Andreas Böhlen (musician)

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Andreas Böhlen (* 1983 ) is a German musician ( recorder , saxophone ) who has made a name for himself in both classical music and jazz .

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Böhlen, who grew up in northern Germany, initially received recorder lessons from Adele Weikelt. Since 1991 he has been studying with Ulrike Petritzki at the University of the Arts in Bremen . In 2001 he switched to Günther Höller and Dorothee Oberlinger as a young student at the Cologne University of Music and Dance ; During this time he won several prizes in Jugend musiziert and (on the saxophone) in Jugend jazz . Between 2003 and 2007 he studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Walter van Hauwe and Paul Leenhouts . He received his bachelor's degree with distinction. From 2003 to 2007 he studied jazz saxophone at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Jasper Blom , Ferdinand Povel and Dick Oatts . Until 2008 he was part of the Bujazzo .

After studying musicology in Bologna between 2007 and 2008, Böhlen moved to Basel, where he completed a master's degree in historical improvisation with Rudolf Lutz at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with distinction. In 2011 he completed a master’s degree in jazz saxophone with Domenic Landolf at the Basel Music Academy .

In 2003, Böhlen founded Theatrum Affectuum, the first chamber music group in the field of early music , with which he released several albums. The Satyr's Band was formed in a different line-up, juxtaposing compositions from the 17th century with his own works, while he was active in jazz with the Andreas Böhlen Band (debut album 2012) and the microtonal music group Crank . In the Trio Airborne (with percussionist Tobias Guttmann and violinist Geeta Abad) he interprets new music and has released works by Peter Eötvös , Donald Bousted , SS Smith and Wolfram Graf on record. He can also be heard on albums by Johannes Maikranz , Sarah Chaksad , Jonas Windscheid / Paintbox , his brother Sebastian Böhlen , the Barockorchester Capriccio Basel and the ensemble arcimboldo .

Böhlen teaches recorder at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz . Since 2017 he has been teaching recorder as a major at the Zurich University of the Arts . He also curates the Spiegelungen Alte Musik / Jazz festival at the bird's eye jazz club in Basel .

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  1. ^ A Swiss collective trauma (interview) Tages-Anzeiger , June 15, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Böhlen, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician (recorder, saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH 1983