Results for "Composition"

Dierk Peters

Born: October 27, 1986

Dierk Peters is a Brooklyn based Vibraphonist. Originally from Germany he moved to the US in 2016, and is a now sought-after improviser and composer on both sides of the Atlantic. He is a distinctive voice on his instrument with a unique sound that emphasizes the warmth and depth of the vibraphone, and with his incomparable harmonic agility he surpasses its percussive nature.

He has been awarded with the Praetorius Music Price, the highest music price of his home state of Lower Saxony, soloist and band prices at the B-Jazz-, Convento-, Jazz d’avignon- and Jugend Jazzt - competitions and grants and scholarships by the States of Northrhine Westphalia & Lower Saxony, the German Academic Exchange Service, the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, among many others. He received his Diploma Summa Cum Laude from the conservatory in Cologne, Germany and his Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

Birgit Ulher

Born: 1961

Birgit Ulher studied the visual arts, which still have an important influence on her music. Since moving to Hamburg in 1982 she has been involved in free improvisation and experimental music. Since then she has developed an individual musical language. She works mainly on extending the sounding possiblities of the trumpet and has developed her own extended techniques and preparations for producing these sounds.

Besides this material research she is especially interested in the relation between sound and silence and connecting visual arts with music.
Recent works include videos and sound installations.

Greg Osby

Born: August 3, 1960

Saxophonist, composer, producer, educator and curator Greg Osby has been a formidable presence on the international music scene as a leader of his own ensembles and as a guest artist with other acclaimed groups for the past 39 years. Highly regarded for his insightful and innovative approach to composition and performance, Osby is an inspired voice among the ranks of improvising musicians. He has earned numerous awards and critical acclaim for his recorded works and passionate live appearances and has been recognized by The New York Times as one of the "most provocative musical thinkers of his generation".

Chris Torkewitz

Chris Torkewitz saxophonist | flutist | pianist | composer Described as "masterful, technical perfection" (Vittorio Lo Conte, Musiczoom), Chris Torkewitz has been recognized as being in the "super-skilled" class of musicians and hailed for his "commanding fluency" (Fritz Balwit, Audiophile Audition). Torkewitz has performed at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center, and for the German embassies in Toronto, DC, and New York. He has had the extraordinary honor of performing for Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela, as well as of sharing stages with jazz legends like Bob Mintzer, Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, and Dave Liebman

Karin Johansson

Swedish pianist, improviser and composer, based in Gothenburg. Educated at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg and active since many years in Sweden and internationally. Working with extended techniques and preparations. Playing in several groups and collaborations, among others:

ORD ( https://karinjohanssonord.bandcamp.com ),

Karin Johansson / Lisen Rylander Löve duo ( https://johanssonrylanderlove.bandcamp.com ),

Quagmire ( https://deheneyjohanssonwartel.bandcamp.com ),

Finn Loxbo / Karin Johansson duo ( https://omlott.bandcamp.com/album/vent ),

David Cain

Born: March 2, 1955

David Cain. An acclaimed revolutionary of “unbroken media and art”, David Cain is a composer, musician, vocalist, filmmaker, author, artist… in a class with music’s most forward-reaching innovators because of his groundbreaking multimedia explorations using old and new tech. David Cain’s musical journey includes studies with international award-winning composer, Dr. Roque Cordero (Arnold Schoenberg), writing for symphony, movies and the Stan Kenton Big Band, and making radio music while on roster of Geffen Records in the '80s with his band, Bux da Hoota.

David's decade-long collaboration, Wertico Cain & Gray, with 7-time Grammy winner Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny Group), and bassist/cellist/composer, Larry Gray, has led to new music and art, winning a prestigious "Best Album - Live Performance" award along the way, and gathering audiences in search of new worlds of sound-making and digital cinema

Jason Camelio

Jason is a musician, writer, producer and global programs and partnerships developer. Recordings Jason co-produced, written and/or performed on include Phil Wilson's From the Vault, Vol. 1 with Alex Leiva; music videos for "Message From God", "Play To Win" and "Atom Bomb" and the full-length album "This is DÚBH"; and performances include Dweezil Zappa's “Via Zammata’, Chris Opperman's "Chamber Music From Hell with Kurt Morgan, Fernando Huergo's Big Band "The Possibility of Change", Danilo Perez’s "The Panama Suite”, Stephen Webber's “Stylus Symphony”, Mike MacAllister's "Finder's Keepers” and Christine Fawson's "Happy Talk” featuring Phil Wilson and more. Jason engages with top performing arts institutions, festivals, artists and students, as well as a range of creative and passionate, individuals, business and government entities as the assistant vice president for Berklee global initiatives; developing opportunities for learners of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels to reach their career and artistic goals.

Matthias Kohler

Born: July 9, 1983

Born in 1983 in a small town near the capital Berne, Matthias Kohler is a Swiss artist active in Jazz and contemporary music. His work ranges from straight ahead Jazz to contemporary and improvised music. He is currently most active with the group "This Is Pan"; the group name is a nod to the greek god of music and nature. Matthias Kohler was an artist in residence in Singapore, Hudson NY, France, Switzerland and Japan. He is active nationally and internationally; mostly with his own groups but also as a sideman.

Jon Raskin

Born: 1954

Highlights of Rova founding member Jon Raskin's early career include his '70s participation in new music ensembles directed by John Adams (San Francisco Conservatory of Music) and Dr. Barney Childs (University of Redlands). Before Rova, Raskin served as music director of the Tumbleweed Dance Company (1974-77), was a founding member of the Blue Dolphin Alternative Music Space and participated in the creation of the Farm- an art project that included a city farm, a community garden, Ecology Center, Dance and Theater companies and organized the creation of a city park. Highlights as a member of Rova include composing a collaborative work for SF Taiko Dojo/Rova, working with Howard Martin on the installation work “Occupancy”, composing music for Mr

Lukas Frei

Born: June 24, 1980

LUKAS FREI (trumpet, flügelhorn, composition). Born on June 24, 1980 in Basel, Switzerland. STUDIES Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB), Switzerland: 2008-2010 Master of Advanced Studies in Music, Management, 2003-2008 Jazz Trumpet, Pedagogy, Composition I had the chance to WORK & PERFORM with Kenny Wollesen, Sylvie Courvoisier, William Parker, Sarah Belle Reid, Enrico Pieranunzi, Billy Cobham, Philip Catherine, Adrian Mears, Claudio Puntin, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, Ballbreaker Ensemble, The Himalayas, Poets Of Rhythm, Millennium Jazz Orchestra, Heidi Happy, Al Pride, Nicole Bernegger, Nicolas Bamberger, Rhonda Dorsey a.o. APPEARANCES Jazz Festival Willisau, Cully Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Montreux, Langnau Jazz Nights, Jazzwerkstatt Bern, Festival Of New Trumpet Music New York, International Jazzfestival Bern, clubs and venues in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France and the USA