Bene Aperdannier
Bene Aperdannier (* 1966 in Hamm ) is a German jazz musician (piano, composition).
Life
Aperdannier has been playing the piano since he was 13 and won first prize in the Jugend jazzt competition in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1989 . In the same year he began his jazz studies at the Berlin University of the Arts, majoring in piano, which he completed in 1995.
Aperdannier is co-founder of jazzIndeed , with whom he recorded several albums between 1996 and 2011, toured internationally and received the studio award of the Berlin Senate. He toured with Jocelyn B. Smith , Freundeskreis , Jessica Gall, Gleis 8 , Gayle Tufts and with Maren Kroymann , the Reality Brothers and Cultured Pearls or Keith Tynes . He also worked with Max Herre , Die Fantastischen Vier , Till Brönner , Laura Lopez-Castro, Josefine Domes , Katie Melua , James Blunt , Ellie Goulding , James Morrison and Lisa Bassenge , as well as with Udo Lindenberg , Nina Hagen , Xavier Naidoo and Söhne Mannheims . In 2010 he worked as a keyboard player in the live band of the RTL show Let's Dance . Since 2011 he has been a keyboardist / pianist with The Voice of Germany (PRO7 / sat 1).
He can also be heard on records by Lily Dahab, Jazzanova , Dave Binney / Eric St. Laurent, Michael Schiefel Blaue Augen , Offshore Funk, Sun Electric , Stephan-Max Wirth ( Dada Republic ), Britta-Ann Flechsenhar , Stefan Leibinger or Jazzkantine . He also wrote ballet music for the choreographer Maguerite Donlon ( Saarbrücken State Theater ).
In 2013 he was appointed professor for piano and ensemble at the SRH University of Popular Arts .
Web links
- Homepage at the SRH University of Popular Arts
- Bene Aperdannier at Discogs (English)
- Bene Aperdannier at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Aperdannier, Bene |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (piano, composition) |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamm |