Mic Oechsner

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"Fast Strings" - Mic Oechsner at Kastenwirt Grafing

Mic Oechsner (* 1956 in Munich ) is a German composer and violinist of modern jazz and ethnic jazz .

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Oechsner was trained at the Musisches Gymnasium in his hometown. In addition, the violinist studied with W. Gieron and composition with the Bialas student I. Gambarde. In 1978 his first work, a classical string trio, was performed. He increasingly turned to jazz, where he was initially strongly influenced by gypsy jazz . After taking a few jazz courses, he studied at Berklee College of Music and began teaching in 1982 at the Free Music Center in Munich. Pianist Paul Grabowsky played in his jazz quartet . In addition, he (like Sigi Busch ) worked in the group Zupfgeigenhansel . He played with Hans Koller and Karl Berger in Jürgen Wuchner's group "String Project". In 1990 he founded the "Münchner Violin Summit" with Jörg Widmoser and Hannes Beckmann . With the Sinti guitarists Khaki and Traubeli Weiss he formed the “Oechsner / Weiss Ensemble”. The group "Nunu!", Which he co-founded in 1993, deals more intensively with a jazzy Klezmer variant . In addition to the groups mentioned, Oechsner also performs in a duo with his son, the guitarist Gidon Oechsner. In the group Grappellissimo he plays with Joschi Schneeberger and Striglo Stöger, later with Diknu Schneeberger .

Mic Oechsner, who also toured in Hungary, Israel and France, had lived in Idolsberg ( Lower Austria ) since the late 1990s , where he organized the Idolsberg Music Summer . He also composes; so he wrote the five-part jazz sinfonietta "Le Cri de la Renarde" on behalf of the French government. He has lived in Vienna since 2005, where he appeared at the State Treaty ceremony in 2005 with Harri Stojka . In 2006 Oechsner founded “Alternative Strings” in Vienna, a teaching institute for strings in popular music, where since 2007 full courses have been offered. In 2011 he moved to Kirchberg am Wechsel in southern Lower Austria , where he set up his recording studio, composed and taught in the Raach Seminar Center.

Oechsner is the great-great-grandson of Michael Öchsner , the author of the Bavarian anthem .

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SURNAME Oechsner, Mic
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz violinist
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich