Hans-Peter Pfammatter

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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.

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Individual evidence

  1. IGNM-VS renews board. February 13, 2019, accessed March 4, 2020 .