Maxime Bender

Maxime Bender and Laurent Payfert.

Maxime Bender (* 1982 in Ettelbrück ) is a Luxembourgish modern jazz musician ( tenor , soprano , alto saxophone , flute , brasswalker , composition ).

Bender first studied at the Luxembourg Conservatory; He continued his studies at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg and the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Erwin Vann and Steve Houben , in order to study jazz saxophone and composition at the Musikhochschule Köln with Wolfgang Engstfeld and Frank Reinshagen from 2006 . He led his own quartet , with which he released three albums by 2014, and also a big band . He also worked with Dee Dee Bridgewater , George Duke , Lalo Schifrin , David Binney , Pascal Schumacher , Erwin Vann, Jeff Herr, Andy Haderer , Heiner Wiberny , Pablo Held , Jonas Burgwinkel and Philipp van Endert .

Prizes and awards

In 2007 Bender won the Luxembourg Elie Music Award ; in the same year was nominated for the European jazz prize Eurodjango as "New Talent". In 2008 he won the composition prize at the Tremplin Jazz jazz festival in Avignon.

Discographic notes

Path of Decision (Laborie Jazz 2013; with Simon Seidl , Oliver Lutz , Silvio Morger )
Follow the Eye (Jazzsick 2010; with Sebastian Sternal , Markus Braun , Silvio Morger)
Maxime Bender Orchestra Fellowship (Jazzsick 2010; with Filippa Gojo , Volker Deglmann, Menzel Mutzke , Lennart Schnitzler, Christian Winninghof, Tim Daemen, Max von Eine , Felix Fromm, Tobias Wember , Matthias Schuller , Jan Schreiner , Christoph Moschberger, Matthias Knoop , Christoph Möckel , Malte Dürrschnabel , Maximilian Jagow, Sebastian Degen, Heiko Bidmon , Riaz Khabirpour , Sebastian Sternal, Pablo Held , Markus Braun, Silvio Morger, Jonas Burgwinkel , Lukas Meile, as well as Donny McCaslin , Frederik Köster , Marshall Gilkes , Tobias Christl , Kathrin Scheer )
Open Range (Jazzsick 2007; with David Binney , Jens Böckamp , Kathrin Scheer, Riaz Khabirpour, Sebastian Sternal, Markus Braun, Silvio Morger)

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personal data
SURNAME	Bender, Maxime
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Luxembourgish jazz musician (saxophone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ettelbruck