Clemens Orth
Clemens T. Orth (born November 13, 1973 in Heidelberg ) is a German jazz musician ( piano , organ , talk box , composition ) who plays modern jazz , among other things .
Live and act
Orth began playing the piano at the age of three; three years later he received regular lessons. After years of classical training, he dealt with keyboard instruments and the voice. At the age of 17 he completed his training as a church organist and during this time began to occupy himself increasingly with jazz music. He studied at the Cologne University of Music . With his piano trio he won the 1995 Krakow Jazz Juniors competition . The first recordings were made in 1997 when he was a member of the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra ( Focus on Vocals , Mons Records ). In the same year he played in Gunter Hampels Next Generation , with which he a. a. performed at the MusikTriennale Köln . In New York the album The 8th of September 1999 was created with Hampel, and Earthlings in the Dresden bin the following year .
In 1999 he recorded his debut album Silhouette Ascending (Mons) in a trio with Dietmar Fuhr (double bass) and Matthias Kornmaier (drums) . In 2000 he received a scholarship to study at Queens College in New York City; there he had lessons with Roland Hanna , Michael Mossman and Kenny Werner . Since 2002 he has worked as a keyboardist for Bro'Sis and as a studio musician. In 2009 he presented the solo album Here Now ( Konnex ), on which he presented not only standards such as " You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To " and Thad Jones ' " A Child Is Born ", as well as his own compositions. In 2009 he was the winner of the international piano competition “Premio Benedetto XIII” in Bari. Orth works in Germany from Cologne with his own trio (to which Joscha Oetz also belonged) and is the curator of his Salon de Jazz . He also works as a singer-songwriter CTO . Also performed as a guest musician on the album Savka i Griška (2016) by the formation East Drive .
Web links
- Web presence
- Portrait (MeineSüdstadt)
- Clemens Orth at Allmusic (English)
- Clemens Orth at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orth, Clemens |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Orth, Clemens T. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |