Carolin Pook

Carolin Pook (* 1981 ) is a German improvisation musician ( violin , drums ) and composer who works in the fields of jazz and pop as well as classical music .

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Pook comes from a musical family; her great-grandfather was the composer Waldemar von Bausznern (1866–1931), her father the pianist Rainer Pook, who was Herbert von Karajan's assistant for several years . She learned the violin at the age of six and drums at the age of twelve. Later she began to occupy herself with composition and the work of Arnold Schönberg , Gustav Mahler and Claude Debussy . From 2000 to 2006 he studied jazz violin and drums at the Cologne University of Music with Michael Gustorff and Keith Copeland ; her mentor was Werner Dickel , professor for viola and founding member of the Ensemble Modern , who introduced her to contemporary music . During this time, chamber music recordings were made by composers such as Thomas Beimel , Dietrich Eichmann and York Höller . Pook also studied with Zipflo Reinhardt (2000–2002) and Mark Feldman (2006–2008). After graduating, she received a scholarship to study in New York, where she has lived since 2006. With her formation the Pookestra, Pook cooperated with various musicians such as Christof Knoche and Pascal Niggenkemper ; the resulting album Herzkopf Dances contains a dance suite in four parts. In 2011 Pook wrote an orchestral composition for the Roy Hargrove Quintet and the German Radio Philharmonic and in 2012 a work for Peter Brötzmann and eight percussionists. As a musician and arranger she also worked with Kenny Garrett , Die Fantastischen Vier and Mike Doughty . In 2014 she was Artist in Residence of the Peter Kowald Society in Wuppertal; In 2015 she performed in a duo with Simon Rummel . In 2016 she worked as an improviser in residence in Moers.

Discographic notes

Michael Sorg & Das Hauskonzert Ensemble with Peggy O .: Maikäfermalen - Rilke, Ringelnatz and Jazz (Sorg Music, 2011)
the Pookestra: Herzkopf Dances (2012, with Werner Dickel, Brian Sanders, Christof Knoche, Pascal Niggenkemper, Craig Akin, David Mason, Caitlin Jemison, Alastair Ottesen, Mike Doughty)
Emanuel and the Fear: The Janus Mirror (Haldern Pop Recordings, 2012)
Kenny Garrett : Pushing the World Away ( Mack Avenue Records , 2013)

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Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Pook, Carolin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	1981

[1] ttp://usa.jazznearyou.com/event_detail.php?id=482818

[2] ttp://www.kowald-ort.com/_2014/termine/11-2014-AIR-pook.html

[3] New impulses in Moers: Carolin Pook Jazzzeitung