1st Prize, 40th Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hessen
Her top solo result to date: 24 points, trombone solo category.
Press & Awards
Recognition at a glance
Awards aren't the whole point, but they're a useful shorthand for what the practice hours add up to. Here's Luna's competition record and recognition to date, in full.
Highlights
2023
2025
2025
2026
Four honors that matter
1st Prize with distinction, Jugend Jazzt Hamburg
23 points, trombone solo — plus that year's NICA JazzClub Solistinnen-Preis, a special prize for women soloists.
Haspa Musik Stiftung — Instrumentenfonds
Named a prize-winner of the Instrumentenfonds, a foundation program supporting young musicians' instruments.
1st place, "Eine Welt Song"
Competition run by Engagement Global on behalf of Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Full record
All awards
2026
"Eine Welt Song," Engagement Global (on behalf of the BMZ) — 1st place
SPH Music Masters, Frankfurt — 3rd place
2025
Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hamburg, Trombone Solo, age group 15–17 — 1st Prize, 23 points (with distinction)
Haspa Musik Stiftung — Instrumentenfonds prize-winner
Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hamburg, Trombone Solo — Special Prize: NICA JazzClub Solistinnen-Preis
Song Contest "Dein Song für Eine Welt 2025," song "Noch'n Song für 'ne heile Welt" (Rockytrio) — 1st place
Berliner Festspiele, 42nd Treffen junge Musikszene, song "Wunderschön" (Rockytrio) — selected/featured
Low Vision Song Contest, national qualifier (Rockytrio) — 1st place
International Low Vision Song Contest, song "Dämonen" (Rockytrio) — 3rd place
2024
Panikpreis der Udo-Lindenberg-Stiftung, best Hermann Hesse setting, song "Im Nebel" (Rockytrio)
42nd Deutscher Rock & Pop Preis, Best Pop Band, song "Dämonen" (Rockytrio) — 2nd place
Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hamburg for jazz orchestras, Category 3 (Jazzy Buskers) — 2nd Prize, 21 points
Regionalwettbewerb Jugend musiziert — 1st Prize, 22 points
2023
40th Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hessen, Trombone Solo — 1st Prize, 24 points
40th Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hessen, Combo — 3rd Prize, 20 points
40th Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hessen, Combo — Special Prize: Workshop and Coaching
Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hamburg, Trombone Soloist, 15–17.99 — 2nd Prize, 21 points
Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hamburg — Special Prize: Concert, Jazzpool Lübeck e.V.
Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hamburg — Special Prize: Concert, Big Band Port Hamburg e.V.
European Low Vision Song Contest (Rockytrio) — 2nd place
(The "Rockytrio" attribution is a reasonable but CV-unconfirmed inference — to be confirmed with Luna before launch, see 06-content-reviewed.md.)
(The "Rockytrio" attribution is a reasonable but CV-unconfirmed inference — to be confirmed with Luna before launch, see 06-content-reviewed.md.)
"Eine Welt Song," Engagement Global (on behalf of the BMZ) — Special Prize
Deutscher Rock- und Pop Preis — 3rd place
2022
Berliner Festspiele, 39th Treffen junge Musik-Szene — Prize: multi-day workshop and coaching in Berlin
For media & promoters
Press kit
Writing about Luna or considering her for a lineup? Here's a fast, factual starting point — more detail available on request.
Luna Spiegel (b. 2008, Lüneburg) is a jazz trombonist and multi-instrumentalist entering a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Trombone at Hamburg's HfMT in October 2026, following a Jungstudium (2024–25) and the school's Inklusion @HfMT Art plus certificate program (2025–26). She has performed as a soloist with the NDR Bigband, held trombone chairs in youth jazz orchestras across four German states, and toured China with the Landesjugendjazzorchester Hamburg in April 2026. Competition results include 1st Prize at the Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hessen (2023, 24 points) and 1st Prize with distinction at the Landeswettbewerb Jugend Jazzt Hamburg (2025, 23 points). Alongside her jazz work, she fronts the pop-rock band Rockytrio.
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