Ensemble Du Verre (E.D.V.), the project of the Hamburg based musician Sönke Düwer, has stood since its beginning for the rar mixture of demendand accessibility, for a fusion of different musical styles and dynamics with amazingly homogeneous results. The core of Düwer ́s diverse musical sensibilities was and is Jazz – a conception of Jazz beyond purism. Düwer is a free spirit, for him Jazz means neighter stylistic pegging nor any genre-hopping, but living space. For the record „Sanctuary For Animals“ E.D.V. received the „Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik“. In 2014 the project was nominated for the „Bremer Jazzpreis“.