Friedemann Graef
Friedemann Graef (* 1949 in Berlin ) is a German musician (saxophonist, composer).
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As a teenager, Graef was a guitarist in rock groups. Graef took private lessons in composition, flute and saxophone (with Earle Brown and Eberhard Blum, among others ) during his studies as a chemical engineer at the TU Berlin . Since 1975 he has been active as a saxophonist in the field of improvised music (FMP), played with his own groups in the jazz field in France, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the USA, India, Russia, Brazil and the GDR, and played over 20 records, u. a. with John Tchicai , Albrecht Riermeier , Ray Anderson , Harry Beckett , Kamalesh Maitra, Uli Moritz and Heiner Goebbels . After 1980 he was also active in the field of early music for some time, as a Dulcianist with the Musicalische Compagney .
In addition to his own projects, Graef, as a member of the Berlin Saxophone Quartet, has premiered new music, classical music (an adaptation of Bach's Art of Fugue with 20 parts), as well as compositions by other B. recorded by Harald Genzmer, Thomas McKinley, Michael Sell .
Graef's work as a composer includes choral and orchestral works, organ and chamber music, with church music making up a large part of his work. He has received prizes from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Union of German Jazz Musicians , the Berlin Senate and the German Association of Composers.
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| SURNAME | Graef, Friedemann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician (saxophonist, composer) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |