[This text has been translated electronically] Marco Blaauw is one of the world's leading trumpeters in the field of contemporary classical music. To explore new playing techniques and establish new repertoire, Blaauw has always worked closely on projects and collaborations with established and new composers, including Rebecca Saunders and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has been a member of the Ensemble Musikfabrik for almost 30 years. At the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele, he created the performance "I can't breathe" with the dancer Edivaldo Ernesto, based on the piece by Georg Friedrich Haas, against the backdrop of George Floyd's murder.