André Jeanquartier
André Jeanquartier (* 1941 in Le Locle , Switzerland ) is a Swiss jazz pianist .
Career
After graduating from school, Jeanquartier worked as a primary school teacher in Neuchâtel (Switzerland). He also worked as a musician and traveled to Paris , Berlin , Stockholm and other European capitals. He then worked as a French teacher in Hanover .
In 1970 he began studying composition in Graz with Waldemar Bloch . He graduated with distinction. In the meantime and in the following years he took part as a pianist in numerous jazz festivals in Spain, Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, India and other countries. He received his first prize at the San Sebastian Jazz Festival . He also won the Graz City Music Promotion Prize.
Since 1983 he has been a teacher at the Musikhochschule Graz ( University of Music and Performing Arts Graz ) for the subjects improvisation , piano practice and repertoire ensemble for vocalists and has been retired since 2007.
He has worked on around 15 LPs and CDs with Tone Janša , Art Farmer , Bob Brookmeyer , Toots Thielemans and other well-known jazz musicians.
Jeanquartier has been married since 1975 and has three children. Since 2000 he has been involved in watercolor painting , but also pastels and graphics .
literature
- Michael Kahr : Jazz & the City. Jazz in Graz from 1965 to 2015 (Graz: Leykam 2016), pp. 245–248.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b https://www.discogs.com/artist/362237-Andr%C3%A9-Jeanquartier
- ↑ http://kultur.graz.at/kulturamt/22
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jeanquartier, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Locle , Switzerland |