Florian Walter

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Florian Walter (born June 9, 1987 in Hamm ) is a German jazz and improvisation musician ( woodwind instruments , electronics, composition ).

Live and act

Walter studied school music , jazz saxophone, composition and history in Essen, and performed live with the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra in 2011 at the International Jazz Days in Viersen. Since 2006 he has been working as a saxophonist and clarinetist and in the field of contemporary composition. Since then he has played in numerous ensembles from experimental pop to new music , improvisation to theater music , etc. a. with Nicola Hein as well as with Simon Camatta and Achim Zepezauer in the formation knu !, also with Machine Mass, What a Waste of Beauty , The Dorf and Wellness (with Julius Gabriel , Fabian Jung ). With Markus Zaja, Felix Fritsche and Sabine Niggemann, he has been organizing concerts in kiosks and drinking halls in the Ruhr area since 2010. With the Trio Wellness (with Marie Daniels , Julius Gabriel, Fabian Jung) he developed the Kreisler-Maschine program , in which they put Georg Kreisler's songs in the space of improvised music.

Walter received the Westphalia Jazz Prize in 2019.

Discographic notes

  • Theurer / Walter / Jung - Three times yes (with Martin Theurer and Fabian Jung)
  • Camatta Monk - Don't Play the Piano Part (2012)
  • The Dorf feat. FM Unit - Live (2012)
  • knu! - My Horse Doesn't Give a Shit (Unit, 2015), with Simon Camatta, Achim Kämper
  • Achim Zepezauer, Florian Walter - Hell / Bruit (area, 2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicola Hein's website
  2. ↑ Event information ZuHkunft 2016
  3. ↑ Knu!
  4. ↑ Culture Day-Oberscheid program
  5. ↑ a b website of The Dorf
  6. ↑ Essen jazz offensive
  7. ↑ Event information MusikRuhr 2015
  8. ↑ A sound researcher on new paths: 27th International Jazz Festival Münster: Westphalia Jazz Prize 2019 goes to Florian Walter. Jazz Festival Münster, December 16, 2018, accessed on December 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Florian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz and improvisation musician (woodwind instruments, electronics, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamm