Dominik Mahnig

Dominik Mahnig (2015 at the concert with Lauren Newton and the "Sung Sound" vocalists (female composers), in the loft in Cologne )

Dominik Mahnig (* 1989 in Willisau ) is a Swiss drummer of modern creative .

Live and act

Mahnig received his first drum lessons at the age of eleven. In June 2012 he completed his bachelor's degree at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences with Gerry Hemingway , Norbert Pfammatter and Marc Halbheer . In autumn 2012 he started his master's degree at the Cologne University of Music and Dance with Jonas Burgwinkel and Frank Gratkowski ; he completed master classes and workshops a. a. with John Hollenbeck , Heiri Känzig , Henning Berg , Steve Coleman and Christy Doran . He belonged to the Bundesjazzorchester ( 25 ) and is a member of The Great Harry Hillman , the bands of Frank Haunschild , Jens Böckamp , Philip Zoubek and Tamara Lukasheva and Liza Pflaum, the quartet Move Dove around Luis Reinhard, the Trio Botter and Massive Schiene (with Johannes von Ballestrem ). He presented himself at concerts in Hungary, Germany and Switzerland, a. a. at the Langnau Jazz Nights and at the Willisau Jazz Festival (with Kenny Wollesen ).

Prizes and awards

Mahnig is a multiple award winner and winner of the Swiss Drummer and Percussionist Competition. When Convento Jazz Award NRW 2011, he was named best soloist: "drummer Dominik Mahnig impressed here with his subtle and nimble broom game that supported the melodies sounded in color, while rhythmically brushed against the grain." When Wilhelm-Fabry-Prize of the city of Hilden received it 2013 a special award for a strong creative statement. In 2015 The Great Harry Hillman won the ZKB Jazz Prize . He won the New German Jazz Prize 2017 with Tamara Lukasheva's quartet .

Discographic notes

Dominik Mahnig (2017 in the Marek Johnson group at the KLAENG Summer Concert in Odonien, Cologne)

• Jens Böckamp's Flow Quartet Nine Edges (Float Music 2014)
• Zooom Trio What's for Dessert ( Leo Records , 2015; with Christian Lorenzen and David Helm )
• Leonhard Huhn / Stefan Schönegg / Dominik Mahnig Die Fichten ( fixcel records , 2015)
• The Great Harry Hillman: Veer of Course (Klaeng Records 2015, with Nils Fischer, David Koch , Samuel Huwyler)
• Simon Nabatov - Mark Dresser - Dominik Mahnig Equal Poise (Leo Records 2016)
• Philip Zoubek Trio: Outside (2018)
• Frank Gratkowski / Simon Nabatov / Dominik Mahnig: Dance Hall Stories (Leo, 2020)

Web links

• Web presence
• Short biography ( Memento from October 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Willisau Jazz Archive
2. ↑ Dominik Mahnig wins in the supreme discipline Willisauer Bote, April 18, 2010
3. ↑ Convento Jazz Prize ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
4. ↑ The Masters of Sonorous Beats Westdeutsche Zeitung , May 13, 2013
5. ^ New German Jazz Prize 2017 , ig-jazz.de, accessed July 7, 2017
6. ↑ Meeting (Michael Rüsenberg)