Andreas Schnermann
Andreas Schnermann (* 1968 in Wipperfürth ) is a German jazz musician ( piano , composition and arrangement ).
Become
Schnermann took lessons from Jochen Bohnes and Achim Kaufmann and studied jazz piano from 1992 to 1996 at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern with Joe Haider and William Evans . Study visits with Joe Lovano , Dave Douglas and Dave Holland followed .
He then worked as a sideman a. a. with Ack van Rooyen , Daniel Schenker , Jimmy Roger Pedersen and Matthias Bergmann . In 2000 his debut album 4 in One was released with his own quartet. After another album, Tell Me the Truth about Love was released in 2007 . There Inga Lühning sings von Schnermann poems by WH Auden . His CD All What Love , published in 2011, combines settings and readings of love poems by English poets from William Shakespeare to Philip Larkin and combines Lühning's singing with the speaking voices of Joachim Król , Otto Sander and Hannah Herzsprung .
Schnermann has received two awards from the North Rhine-Westphalia Art and Culture Foundation . He gives workshops and works as a lecturer, especially at the Cologne University of Music and Dance . In 2010 and 2011 he appeared at jazz festivals and other events in a sextet he led called Schnermann's Poetryclan . In addition to the singer Inga Lühning, this includes the guitarist Kai Brückner and the alto saxophonist Jan von Klewitz .
Schnermann composed the music for the children's musical Kuno Knallfrosch . At the city song contest “A song for Wipperfürth” 2016, his composition “Forever” won 1st prize and was the official city anthem for the city's 800th anniversary.
Discography (selection)
- 2004: 4 in One
- 2004: Welcome to My Backyard
- 2006: Tell Me the Truth about Love (feat. Inga Lühning)
as Poetryclan
- 2011: All What Love
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk broadcast "On Stage" from September 10, 2010: Andreas Schnermann's "Poetry Clan"
- ↑ You like poetry when it's not screaming in: FAZ of August 18, 2011, p. 26
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schnermann, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz pianist, composer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wipperfürth |