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Time to create new musicSaturday, 17 March 2012Dear all, once again time has come to move forward in life as much as in music: At this point I am concentrating on my inner ear. I am listening to the sounds in my head and heart, and I have started to write down the music. It is time for a new chapter, and I am aiming to record the new repertoire this summer. Besides I am once again, as so many times throughout these past years, in a situation where I cannot exactly tell where I will be and what I will be doing by the end of the year. In retrospect I can say, that these are the times, that I am the most creative. So chances are good, that once this music can be heard by all in 2013, it will indeed represent the new musical step, that I am so longing for. |
08/11/12 Double Bill with Uri GurvichInvest in Bavaria event @ Audi Forum NYCMonday, 16 January 2012With the mission to organize this event I was given an opportunity to create a little illustration of the cultural nexus between Bavaria (where I was born and raised) and America. In history and at present, there exists a remarkable number of examples of mutually enriching exchange between both cultures. All participating exhibitors and contributors stand for cross-cultural cooperation, creation and construction. AUDI, the SoHo team of Munich-based internationally acclaimed light designer Ingo Maurer, Neue Galerie’s Cafe Sabarsky, and last but not least of course a Jazz quartet consisting of 2 musicians from Bavaria, and 2 from America. There will be Florian Hoefner on piano, Nick Anderson on drums, myself on bass, and since Rich caught a flu, Gordon Au on trumpet. As a set opener we will play Gertrude’s Bounce by Clifford Brown. | I Wish You All A Happy 2012Saturday, 11 February 2012Hi Everybody, A Happy New Year to you all! 2012 will bring new music and new projects. For instance, on January 17th I will perform at the Audi Forum NYC along with Florian Hoefner, Rich Perry and Nick Anderson.
I have been commissioned by „Invest in Bavaria“, an agency funded by the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure and Traffic of the federal German state of Bavaria (where I was born and raised) to organize this event (which will be by invitation only) and to provide a modern take on contemporary, cultural life in Bavaria. Further, I have started to write new music, and we are going to work on another album. Read more... |
Sounds, Images and OpinionsThursday, 03 November 2011 | Caffe Vivaldi on 9/11/11Sunday, 18 December 201110 years ago I climbed the twin towers of "Sagrada Familia" on my first day in Barcelona on 9/11 2001. Back on the ground I saw the horrid news about what had happened to the twin towers in New York and I watched the second plane hit live. I would never have thought then that I would end up living in New York City ten years later. It may very well be a coincidence that I have a performance scheduled at Caffe Vivaldi on 9/11 2011. |
