Gerhard Uebele

Gerhard Uebele (born November 18, 1962 in Gomadingen -Offenhausen) is a violinist for new improvisation music . He also works as a music journalist.

life and career

Uebele studied musicology , philosophy and education . Since the 1980s he has performed regularly with leading representatives of free jazz and improvised music. So with Sirone , Tristan Honsinger , Phil Minton , Harri Sjöström and Ernesto Rodrigues . He also worked for the New Dresden Chamber Music . In 2009 he conceived and organized the Festival Violinale Berlin in cooperation with the Exploratorium Berlin. His texts on music have appeared in, among others, the positions , the Jüdischen Allgemeine and the ring discussions for group improvisation.

Gerhard Uebele lives in Berlin.

Discography

• 2001: zwybaky with Kai Fagaschinski , (clarinet)
• 2003: Contre Plongée with Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Guilherme Rodrigues (violoncello) and José Oliveira (piano, guitar)
• 2009: Some of the things we could be with Torsten Papenheim (composition, arrangement, direction, guitar), Dave Bennett (guitar), Derek Shirley (double bass), Michael Thieke (alto saxophone), Christian Marien (drums) and others
• 2011: Suite for String Quartet with Zachary James Watkins (composition, electronics, direction), Johnny Chang (violin), Miriam Götting (viola), Martin Smith (violoncello).
• 2015 "Licht" with Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Thorsten Bloedhorn (guitar), Ofer Bymel (drums)
• 2016 "Thuya" (Québec-Berlin-String Trio) with Klaus Kürvers (double bass) and Rémy Belanger de Beauport (violoncello)

Web links

• exploratorium-berlin.de Short biography Gerhard Uebele
• A text by Gerhard Uebele about visions for new improvised music ( PDF file )