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Albrecht Maurer

Avantgarde Jazz Musician playing Violine, Viola, Voice

About Me

The violinist, fiddler and composer Albrecht Maurer studied violin at the Musikhochschule Köln and taught himself the piano, which he then later studied. In addition, he pursued the study of non-European tonal systems and computer music. He gathered his experience with new and experimental music through intensive work with many composers from the Kagel “school”, including Maria de Alvear, Carola Buckholt, and Manos Tsangaris. He has worked with various classical and jazz ensembles as pianist, synthesizer programmer, violinist, and singer.

Albrecht Maurer plays “Modern Creative Jazz”. Modern Creative is a contemporary form of Creative Music, which is seen as a further develovement of „free jazz“. It is non commercial.

In the last few years Albrecht Maurer has concentrated on the composition and interpretation of partially improvised music. Additionally, he has focused on expanding and reinventing the violin's musical place: his works are characterized by sounds and loops, a broad timbral spectrum, and percussive imitation and grooves all in combination with the energy of jazz and a classical technique.

Albrecht Maurer was part of more than 50 radio recordings and he was intensively supported by the WDR radio Cologne, who followed his personal developement as player, as well as composer.

Albrecht Maurer has performed throughout Europe as a soloist, as well as with varying groups, and he is regularly a guest at international festivals. He has worked with many jazz musicians including Theo Jörgensmann, Kent Carter, Lucian Ban, Mat Maneri, Wolter Wierbos, Benoit Delbecq, Peter Jacquemyn, Achim Krämer, Bobo Stenson, Klaus Kugel, Claudio Puntin, Norbert Stein, Charlie Mariano, Karl Berger, Steve Argüelles and Barre Phillips.