Marc Brenken
Marc Brenken (born June 17, 1973 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German jazz pianist and composer .
Brenken grew up in Schleswig-Holstein and received her first piano lessons at the age of eight. At the age of twelve he began to occupy himself with jazz when he reenacted recordings by Erroll Garner and Oscar Peterson by ear. From 1994 he studied jazz piano at the Folkwang University in Essen; He also attended master classes with Kenny Werner , Fred Hersch , Richie Beirach , Marc Copland and John Taylor . In 2006 he presented the debut album Eight Short Stories , which he recorded with the Marc Brenken / Christian cap quartet and for which he had written the compositions. In 2009 the trio album It Could Happen To You followed with Alex Morsey (double bass) and Marcus Rieck (drums); 2012 Starting Our Journey , with which the Marc Brenken / Jean-Yves Braun Quartet introduced themselves. Brenken also worked on CD productions for the Westphalian Literature Commission ( live on the cultural property ) and performed in a duo with the singer Tamara Lukasheva . In 2010 the Marc Brenken Trio was shortlisted for the New German Jazz Prize , in December 2011 the Marc Brenken / Christian Cap Quartet was voted the winner of the First Ruhr Jazz Prize by the audience. Since the beginning of 2013 he has been organizing a weekly "Jazz for the People" series in the Rüttenscheider Catacombs.
Web links
- Web presence
- Short portrait at All About Jazz (English)
- Marc Brenken at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Alone Together" - Tamara Lukasheva and Marc Brenken on January 12th, 2014, 5 pm, in the old church Altenessen. In: lokalkompass.de . Retrieved January 9, 2017.
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| SURNAME | Brenken, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th June 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilhelmshaven |