Generations - International Jazz Festival Frauenfeld

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The Generations - International Jazzfestival Frauenfeld ( proper spelling : generations - international jazzfestival Frauenfeld ) is a music festival that takes place every two years in autumn in Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland . The festival lasts one week and is best known for the international jazz ensemble workshop for young, talented jazz musicians with lecturers and the several bars that have been converted into jazz clubs. Dominik Deuber has directed the festival since 2017.

history

In 1998, several people around the Thurgau saxophonist Roman Schwaller as artistic director and the cultural foundation of the Canton of Thurgau organized the first generation . The International Jazz Meeting , as the festival was called for a long time, has since taken place every two years on the various Frauenfeld stages.

International jazz musicians such as Joe Lovano , Peter Bernstein , George Gruntz , Wolfgang Haffner , Cedar Walton , Ira Coleman , Lewis Nash , George Mraz , Adam Nussbaum , Mario Gonzi , Gary Smulyan , Thomas Stabenow , Jürgen Seefelder , Harold Mabern , Joe Farnsworth , Eric Alexander , Rob Bargad , Seamus Blake , David Hazeltine , Peter Washington , Ferdinand Povel , Adrian Mears , Dick Oatts , Don Friedman , Billy Drummond , Benny Golson , Alex Sipiagin , Kenny Werner , Marc Abrams , Louis Hayes , Mark Turner , Jason Lindner , Nate Wood and Donny McCaslin worked with the talents and could be heard in the clubs with different bands in the evenings. Formations from Germany and abroad appear regularly at the festival.

Since the beginning of the first festival, an international festival big band has been closing the festival. The following musicians performed as the leaders of the Big Band at the festival: Bill Holman (1998), Peter Herbolzheimer (2000), Mathias Rüegg (2002 & 2012), Ed Partyka (2004), Joe Haider & Brigitte Dietrich (2006), Jim McNeely ( 2008), Markus Geiselhart (2010), Bert Joris (2014), Thomas Gansch (2016) and Maria Schneider (2018). In 2020 the British composer and multi-instrumentalist Django Bates will lead the Generations Big Band with his own music.

The international jazz ensemble workshop, which has been held since 1998, promotes talent. Some well-known musicians of the younger generation attended this workshop and received professional inspiration. These include Samuel Blaser , Mya Audrey, Tobias Preisig , Fabian Gisler , Dominic Egli , Stefan Rusconi , Stefan Aeby , Patrick Bianco , Bernd Reiter , Tomas Sauter , Maurus Twerenbold , Christoph Neuhaus , Mario Rom , Alexander Kuhn , Mareike Wiening , Nicole Herzog, Matthias Tschopp , Oliver Lutz , Peter Lenz . The Composer Project has also been taking place as part of the festival since 2018: four to five jazz composers of the younger generation receive mentoring and a composition assignment for the Generations Big Band. The participants of the first year were Luzia von Wyl, Bardia Charaf, Sarah Chaksad, Basile Rosslet and Cinzia Catania.

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Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ PEOPLE: PEOPLE - Deuber takes over . In: magazine . ( thurgaukultur.ch [accessed on February 25, 2018]).
  3. ↑ FESTIVAL: FESTIVAL - Schwaller and Schwaller . In: magazine . ( thurgaukultur.ch [accessed on February 25, 2018]).
  4. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: A birthday is to blame for everything . In: St.Galler Tagblatt . ( tagblatt.ch [accessed on February 25, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Donny McCaslin carries on the vision of David Bowie. Retrieved on April 7, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  6. ↑ Brigitta Hochuli: generations 2012 in the diary. www.thurgaukultur.ch, October 4, 2012, accessed on December 31, 2025 .
  7. ↑ FESTIVAL: FESTIVAL - Heroes equal to gods . In: magazine . ( thurgaukultur.ch [accessed on February 25, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Dominik Garbauer: Young musicians learn from the grande dame of jazz. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Maria Schneider: "As a woman I never felt disadvantaged". Retrieved on April 7, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
  10. ↑ MUSIC: “Generations” jazz festival: Django Bates comes to Frauenfeld. Retrieved April 7, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Radio Swiss Jazz - Festival Tip - Generations 2016 in Frauenfeld . ( radioswissjazz.ch [accessed on February 25, 2018]).
  12. ^ "Generations" in Frauenfeld . In: Journal21 . ( journal21.ch [accessed on February 25, 2018]).
  13. ↑ St. Galler Tagblatt AG, Switzerland: “Generations” got off to a brilliant start . In: Thurgauer Zeitung . ( thurgauerzeitung.ch [accessed on February 25, 2018]).
  14. ↑ FESTIVAL: FESTIVAL - The young wild ones (commented) . In: magazine . ( thurgaukultur.ch [accessed on February 25, 2018]).
  15. ↑ ennobled by the queen: Swiss jazz musician Cinzia Catania (30) takes off. Retrieved on April 7, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).