Hugo Helfenstein
Hugo Helfenstein (born March 22, 1953 in Münchenstein ) is a Swiss jazz musician . He plays the trombone , trumpet and flugelhorn .
Live and act
After dropping out of natural science studies at the University of Zurich , he studied trombone at the Zurich Conservatory and later at the Bern Conservatory in the soloist class of Branimir Slokar. As a freelance musician , he worked in the fields of jazz , rock , pop and classical music . He has worked in various orchestras and bands , such as the Winterthur City Orchestra , Zurich Opera House , Swiss Horns, DRS Big Band and Pepe Lienhard . He played at the Jazz Festival Cologne , the Jazz Festival Willisau , the Jazz Week Burghausen , the Leverkusener Jazztage and in the musicals Cats , Cabaret , Rent , La Cage Aux Folles , Chicago , West Side Story , Rollschuhpalast, Edith Piaf, and in the soundtrack of Leo Sonnyboy and Knie in the circus . He played with musicians as diverse as Polo Hofer , Art Lande , Daniel Schnyder , Urs Blöchlinger , Andreas Vollenweider , Beny Rehmann , Marianne Racine and Christoph Marthaler .
He was visiting professor at the Conservatory in Biel and a teacher, conductor , sound engineer , web designer and webmaster , responsible for the music electronics department at the music school of the city of Zug . In 2000 he gave up all activities and switched from the trombone to the trumpet. He also studied multimedia producer at the SAE Institute in Zurich and did interactive programming on the Internet . He also produced and programmed multimedia and audio CDs.
Helfenstein lives in Zug . As a jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player, he plays in various small pieces, composes and arranges.
Fonts
- I'm getting sentimental over you; Bassman, George. - Zumikon: Editions Marc Reift, [1989], [Ed. for] 4 trombones; [1989], [Ed. for] trombone & piano
- Bless my bones
- Armitage, Dennis. - Zumikon: Editions Marc Reift, c 1988
Discography (selection)
- 1976 Toni Vescoli : Thought like that, tonight
- 1984 Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado. Opera for actors , version by the Zürcher Schauspielhaus
- 1986 Notspielplatz Zürich (with Peter Schärli , Peter Böhringer, Kurt Grämiger, Urs Blöchlinger, Martin Schlumpf , Andreas Friedli, Beat Blaser , Mario Huter, Uli Scherer , Thomas Hirt, Lindsay L. Cooper , Dieter Ulrich )
- 1987 Aladin and the magic lamp . Dialect fairy tale musical. Zurich Opera House with the DRS band
- 1987 Daniel Schnyder (The Modern Art Septet): Secret Cosmos
- 1988 Hardy Hepp : Born in the Forest with Helmut Zerlett a . Dodo Hug
- 1992 Polo Hofer and the Butter Band : Travailler c'est trop dur
- 1994 Franz von Suppé : Requiem . Zurich Chamber Orchestra
- 2005 John Wolf Brennan : Initials
Web links
- Literature by and about Hugo Helfenstein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Web presence Hugo Helfenstein
- Jazz index Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swiss Horns was a jazz-funk band in Switzerland from 1976 to 1982 with around 50 concerts a year and three albums
- ^ Swiss television broadcasts: March 22, 1978 Swiss Horns in Concert, guest: Norma Green . September 23, 1978 Swiss Horns with guests Bibi Johns and Franco Ambrosetti
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helfenstein, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munchenstein |