Domenic Janett

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Domenic Janett (born July 12, 1949 in Tschlin ) is a music teacher, composer, clarinet and saxophone player from the Swiss canton of Graubünden . Today he lives in Stugl with his wife Rupali . They have two children together: a daughter and a son.

Musical career

Domenic Janett comes from a musical family from Tschlin. After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Scuol, he studied music at the Zurich Conservatory (now ZhdK). He studied clarinet and graduated successfully. Today he works as a freelance musician. His musical spaces of the Landler , jazz , classical and brass music . Since 1974 he has been a permanent member of the Engadiner LÄNDERFRUNDA from Celerina , which has since benefited from Janett's compositional work. In 1983 he co-founded the Ils Fränzlis da Tschlin , a successor to Franz Fränzli Waser and his musicians. Domenic Janett's own compositions have Rhaeto-Romanic titles such as the Polka-Rhinelander Furmias aint il chül, which he composed for the sound carrier Peter Zinslis Bescht vom Beschtä .

On the sound carrier of the Engadiner LÄNDERFRUNDA. If it weren't , Domenic Janett proved with his clarinet strip , a polka and march composition that you can also make music with a dismantled clarinet.

The piece most played by Domenic Janett on television is the Güggel Waltz, where he imitates the fluttering movements of a rooster while playing with his arms.

The Schweizer Landesfonotek performs over 150 recordings, where he either participates or his compositions are played.

Awards and honors

  • Janett was awarded the Golden Treble Clef in 1991 .
  • In 2016 he received the Bündner Kulturpreis, the canton's highest award in the cultural field.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendung/sonntagsspaziergang/1154157/
  2. ↑ Biography when receiving the Golden Treble Clef , accessed on May 2, 2016
  3. ↑ Bündner monthly newspaper 3/2016

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personal data
SURNAME Janett, Domenic
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss music teacher, composer, clarinet and saxophone player
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Tschlin