Achim Tang
Achim Tang (born December 23, 1958 in Berlin ) is a German bassist and composer who is active in the fields of jazz , improvisation music and world music .
Live and act
Tang first studied trumpet at the Julius Stern Institute , and has been playing the double bass since 1984. After studying classical music, he went to Graz in 1987 , where he studied at the jazz department of the University of Music and Performing Arts and received the concert diploma with distinction in 1992. In 1991 and 1992 he was a lecturer at the Carinthian State Conservatory in Klagenfurt . In 1993 he moved to Vienna. Tang worked a. a. with Marc Ducret , Stoyan Yankulov , Wolfgang Puschnig , Joachim Kühn , Linda Sharrock , Patrice Héral , Guy Klucevsek , Anatoly Vapirov , Jay Clayton , Deepak Ram , Max Nagl , Dominique Pifarély and David Tronzo .
He has worked on projects such as Body Poems (with Akemi Takeya ), Über die Verführung von Engeln (with Paul Gulda ) and Elements of Poerty (with Oskar Aichinger ) and participated as a sideman with Uli Rennert , Zoltán Lantos , Max Nagl, Marek Bałata and other on. In addition, he also composed music for plays and ballet performances and for the film Danube by Goran Rebic . His work In the Long Run , a composition for three wind instruments, percussion and double bass, was a. a. performed in Vienna, Linz, Graz and Klagenfurt and recorded in 2002 as his debut album for the Extraplatte label.
Tang forms the musician cooperative Greyhound Records with Otto Lechner , João de Bruçó , Karl Ritter , Herbert Reisinger and Peter Kaizar . From 1997 to 2002 he worked on the sound networks project for teaching new music in general schools. He has lived in Cologne since 2006, where, in collaboration with the Rheinische Musikschule, he leads a sound laboratory project at two Cologne secondary schools. In 2009 he worked with Scott Fields and the Multiple Joyce Orchestra ( Moersbow / Ozzo , Clean Feed ).
Tang was appointed improviser in residence in Moers in 2011 to live and work here for a year. Among other things, he performed at the Moers Festival with his Quartet Tørn , which includes Philip Zoubek , Joe Hertenstein and Joris Rühl .
Discographic notes
- In the Long Run (2002, with Heinrich von Kalnein , Klaus Gesing , Robert Bachner and Christian Salfellner )
- Muche Zoubek Tang Excerpts from Anything (2011)
Individual evidence
Web links
- Works by and about Achim Tang in the catalog of the German National Library
- Achim Tang's homepage
- Achim Tang at Allmusic (English)
- Achim Tang at Discogs (English)
- Achim Tang in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tang, Achim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bass player and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |