Horst Grabosch

Horst Grabosch (Photo: Dieter Zinn, 1985)

Horst Grabosch (born June 17, 1956 in Wanne-Eickel ) is a former German musician in the field of jazz and new music. After being unable to work as a musician, he worked as an information technologist and published artistic works on the Internet.

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Grabosch received trumpet lessons from the age of nine. After graduating from high school in 1974, he studied German , musicology and philosophy at the Ruhr University in Bochum and the University of Cologne . Then he completed a diploma course in classical trumpet at the Folkwang University in Essen until 1984 .

In the 1980s he founded and directed the 'Big Band Ruhr' for two years. Later he made guest appearances in the Cologne Jazzhaus Big Band and in the studio with Paul Kuhn's orchestra . The musical center of his work was initially in the Ruhr area with the groups around Georg Graewe and Theo Jörgensmann . Later he worked with the Cologne groups of Dirk Raulf , Georg Ruby and Thomas Witzmann . He played at many jazz festivals in Europe, including 1986 at Clusone Jazz with Roberto Ottaviano , Mark Dresser and Tiziano Tononi , and at the Jazzfest Berlin in 1990, 1991 and 1992 with the ensembles of Norbert Stein , Klaus König and Michael Riessler . Tours took him to North and South America.

During his studies he already performed works of new music . With Melvyn Poore and Radu Malfatti , who, like him, were members of the GrubenKlangOrchester in the late 1980s , Grabosch developed a trio program that mainly used experimental playing techniques and whose sound is more related to new music than jazz. A more intensive encounter with new music began in the 1990s. This was followed by guest performances at the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt and Musique Vivante in Paris with Vinko Globokar's work “Laboratorium”. He was finally invited to join the founding ensemble of the musikFabrik NRW.

Grabosch also worked as a trumpeter, orchestra manager, composer and musical director at the theater ( Schauspielhaus Bochum , Schauspiel Köln , Vereinigte Städtische Bühnen Krefeld and Mönchengladbach , Théâtre national de Rennes , Théâtre national de Chaillot ). He was a sought-after studio musician and played on the successful musicals Starlight Express and Les Misérables . His teaching activities included a teaching assignment from the University of Duisburg . His trumpeter career ended in 1997 due to occupational disability .

After moving with his family to the Bavarian Oberland , he trained as a "multimedia information technologist" at Siemens-Nixdorf in Munich and until 2008 developed IT solutions and multimedia applications for industry as a business consultant. He is currently working as a freelance designer for web and database applications. Grabosch is active again artistically as a lyricist and since 2017 also as a musician.

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Sound carrier (selection)

• Horst Grabosch Quintet - Anytime
• Horst Grabosch DDT - The Cold of Space (1991, with Michael Heupel Achim Krämer and Thomas Witzmann)
• Horst Grabosch feat. Wienstroer, Köllges , Witzmann - everyday life

• Georg Graewe Quintet - New Movements (1976)
• Georg Gräwe Quintet - Pink Pong (1977)
• The Berlin Jazz Workshop Orchestra feat. John Tchicai - Who is Who? (1978)
• Georg Ruby - Strange Loops
• Norbert Stein Pata Masters - Graffiti
• Klaus König Orchestra - At the End of the Universe (1991)
• Michael Riessler - What a Time (1989-1991)

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