Marc Schmolling
Marc Schmolling (born June 7, 1972 in Munich ) is a German composer and pianist of contemporary jazz and improvisation music.
Life
Schmolling, son of the poet Inka Machulkova, one of the leading figures of the Prague literary scene and Czech beat generation of the sixties, studied at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich with Larry Porter and Tizian Jost . He received further lessons from Horace Silver , Benny Green and Steve Coleman at Stanford University in California . He completed his studies in Munich in 1997 and has worked as a pianist in the German jazz scene ever since.
Schmolling has lived in Berlin since 2006 and, in addition to his solo concerts, pursues other projects with musicians from the contemporary jazz and improvisation scene. The Marc Schmolling Trio with Jonas Westergaard on bass and Christian Lillinger on drums was recognized in 2010 for his album “Live in Berlin / Vol. 1 “(Wizmar Records) nominated for the quarterly award of the German Record Critics . In autumn 2011 “Live in Berlin / Vol. 2 ". Schmolling took first place at the Jazz Awards in Berlin in 2008 with his song project. His sextet “La Blue, Five Out!” A. a. with the musicians Magnus Schriefl (trumpet), Gerhard Gschlößl (trombone) and Wanja Slavin (saxophone) exists since 2009 and makes music in the style of the Mingus workshops of the 1960s. In 2013 Schmolling realized a chamber music vision; Together with the British trumpeter Tom Arthurs and the singer Almut Kühne , Schmolling's abstract, floating ballads are interwoven with fine improvisations (CD “Ticho” 2015 on Unit Records ). In addition, Marc Schmolling has a musical friendship with the saxophonist Wanja Slavin, with whom he released the CD "Off Minor" (Organic Music) in 2003 and performed mainly in a duo.
Schmolling is a co-founder and, together with Johannes Lauer , Wanja Slavin, Gerhard Gschlößl, Philipp Gropper , Felix Wahnschaffe and Ronny Graupe, a member of the Berlin Jazz Collective . Since 2008, the Berlin Jazz Collective has received the Berlin Senate's sponsorship award annually for its festival. These “collective nights” also take place regularly in cooperation with the RBB's cultural radio .
Schmolling has given concerts and worked with Allan Praskin , Bill Elgart , Tom Arthurs , Paulo Cardoso , Almut Kühne, Felix Wahnschaffe, Gerhard Gschlößl, Wanja Slavin, Jonas Westergaard , Christian Lillinger, Andreas Lang , Matthias Pichler , Moritz Baumgärtner , Uli Kempendorff , Bastian Jütte , Sava Medan. Tours and performances have taken him through Germany, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Austria, France, the Czech Republic, Brazil, Taiwan and Bermuda. He has made guest appearances at the Baltic Sea Jazz Festival, Munich Jazz Festival, Stuttgart Jazz Days, Burghausen Jazz Week , Schloss Elmau , Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, Bavarian Radio and Danish Radio.
As a composer and arranger, Schmolling worked outside of his own projects, especially in the vocal area such as B. for the Chamber Choir of the Danish Radio, DR VokalEnsemblet, the Choir of the Bavarian Radio and the Via Nova Choir Munich . The first percussionist of the Munich Philharmonic, Sebastian Förschl, commissioned him with a suite for vibraphone / marimba and chamber choir, which will premiere in Munich in 2014.
From 2004 to 2006 Schmolling worked as a lecturer for jazz piano at the Free Music Center in Munich. In addition, from 2011 to 2013 he was a board member of IG Jazz Berlin for the interests of the Berlin jazz scene on a political level.
Web links
- Recordings by Marc Schmolling in the catalog of the German National Library
- Internet presence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schmolling, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and jazz and improvisation pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |