Mareike Wiening
Mareike Wiening (born August 21, 1987 in Herzogenaurach ) is a German jazz musician ( drums , composition).
Live and act
Wiening started playing the piano at the age of five. She later learned to play the flute and at the age of 15 she switched to drums. After graduating from high school, she studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim with Michael Küttner and received lessons from Werner Schmitt and Karsten Gorzel. In 2009 Wiening received an Erasmus grant at the Rytmisk Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, where she taught a. a. from Steve Coleman , Django Bates and Marilyn Mazur . From 2012 to 2014 she completed her master's degree at New York University in Manhattan. She belonged to the federal jazz orchestra and toured with her own quintet. In 2014 she released her EP Crosswalk , which was followed by the debut album Metropolis Paradise in 2019 . She can also be heard on albums by Yngvil Vatn Guttu, Adrian Mears ' Generations Unit 2012 ( TCB Records ), Johannes Ludwig and Christoph Neuhaus . She is also on tour with the band of trumpeter Rachel Therrien , with the vibraphonist Sasha Berliner and the Fabia Mantwill Orchestra. Wiening has lived in Cologne since 2019.
Awards
In 2011, Wiening received the cultural promotion award of her hometown Herzogenaurach and in 2013 the youth promotion award of the district of Erlangen-Höchstadt . She has been a scholarship holder of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation since 2020.
Discographic notes
- Johannes Ludwig Quartet The Druid's Song ( Nagel-Heyer Records 2012, with Lutz Häfner , Volker Engelberth , Max Leiß)
- Christoph Neuhaus Quintett feat. Adrian Mears Directions ( Unit Records 2013, with Niko Seibold, Volker Engelberth, Judith Goldbach )
- Crosswalk (2014, with Rich Perry , Alex Goodman, Patricia Franceschy, Angelo Di Loreto, Marty Kenney)
- Metropolis Paradise ( Greenleaf Music 2019, with Rich Perry, Dan Tepfer , Alex Goodman, Johannes Felscher )
Web links
- Own web presence
- Portrait (DLF)
- Mareike Wiening at Discogs (English)
- Mareike Wiening at SoundCloud
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short bio (AllAboutJazz)
- ↑ Press release on the 2013 Youth Promotion Prize ( Memento from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiening, Mareike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician (drums, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herzogenaurach |