeld strike right at the heart” Stern
“One of the greatest songwriters of modern times” Schall Magazin
“So there it is, the new benchmark for German pop music” MZ
Dates
June 2026
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