Christoph Stiefel

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Christoph Stiefel (born July 29, 1961 in Zurich ) is a Swiss jazz pianist , keyboardist , composer , arranger , producer and band leader .

Christoph Stiefel 2017 at Jazz im Palmengarten in Frankfurt

Live and act

Stiefel has concentrated on his work as a pianist and composer since 1980. As a sideman with various bands, the formation Andreas Vollenweider & Friends took him on major concert tours in the USA, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Japan and Australia for five years from 1984. After his own earlier projects, he formed his own jazz trio / quartet in 1990, with which he has so far produced seven albums and given many concerts in Europe with various line-ups (including Peter Erskine , Charlie Mariano , Michel Benita , Heiri Känzig , Jeff Hirshfield , Dieter Ilg , Roberto Gatto , Joël Allouche , Matthieu Michel , Nat Su , Marcel Papaux , Thomas Lähns or Lisette Spinnler ). From 1995 onwards he mainly pursued the further development of his concept of isorhythms .

From 2005 he expanded this with a solo project: “Isorhythms for Solo Piano” (piano & electronics). In 1997 he was awarded a composition commission by the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia to write a concerto for piano, two percussion and string orchestra for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra . The world premiere took place on July 10, 1998. He also composes, arranges and produces music for advertising, radio plays and films such as Vollenweider - The Story of a Murderer . Stiefel was a participant in the Jazz Piano Festival 2011 in Prague, which was recorded by Czech radio and made available to broadcasters across Europe.

Stiefel is a lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences , Jazz department.

Christoph Stiefel Inner Language Trio (Munich 2011)

Discographic notes

  • A Silent Perspective - Christoph Stiefel Solo Piano (Biber Records, 1991)
  • Christoph Stiefel & Fabio Freire Limmazonas (RecRec, 2000)
  • Christoph Stiefel Trio Dream of the Camel ( Enja Records, 2001)
  • Isorhythms for Solo Piano - Christoph Stiefel (Pangani Records-RecRec, 2005)
  • Christoph Stiefel Inner Language Trio Fortuna's Smile (Neuklang Records, 2010)
  • Christoph Stiefel Inner Language Trio Big Ship (Basho, 2014), with Arne Huber , Kevin Chesham
  • Christoph Stiefel septet Rhythm-a-tized (Challenge, 2016), with Sarah Buechi , Bastian Stein , Domenic Landolf , Adrian Mears , Arne Huber, Kevin Chesham

Web links

Commons : Christoph Stiefel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Piano Festival Prague 2011 (1/2) Jazz Live: 9:05 p.m .: Christoph Stiefel & David Helbock , Deutschlandfunk November 5, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Boots, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich