Markus Eichenberger

Markus Eichenberger and clarinets

Markus Eichenberger (born August 4, 1957 in Aarau , Canton Aargau ) is a Swiss clarinetist and saxophonist .

biography

After completing his professional training as a photographer , he trained as a teacher for early musical education and obtained an EMV brass music conductor diploma. During this time he worked as a department store salesman, teacher for early musical education and, since 1982, as an instrumental teacher for clarinet and saxophone at the Zurich Unterland MSZU music school . Eichenberger lives in Zurich and Menzberg .

Since 1977 he has been working as a clarinetist and partly as a saxophonist almost exclusively with improvised music in various groups and projects. The focus is on solo work, duo playing and improvisation in large formations, with particular emphasis on the “Domino Concept For Orchestra” project. Eichenberger is a member of the Workshop for Improvised Music (WIM) in Zurich and has performed at various festivals, including:

Transart Communication Nové Zámky 1991/1992/1995
III Festival inter-nacional de Performance i Poesia d'Accia Valencia 1992
Jazz Festival Willisau 1995
Schaffhausen Jazz Festival 1998
Taktlos Festival Zurich- Basel 2000
Lake Constance Festival Friedrichshafen 2002
Autumn Minsk 2003
Irtijal Beirut 2005/2008
Al Maslakh Festival Bern 2006
Two days in Zurich 2008
Opening Trier 2014
Pard'on Jazz Festival Locarno 2014
40 years of WIM Zurich 2018

Eichenberger was also a guest and expert on several episodes of the "Jazz Collection" program on Radio SRF 2 Kultur , including:

" Sun Ra - a pioneer of the new jazz "
"The New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist - Leon Albany 'Barney' Bigard "
" Gato Barbieri - from bebop to pop-jazz "
" Johnny Dodds : from New Orleans to Chicago "
"Saxophonist Lester Young shaped generations"

Discography and projects (selection)

Tuttrieb-Triebat solo in playback (UTR-4056 CD, 1993)
San Gottardo with Eichenberger & The Mytha Horns: (UTR-5003 CD, 1994)
! ROJO! with Eichenberger, Bartolomé Ferrando , Fredi Lüscher and Alfred Zimmerlin (UTR-4099 CD, 1996)
Owls don't fly to the moon with Eichenberger and Fredi Lüscher (AS 040, 1999)
Songs from the thicket of days with Eichenberger and Ivano Torre (AS 041, 1999)
Markus Eichenberger's DOMINO Concept For Orchestra ( EMANEM 4084, 2003)
Halftime Solo for Clarinet (creativesources cs171, 2010)
EnsembleX (Red Toucan Records RT 9344, 2012)
Improvisations with Eichenberger and Roberto Domeniconi (UTR 4811 2018)
Suspended with Eichenberger and Daniel Studer ( HatOLOGY 748 2018)
Aquaphone at the Maria-Valeria-Brücke , with Alfred Zimmerlin (since 2006), project description , audio sample 2011
Audio canals - an acoustic diary, project description and audio samples

Awards

WDR Composition Prize (1992)
Prix Cultura of the Kiwanis Foundation (1998)
Commissioned by the Pro Helvetia Foundation (2000)
Culture Prize of the Willisau Economy and Culture Association (2004)
Various contributions from the city and canton of Zurich, the Aargau Board of Trustees, Pro Helvetia, the German Consulate and several foundations

Press reviews

«[...] Eichenberger [lives up to his name] with his sometimes slightly gnarled, transverse looking, thoughtful nature." Steff Rohrbach, Jazz'n'more

literature

Ueli Staub: Jazz City Zurich - From Louis Armstrong to Zurich Jazz Orchestra . Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2003, ISBN 3-03823-012-X .
Steff Rohrbach: Markus Eichenberger. Back in the old freshness. In: Jazz'n'more , No. 3, 2018, p. 54. online

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Steff Rohrbach: Markus Eichenberger. Back in the old freshness . In: Jazz'n'more . No. 3 , 2018, p. 54 ( eichenberger.li ).
^ Sun Ra - a pioneer of the new jazz. In: SRF.ch. May 26, 2009, accessed July 31, 2019 .
↑ The New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist - Leon Albany 'Barney' Bigard. In: SRF.ch. March 1, 2011, accessed July 31, 2019 .
↑ Gato Barbieri - from bebop to pop-jazz. In: SRF.ch. November 24, 2009, accessed July 31, 2019 .
^ Johnny Dodds: from New Orleans to Chigaco. In: SRF.ch. April 10, 2012, accessed July 31, 2019 .
↑ Saxophonist Lester Young shaped generations. In: SRF.ch. August 5, 2009, accessed July 31, 2019 .
↑ Andreas Müller-Crepon: 10 years of Aquaphone: Where music bridges the gap. In: SRF.ch. June 10, 2015, accessed July 22, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Eichenberger, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss clarinetist and saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH	4th August 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aarau , Canton of Aargau

[:0-1] Steff Rohrbach: Markus Eichenberger. Back in the old freshness . In: Jazz'n'more . No. 3 , 2018, p. 54 ( eichenberger.li ).

[2] Sun Ra - a pioneer of the new jazz. In: SRF.ch. May 26, 2009, accessed July 31, 2019 .

[3] The New Orleans Jazz Clarinetist - Leon Albany 'Barney' Bigard. In: SRF.ch. March 1, 2011, accessed July 31, 2019 .

[4] Gato Barbieri - from bebop to pop-jazz. In: SRF.ch. November 24, 2009, accessed July 31, 2019 .

[5] Johnny Dodds: from New Orleans to Chigaco. In: SRF.ch. April 10, 2012, accessed July 31, 2019 .

[6] Saxophonist Lester Young shaped generations. In: SRF.ch. August 5, 2009, accessed July 31, 2019 .

[7] Andreas Müller-Crepon: 10 years of Aquaphone: Where music bridges the gap. In: SRF.ch. June 10, 2015, accessed July 22, 2019 .