Jens Thomas
Jens Thomas (* 1970 in Braunschweig ) is a German (jazz) pianist , voice performer and composer.
Live and act
Thomas grew up in Hanover and studied piano with Dieter Glawischnig at the Hamburg University of Music . At first he worked exclusively as a pianist and released the two albums Up to ow (1994) and KlängeMachenGehen (1997) with his first band Triocolor (Jens Thomas: piano; Stefan Weeke : double bass; Björn Lücker : drums, 1993 to 2001) . The group won the Europ`Jazz Contest Belgium in 1994 . From 1994 there followed extensive concert activities , both as a soloist and with the Triocolor group - initially only in Germany and from 1996 onwards numerous tours for the Goethe Institute abroad. In 1997 Thomas released his solo piano CD Endlich alone . From 1999 to 2009 he also performed in a duo with saxophonist Christof Lauer . The two albums Shadows in the Rain (2001) and Pure Joy (2003) were created. From 2000 to 2003 Thomas worked in the Morricone Trio with Paolo Fresu (trumpet) and Antonello Salis (accordion). The result was the album “You Can't Keep a Good Cowboy Down” - Jens Thomas Plays Ennio Morricone . Invitations to the jazz festivals in Montreux , Paris, Berlin , Helsinki, Frankfurt and the Munich Piano Summer followed. The album Memory Boy , released in 2016, was created in an artistic correspondence with Matthias Brandt's stories, which were published at the same time under the title Raumpatrouille .
Incidental music and voice performer
For Luk Perceval's production of Othello at the Münchner Kammerspiele 2003, Thomas first worked with his own voice. Since then, in addition to his work as an improvising pianist, he has also appeared as a vocal performer. From 2005 to 2007 he was artist in residence at the Schauspielhaus Bochum , where he improvised concerts and performances under the title PianoVoices with numerous guests from a wide variety of genres. During this time his CD project “Goethe! Song of the Spirits ”. With the dancer and choreographer Henrietta Horn, Jens Thomas designed the dance evening Solo II / Now! and the project Freilang , with the dancers of the FTS (Folkwang Tanzstudio), whereby the focus was on the free improvisation of music and dance. In 2008 the solo performance Hallo Bochum followed at the Schauspielhaus Bochum. After further theater work, the album Speed of Grace was created in 2012 , in which he transformed the hard rock of AC / DC into chamber music ballads.
Word music programs
Thomas has been working with the actor Matthias Brandt since 2013 . Together they developed the programs “Psycho” and “Angst” as collages from reading, concert and theater. The program “LIFE - Raumpatrouille und Memory Boy” followed in 2017, in which Thomas contrasts Brandt's childhood memories with his own songs, which are also summarized on his album Memory Boy . Irmgard Keuns The Artificial Silk Girl was adapted for the stage by Thomas and Fritzi Haberlandt in 2015 .
Teaching
Between 1999 and 2004 he taught jazz piano at the Hanover University of Music and Theater and at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin. Since 2009 Thomas has also been working as a voice coach.
Prizes and awards
Thomas was u. a. awarded the SWR Jazz Prize (2000), the International Jazz Prize Nuremberg and the Lower Saxony Art Prize.
Discography (selection)
- Memory Boy (2016)
- Speed of Grace (A Tribute to AC / DC ) (2012, with Verneri Pohjola )
- Goethe! Song of the Spirits (2007)
- Lunar plexus (with Saam Schlamminger ) (2005)
- Pure Joy (with Christof Lauer) (2003)
- Shadows in the Rain (with Christof Lauer) (2001)
- Triocolor: Colors of Ghana (2001)
- "You Can't Keep a Good Cowboy Down". Jens Thomas plays Ennio Morricone (2000)
Theater music
- Othello, Münchner Kammerspiele , taken over by Thalia Theater Hamburg , directed by Luk Perceval , 2003–2009 (festivals St. Petersburg, Prague, Moscow, Stratford upon Avon, Salzburg, Seoul, Vilnius, Copenhagen)
- Clavigo, Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel , taken over by the Schauspielhaus Bochum , directed by Elmar Goerden , 2004–2006
- Time and the Room, Schauspielhaus Bochum , directed by Dieter Giesing , 2005
- Some Girls, Burgtheater Vienna , directed by Dieter Giesing , 2006
- Medea , Nationaltheater Weimar , directed by Nora Schlocker , 2009
- Hamlet , Thalia Theater Hamburg , directed by Luk Perceval, 2010–2013
- Platonov , Ghent National Theater, directed by Luk Perceval , 2013–2016
Film music and radio play
- Short film Happy End , directed by Sebastian Strasser , Berlinale 2005
- Documentary death on the high seat , directed by Michael Heuer 2010 ( NDR )
- Documentary film Blitzeis-The wait for Katrin , directed by Michael Heuer 2014 ( NDR )
- Radio play Beneke 2 , directed by Charlotte Drews-Bernstein , 2016 ( Radio Bremen )
Solo stage programs
- Goethe! Song of the Spirits , 2007–2015
- Speed of Grace-A Tribute To AC / DC , 2012-2014
- Rock over Stockhausen at the festival "Nach Stockhausen", 2014
- Impro Pop , since 2016
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.jazzinbelgium.com/ldh/images/classifieds/JH2012_Press_Contest.pdf
- ↑ - ( Memento from September 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Michael Naura : Everything will be new . In: The time . No. 51/1998 ( online ).
- ↑ https://www.actmusic.com/Kuenstler/Christof-Lauer/Shadows-In-The-Rain/Shadows-In-The-Rain-CD/Produktinformation
- ^ U. floor: Music: Farewell to Gomorrah . In: The time . No. 13/2003 ( online ).
- ^ Hans Hielscher: Pop & Jazz: Jimi Hendrix at the piano . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 2003 ( online - 28 April 2003 ).
- ^ Konrad Heidkamp : De Niro listens . In: The time . No. 08/2000 ( online ).
- ↑ http://www.brandt-raumpatrouille.de/
- ↑ http://100mk.de/klavier-player.html
- ↑ http://www.kulturwest.de/musik/detailseite/artikel/rocken-muss-es/
- ↑ http://www.goethezeitportal.de/wissen/projektepool/goethe-schiller-co/goethe-schiller-fuer-die-ohren-musikprojekte/goethe-gesang-der-geister-musikprojekt-von-jens-thomas.html
- ↑ Hans Hielscher: Jazz day ticket: Grooving with Goethe. In: Spiegel Online . November 19, 2007, accessed June 10, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.henrietta-horn.de/index.php/lebenslauf?id=55
- ↑ http://www.henrietta-horn.de/index.php/lebenslauf?id=54
- ↑ http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/bochum/ein-abend-aus-dem-nichts-id1050647.html
- ↑ http://blog.zeit.de/tontraeger/2012/02/01/jens-thomas-acdc_11786
- ↑ http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/kulturzeit/tips/161278/index.html
- ↑ http://www.lokalkompass.de/bochum/kultur/matthias-brandt-und-jens-thomas-im-schauspielhaus-d585317.html
- ↑ A touching childhood in the years of the Bonn Republic (SWR2)
- ↑ http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Kultur/Regional/Das-kunstseidene-Maedchen-bei-den-Goettinger-Theatertagen
- ↑ http://www.musikalische-apotheke.de
- ^ Verena Richter: Shakespeare jazzed up. In: welt.de . March 22, 2003, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.fr.de/kultur/tief-unten-11469588.html
- ↑ http://programm.ard.de/TV/ndrfsnds/tod-auf-dem-hochsitz/eid_282265640317065
- ↑ http://www.filmfesthamburg.de/de/programm/Film/22003/
- ↑ http://www.drews-bernstein.de/radiofeatures-und-hoerspiele/
- ↑ http://www.morgenweb.de/nachrichten/kultur/enjoy-jazz/kunstsinniges-tnt-1.758781
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/mainz/nachrichten-mainz/stille-an-den-randbereiche-der-musik-jens-thomas-versetzt-sein-publikum-in-staunen_16696349.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Jens |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician, vocal performer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |