Elfi Aichinger

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Elfriede Theresia "Elfi" Aichinger (born November 2, 1961 in Wels ) is an Austrian jazz musician ( vocals , also piano , composition ).

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Aichinger first received classical piano lessons (between 1977 and 1982 with Peter Lang) and classical singing lessons, first with Wilma Lipp at the Mozarteum Salzburg , and later with Wolfgang Bruneder at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna . In 1984 she was a founding member of the jazz trio Jubilo Elf . Since 1986 she has appeared as a soloist in various ensembles at European festivals. That same year, the production seemed Swiss Swing of the Vienna Art Orchestra with a vocal group to which they belonged. In the following year she founded the Ames formation , which interpreted her own compositions. Her debut album Follow Me was released in 1991. With her then husband, percussionist Stephan Maass , she released Kiss the Frog in 1993 on Extraplatte . In her quartet she also worked with Don Byron . In 2019 she released the album Core with Joanna Lewis , Melissa Coleman and Peter Herbert with “Mini-Operas Between Melancholy and Freedom.” She was also active as a soloist for Nouvelle Cuisine and for the Klangforum Wien .

As an autodidactically trained composer, Aichinger aims to synthesize various musical genres. Her symphonic poem I am much too young to die was created as a commission for the Wiener Festwochen 1994 .

Aichinger has been teaching jazz singing at the Anton Bruckner Conservatory in Linz since 1990 and at the Vienna University of Music since 1996.

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  1. ↑ Mini-operas between melancholy and freedom Der Standard March 19, 2019
  2. ^ College of Bruckner Private University
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SURNAME Aichinger, Elfi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maaß, Elfriede Theresia (real name); Aichinger, Elfriede Theresia (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz musician (vocals, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH November 2nd, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Wels (city)