Chris Weinheimer

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Chris Weinheimer (* 1964 in Saarbrücken ) is a German jazz and improvisation musician , composer and theater director .

Life

Weinheimer studied philosophy, musicology and archeology in Cologne and jazz flute in Hilversum . He has been a freelance musician since 1985. He has been composing drama and ballet music since 1991. In 1994 he founded the group Post No Bills with Ole Schmidt , Tom Lorenz , Robert Schleisiek and Carl Ludwig Hübsch , which, in addition to jazz music, specializes in improvisation music and new music (e.g. John Cage's "Variations" and "Number Pieces" and Christian Wolff's "Exercises").

Since 1996 he has been running the Blauzone performance project with Ole Schmidt, Sebastian Gramss and Carl Ludwig Hübsch , and since 2000 it has been expanded to include actors from the HORA theater under the name Lust am Scheitern . He is also, together with Karoline Schulz , a member of the Neue Dresdner Kammermusik (since 2004) and the Saxon Improvisation Ensemble . Weinheimer has been organizing thematic concert evenings at the LOFFT in Leipzig since 2005 under the title System Critic Material Issue .

Since the late 1990s he has composed compositions for chamber music ensembles, including a string quartet. Since 2009 Weinheimer has devoted himself increasingly to work as a theater director.

Chris Weinheimer lives in Leipzig.

Works (selection)

  • Quartet No 1 in 3 movements , 1996
  • Handles for flute and feeds, 2000
  • closed inside for bass flute and electronics, 2001
  • Konnotation, denotation for bass flute, cornet, accordion and tuba, 2002
  • Cube for bass flute, cornet, accordion and tuba, 2002
  • Breath length for flute, clarinet and playback, 2002
  • Quartet 1.02 , 2002
  • Layers for flute, clarinet and cello, 2006
  • Lists for flute, clarinet and electronics, 2006

Discography

  • Post No Bills: défense d'afficher , 1995
  • Post No Bills: Music for Chamber Ensemble , 2003
  • Christian Wolff and Post No Bills: Exercise # 15 , 2005

Directorial work (selection)

  • 2009: Those who want to survive , Lichthof Theater , Hamburg
  • 2009: The case , LOFFT , Leipzig
  • 2010: The devil with the three golden hairs , Theater for Lower Saxony , Hildesheim
  • 2010: Mama Moo cleans up , Theater for Lower Saxony, Hildesheim
  • 2011: King Ed , Forum Free Theater , Düsseldorf
  • 2012: Ubumania , Lichthof Theater, Hamburg
  • 2012: Ready for film , Theater for Lower Saxony, Hildesheim
  • 2013: All inclusive (with Martina Droste), Bockenheimer Depot , Frankfurt

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ System criticism material issue. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 31, 2017 ; accessed on January 31, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.systemkritik-materialausgabe.de
personal data
SURNAME Weinheimer, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz and improvisation musician, composer and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken