Ben Hauptmann Trio ft Magdalena Mira
Tue, 16 Sept
|Grand Hotel Newcastle
Hauptmann is a prestigious touring and session guitarist who has shared the stage with a diverse and impressive range of artists. He will be joined by the beautiful voice of Magdalena Mira. Ben Hauptmann – Guitar Magdalena Mira – Vocals Matt Lamb – Bass Ben Kidson – Percussion
Time & Location
16 Sept 2025, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm AEST
Grand Hotel Newcastle, 32 Church Street, Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia
About the Event
Ben Hauptmann is a prestigious touring and session guitarist based on the Central Coast, NSW. Winner of the 2010 Freedman Jazz Fellowship and 2nd place winner in the National Jazz Awards at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz 2007. Ben has shared the stage with a diverse and impressive range of artists including Gurrumul Yunupingu, Paul Kelly, Donny Benet, Bandaluzia Flamenco, James Morrison and Tal Wilkenfeld. He is a lecturer at The Jazz Music Institute and UON in Brisbane and is currently touring, recording and performing with Vika & Linda Bull, Justine Clarke, Katie Noonan and Martha Marlow, to name just a few.
Ben will be joined by the beautiful voice and prescence of Magdalena Mira who is one of Australia’s hardest-working singers in the Latin/Jazz fusion world. Chilean-born and also a Central Coast resident, her voice has been described as deeply angelic, wonderfully dark, and has been likened to the…