Hans-Peter Pfammatter
Hans-Peter Pfammatter (* 1974 in Sierre ) is a Swiss jazz pianist and composer.
Live and act
Pfammatter first played the trumpet as a child before switching to the piano at the age of thirteen. He played in various rock, pop and jazz bands and studied from 1995 to 1999 at the Lucerne Jazz School. He then played in recordings by Bänz Oester , Gilbert Paeffgen and Werner Hasler and performed in concerts with Corin Curschellas , Ray Anderson , Christy Doran , Fredy Studer , Tony Overwater , Fee Claasen , Brad Dutz , Alexander Sipiagin and Tommy Meiers Root down.
In 2001 he became a member of Christy Doran's group New Bag , of which he was a member until 2012 and with whom he released five albums. With the clarinetist Lucien Dubuis , the bassist Urban Lienert and the drummer Lionel Friedli , he founded the group Scope , with which he released the album Nu Gara in 2007 . He also plays synthesizers in the electro jazz group Le Pot with trumpeters Manuel Mengis, Lionel Friedli and guitarist Manuel Troller.
Pfammatter also composed music for plays (including Tag des Jammers with Peter Schärli ), short films and radio plays as well as several string quartets. Since 2000 he has been a lecturer in jazz piano at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences . Since 2019 he has been on the board of IGNM-VS resp. of the international festival for new music Forum Wallis.
Discography (selection)
- Bänz Oester Quintett: Max (1999, with Donat Fisch , Philipp Schaufelberger and Norbert Pfammatter )
- The Wild Bunch: Ghosts (Migros 2001, with Werner Hasler, Jürg Bucher, Philipp Schaufelberger, Bänz Oester, Samuel Rohrer )
- New Bag: Perspectives ( between the lines 2004, with Bruno Amstad , Wolfgang Zwiauer, Fabian Kuratli )
- Christy Doran, Fritz Hauser , Urs Leimgruber : Fourmi ( Creative Works 2005)
- Lila: Lila ( Unit 2007, with Christoph Erb , Flo Stoffner , Julian Sartorius )
- Scope: Nu Gara , 2007
- New Bag: Take the Floor and Lift the Roof ( Double Moon 2011, with Bruno Amstad, Vincent Membrez , Dominik Burkhalter)
- Peter Schärli Trio featuring Ithamara Koorax: O Grande Amor ( TCB 2010)
- Hans-Peter Pfammatter, Markus Lauterburg: South (Unit 2014)
Web links
- Entry (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences)
- Pfammatter on his musical career
- Hans-Peter Pfammatter at Discogs (English)
- Works by and about Hans-Peter Pfammatter in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ IGNM-VS renews board. February 13, 2019, accessed March 4, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pfammatter, Hans-Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz pianist and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sierre |