Gregor Loepfe

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Gregor Loepfe (* 1971 in Zurich ) is a Swiss pianist , composer and musicologist .

Life

Gregor Loepfe received his first piano lessons at the age of seven. After graduating from the Baden Cantonal School, he studied classical piano at the Music Academy of the City of Basel with Rolf Mäser and graduated in 1995 with a teaching diploma with distinction in the main subject. During his studies he also received inspiration from Jean-Jacques Dünki , Gérard Wyss , Jürg Wyttenbach and Paul Clemann . He finished Christian Favre's concert class at the Conservatoire de Lausanne in 1996 with the "diplôme supérieur" and in 1998 with a "Premier Prix de Virtuosité avec félicitations". Master classes with Rudolf Buchbinder , Brigitte Engerer , Peter Feuchtwanger and András Schiff complemented his studies.

In parallel to classical music, Gregor Loepfe is intensively involved with jazz (lessons with Adrian Frey , Thierry Lang , Vince Benedetti , Enrico Pieranunzi , Franco D'Andrea , Kenny Barron , Hans Feigenwinter ). Studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston with Ray Santisi , Joanne Brackeen , Hal Crook and Bruno Råberg .

In 2012 Gregor Loepfe completed his studies at the University of Zurich with a degree in musicology and history. In his licensed thesis he dealt with the subject of "Bach and Jazz".

Gregor Loepfe is a lecturer for piano at the Baden Cantonal School. He gives concerts as a classical pianist in chamber music formations at home and abroad, as a soloist ( Orchestra Musikkollegium Winterthur , Basler Festival Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra 65 and others) and as a jazz pianist in various band projects (Gregor Loepfe Trio, Five On Fire and others).

He also appeared as a cabaret pianist. He received various composition commissions for ballet (Margot Parsons Dance Company Boston), film, musical (SchwerLos, Der Grosse Preis), podcasts, theater, chamber music and journalistic activities for radio and print media were other activities. He has been a member of the Music Commission since 2004 and has been a member of the Braunwald Music Week since 2006. In addition to teaching, Loepfe works as a music editor at Radio SRF 2 Kultur and as a web content producer at Radio Swiss Jazz .

Discography (selection)

Loepfe participated in the following CD recordings:

  • Gregor Loepfe Trio, feat. Katja Baumann: "Art On The Ridge". Fontastix (Fontastix 323698) 2016.
  • Gregor Loepfe Trio: Dinner With Janus . Unit Records (UTR 4409) 2013.
  • Gregor Loepfe Trio: EP Dinner With Janus . Own production 2010.
  • Frank Martin: Works with guitar . Musique Suisse 2009.
  • Five On Fire: Struggle or Play . TCB 2007.
  • Basel Festival Orchestra, conductors: Thomas Herzog, Maren Gamper and Gregor Loepfe, piano: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnaval des Animaux . Sconov 2007.
  • Klingsor Jazz Trio: Between Walls And Open Fields . In-house production 2006.
  • Chamber Choir Zürcher Unterland, conductor: Beat Raaflaub: Hans Huber: Lenz- und Liebeslieder op.72, Hugo Dudli: Volksliedkantata No. 2 . R. + R. Stüssi-Meier Bülach, Hardstudios AG, Winterthur, CD HS 03417, 2003.
  • Close Harmony rock choir . Y2K by Casino Recording Studio, B. Erne, 2000.
  • Gregor Loepfe: Particles Rhapsody . With Rico Gubler, saxophone. At the opening of the psi-forum, Paul Scherrer Institute Würenlingen. In-house production 1998.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung online, cpo: A second choice program, FitzlaffHaenni in the Stok Theater. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 11, 2002, accessed on April 14, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Florian Reinhardt and Thomas Korner: Interview with Rudolf Mumenthaler, responsible for innovation and marketing at the ETH Library, talks about innovation and the digital support options of the ETH Library for teachers and students. In: Teaching and learning with the digital possibilities of the ETH Library. ETH Zurich , August 24, 2009, accessed on April 14, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Loepfe, Gregor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich