June 19: Hessentag 2004 in Heppenheim with jazz vocalist Silvia Droste
Canada-Tour
Stage appearances at some of the most important jazz festivals worldwide inWinnipeg, Medicine Hat, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Moose Jaw and Montreal
Concerts together with world stars such as Dee Daniels, Steve Kirby and Joey DeFrancesco
August 8: Rheingau Music Festival Riverboat Shuffle with guest soloist Joan Faulkner
September 4: Grand opening of the new Hessian Staatskanzlei: LJJO in concert with jazz singer Madeline Bell
Russia-Tour
LJJO as cultural ambassador for the Year of German culture in Russia with concerts in Engels (Jazzfestival Wolga 2004) and Saratov
November 20: Crossover Xmas, Alte Oper Frankfurt
During the high-class crossover programme ‚The Sound Goes Big‘, different music styles such as jazz, gospel and ethno have been combined with symphonic elements. With Crossover Xmas, Wolfgang Diefenbach presented a broadly diversified musical high-class crossover programme with two orchestras and a 200-member choir‘. Further actors on stage: the international guest stars Dee Daniels and Jiggs Whigham together with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra and of course the Hessian LJJO.
