Maria Faust
Maria Faust (* 18th April 1979 in Kuressaare ) is an Estonian jazz - saxophonist , composer and bandleader .
Live and act
Maria Faust graduated from 1997 to 2001 a classical education at the Academy of Music in Tallinn . In 2002 she continued her studies in Esbjerg , Denmark , which she completed in 2008 with a Masters in Jazz Saxophone Performance . From 2013 to 2016 she studied composition at the Rytmisk Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.
She was awarded the Estonian Uno-Naissoo Prize for Young Musicians. Her album Maria Faust Jazz Catastrophe was nominated in 2013 for the composer of the year category at the Danish Music Awards .
Faust works with his own band projects, in addition to the big band Jazz Catastrophe and the Maria Faust Group (with Morten Pedersen, among others ), also with the electro-acoustic ensemble Pistol No. 9 . In 2019 she presented her Ensemble Machina in an unusual line-up (with two saxophones, alongside her Ned Ferm , on the cello Ida Nørholm and the two double bass players Nils Davidsen and Adam Pultz Melbye ) in Munich at the BMW Welt Jazz Award . She also worked with Axel Dörner , Nina De Heney, Liudas Mockūnas , Tristan Honsinger , Lars Andreas Haug and Qarin Wikström. Faust lives in Copenhagen.
Discographic notes
- Bitchslap Boogie (Barefoot, 2008)
- Warrior House (Barefoot, 2010)
- Pistol No. 9: Fest på Amager (Barefoot, 2012)
- Maria Faust Jazz Catastrophe (Barefoot, 2013)
- Sacrum Facere (Barefoot, 2014)
- Machina (stunt, 2018)
Web links
- Web presence
- Portrait at Barefoot Records
- Maria Faust at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faust, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuressaare |