Christoph Irniger

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Christoph Irniger (© Gian Marco Castelberg)

Christoph Irniger (* 30th October 1979 in Zurich ) is a Swiss Jazz - Tenor saxophonist , bandleader and composer .

Live and act

Christoph Irniger studied music education at the Zurich University of the Arts and performance jazz with Christoph Grab and Nat Su at the Lucerne University from 2000 to 2006 . In the following years he traveled regularly to Berlin and New York , where he a. a. Took lessons with Dave Liebman , Mark Turner and Ari Hoenig .

In 2007 his debut album Chat Noir (Brambus Records) was released. Since then, Irniger can be heard on around two new records every year. In addition to his own bands, Irniger was involved in various other band projects. From 2007 to 2014 he was a member of the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra under the direction of David Grottschreiber , where he a. a. played with Dave Douglas , Claudio Puntin , Hayden Chisholm , Nils Wogram and Matthias Spillmann . He was also a member of the band No reduce with Nasheet Waits . Irniger was involved in recordings and performances a. a. with Max Frankl , Stefan Rusconi , Christian Weber , Chris Wiesendanger , Vera Kappeler , Jean-Paul Brodbeck and Peter Frei , as well as the reggae formations Dodo & the Liberators and GG & the Informers .

Irniger lives in Zurich and has been teaching saxophone at the Zurich Conservatory Music School since 2004 . He was one of the founders of the Jazz im Seefeld in Zurich jazz series, which has been taking place since 2011, and co-founded the Zurich Jazz Workshop in 2010 .

Band projects

  • Pilgrim (since 2009) with Stefan Aeby - piano; Dave Gisler - guitar; Raffaele Bossard - double bass; Michi Stulz - drums; Christoph Irniger, tenor saxophone
  • Christoph Irniger Trio (since 2012) with Raffaele Bossard - double bass; Ziv Ravitz - drums; Christoph Irniger - tenor saxophone
  • Cowboys From Hell (since 2005) with Marco Blöchlinger - bass; Chrigel Bossard - drums; Christoph Irniger - Tenor Saxophone & Electronics
  • Noir (since 2012) with Don Philippe - guitar; Christoph Irniger - tenor saxophone
  • Counterpoints (since 2012) with Ohad Talmor - tenor saxophone; Bänz Oester - double bass; Dan Weiss - drums; Christoph Irniger - tenor saxophone

Prizes and awards

Christoph Irniger won the Friedl Wald Foundation's advancement award in 2004 and received the “borsa di studio” for Siena Jazz 06 in 2006. In 2010 he took 3rd place at the ZKB Jazz Award with the Cowboys from Hell. For the second album Gowanus Canal by the Christoph Irniger Trio, he received a composition grant from the STEO Foundation and he and his band Pilgrim will be supported from 2015 to 2017 as part of the priority jazz funding from Pro Helvetia .

Discographic notes

  • Christoph Irniger Quartet, Chat Noir (Brambus Records, 2008)
  • Cowboys From Hell, Monster Rodeo ( Altrisuoni , 2008)
  • Christoph Irniger Pilgrim, Mt. Tongariro ( Between the Lines , 2011)
  • Cowboys From Hell, Big Fish (Double Moon, 2012)
  • 2012 NoReduce Jaywalkin (nWog Records)
  • Noir, Further Reductions (Contemplate, 2013)
  • Christoph Irniger Trio, Gowanus Canal ( Intakt Records , 2013)
  • Christoph Irniger Pilgrim, Italian Circus Story ( Intakt Records , 2014)
  • Christoph Irniger Trio, Octopus ( Intakt Records , 2015)
  • Christoph Irniger Pilgrim, Big Wheel Live (Intakt Records, 2016) ( Intakt Records , 2015)
  • Crosswinds (Intakt, 2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Irniger on discogs.com
  2. ↑ Homepage Jazz im Seefeld
  3. ^ Website of the Zürcher Kantonalbank Jazz Prize
  4. ^ Press comments on Gowanus Canal, Christoph Irniger Trio
  5. ^ Press comments on Octopus, Christoph Irniger Trio
  6. ^ Press comments on Big Wheel Live, Christoph Irniger Pilgrim
personal data
SURNAME Irniger, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich