Lizzy Scharnofske

Lizzy Scharnofske (2018)

Lizzy Scharnofske (born November 22, 1981 in Gestorf , jumping as Larissa Scharnofske ) is a German jazz and fusion musician ( drums , percussion , vocals ) and composer .

Live and act

Scharnofske grew up in a family of musicians near Hanover and from the age of 14 played drums in various bands. From 2001 she studied jazz drums at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam , where she also played in the traditional women's jazz band Alice in Dixieland . She then continued her bachelor's degree at the Conservatoire National de la Danse et de la Musique de Paris , completing it in 2005.

In addition to jazz, she also deals with electro-acoustic music (including in a duo with saxophonist Edith Steyer ) and the production of her own compositions. Since her graduation she has worked in various projects, such as in the formation Girl Talk , the Ladies Swing Trio (with Inca Hellmich and Adi Sharon), in the band Les Belles du Swing and in the drum-and-bass band Grambowski . Since the mid-2000s she has been the drummer in the leader-free Jazztrio Center with Andreas Edelmann b and Eike Wulfmeier p, whereby Edelman was replaced by Marcel Krömker on the double bass in 2015. In Unit Records they played their 2017 released album No. 3 a.

Currently (2016) she works with the formations Lan , Quancing Deen , The Cox , RotOrange (duo percussion-piano), IAMX ; She is also a drummer in musical productions by the Landgraf Concert Directorate. Other formations in which she is currently active are the Anja Ritterbusch Quartet and Col.Decker , an electro-techno dance band from Berlin, founded with her brother Niko Scharnofske. She is also a studio drummer in various studios for film and commercial music as well as for other artists. For her solo project Lizzy , she designed electrical performances with a portable drum kit that she developed herself.

Prizes and awards

During her training, Scharnofske won awards and advancement awards in both jazz and classical music ( youth jazz , winning jazz, jazzin, chamber music advancement award). In 2012 she received the Soloist Prize of the New German Jazz Prize , the 2nd place went to her Jazz Trio Center , also at the New German Jazz Prize 2012.

Discographic notes

• Triomusic (Neuklang, 2007)
• LAN: Yes, No (2008)
• LAN: Sun (2008)
• SugarCandyMountain: SCM No2 (2009)
• Center Trio: Reisezeit ( Konnex Records , 2010)
• Sebastian Liedke Trio: To Walk in the Past (2010)
• Steyer, Scharnofske: Sensuality & Madness (2010)
• AKA AKA & Thalstroem: Variete (2011)
• Col.Decker: WCTM (2013)
• Center Trio: No. 3 , album (Unit Records, 2017)

Web links

• Web presence
• Center trio
• Interview (2013)
• Lizzy Scharnofske at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Program In Spirit ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Lizzy Scharnofske. ( Memento from December 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Brief portrait.
3. ↑ about us. ( Memento from June 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Ladies swing trio
4. ↑ Lizzy Scharnofske . ( Memento from August 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Portrait at Alice in Dixialand
5. ^ The Cox. ( Memento from February 11, 2016 in the web archive archive.today )
6. ↑ Heisse Zeiten ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Anja Ritterbusch Quartet
8. ↑ Col. Decker
9. ↑ New German Jazz Prize 2012 at jazzcity ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.