Alexander von Hagke
Alexander von Hagke (born November 28, 1975 ) is a German saxophonist , clarinetist and composer .
Life
Hagke studied saxophone and clarinet at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich and at the City College of New York with Rich Perry , Leszek Zadlo and Ivan Mähr . He was a member of the Landesjugendjazzorchester Bayern and from 1997 to 1999 the Bundesjazzorchester . He also studied mathematics at the Technical University of Munich and wrote books in the IT field . He was national winner at Jugend jazzt and from 2001 to 2003 a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation . From 2003 to 2006 he worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group .
Hagke gives concerts with his own ensembles and has published CDs with his compositions. In addition to soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, he also plays the clarinet and flute . He leads the classical jazz crossover quartet Passo Avanti and belongs to the heavy metal jazz band Panzerballett . He also played with Peter O'Mara , Chris Gall , the Munich Philharmonic , the Harald Rüschenbaum Jazz Orchestra, Adrian Mears and Thomas Stabenow . In 2013 von Hagke participated in the children's jazz project Die Pecorinos: Sometimes love is cheese .
In 2011 he received the Bavarian Art Prize in the music category.
Discography (selection)
- Dark Wood Suite ( enja 2015, with Alex Jung, Heiko Jung , Bastian Jütte )
- Loreley (enja 2011)
- Fusion Nouvelle (esc 2012, with Peter O'Mara, Jan Zehrfeld , Heiko Jung, Tommy Eberhardt)
- Passo Avanti - Finest Blend ( GLM 2015)
- Passo Aventi - Delicatessen (GLM 2012)
- as a sideman
- Wolfram Schmitz Quartet - New Year (Toca Records 2012, with Johannes Schaedlich , Uli Krämer)
- Herman & Tietjen - Swing It (WarnerBros 2003)
- Tobi Hofmann - first aid - Essentia Jazz Standards (2Khz Records 2002, with Barbara Roberts, Ulrich Wangenheim , Rudi Schießl)
- The Sidewinders - The Beast ( Mons Records 2000)
Web links
- Web presence
- Passo Avanti website
- Portrait (Munich Jazz School)
- Alexander von Hagke at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A. v. Hagke, I. Rauschert Programming 3D illusion images with Turbo Pascal Markt & Technik-Verlag, Haar, 320 pages, ISBN 3877917216
- ↑ Jazzende Mäuse, Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 13, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hagke, Alexander von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German saxophonist, clarinetist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |