Michael Kahr

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Michael Kahr (born February 15, 1975 in Bruck an der Mur ) is an Austrian jazz pianist , composer / arranger and musicologist .

Career

Kahr grew up in a musical family and first received lessons on the recorder and then learned to trumpet . Since 1985 he has received classical piano lessons. Between 1993 and 1998 he studied jazz trumpet at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz to graduate with a diploma. Since 1997 he has been studying jazz piano at the same university. After completing his undergraduate studies, he completed postgraduate studies with John Taylor and Bill Dobbins at the Cologne University of Music until 2001 and at Sydney University with Mike Nock and Bill Motzing from 2002 to 2004 .

Since 2000 he worked as a freelance musician. In 2005 he was resident at Betty Carter's Jazzahead in Washington DC. He had performances in Austria, Germany, England, France, Spain, Slovenia, Cyprus, Croatia, Hungary and Poland, Serbia, the USA, in China (Shanghai, Hangzhou), in Iran , in Australia and Africa (Senegal, Egypt). In 2010 he obtained his dissertation with the thesis Aspects of Context and Harmony in the Music of Clare Fischer at Sydney University. In 2011 he received the Morroe Berger - Benny Carter Jazz Research Award .

Since 2006 he has worked as a senior lecturer at the Institute for Jazz and since 2011 as a post-doc at the Institute for Jazz Research at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. Since 2018 he has been Dean of the Faculty of Music and Head of Master’s Studies at the Jam Music Lab Private University for Jazz and Popular Music Vienna . Further teaching assignments at the University of Vienna (Institute for Musicology, 2013, 2016/17), Paris-Lodron University Salzburg (2018, 2019) and Sydney University (2003/4). From 2011 to 2013 he worked as a postdoc in the FWF-PEEK research project Jazz & the City: Identity of a Capital of Jazz (AR 86 G21). Kahr has been a board member of the International Society for Jazz Research and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal for Jazz Education in Research and Practice since 2018. His monograph Jazz & the City. Jazz in Graz from 1965 to 2015 (Graz: Leykam 2016) was awarded the Erzherzog-Johann-Forschungspreis 2018.

He gave concerts with Ed Thigpen , Gary Foster , Dusko Goykovich , Bobby Shew , Michael Abene , Karlheinz Miklin , Jay Clayton , Winard Harper , Mark Murphy , Wayne Darling , Árni Egilsson , Dick Oatts , John Riley , Jazz Big Band Graz , Big Band Süd, Rondo Vienna, Richard Oesterreicher , Ines Dominik-Reiger , Nadine Beiler, Hansi Lang , Frank Hoffmann and Lisbeth Bischoff.

Appearances took place at the Jazzfestival Wiesen (Austria), Musikforum Viktring (Austria), Jazzfestival Leibnitz (Austria), Jazzfestival St. Louis (Senegal), Fete de la Musique (Paris), International Fajr Festival (Tehran), at Austrian cultural forums (Tehran, Washington DC and Zagreb) as well as in concert halls and jazz clubs such as Porgy & Bess (Vienna), Orpheum (Graz), UMO Jazz Club (Helsinki), Basement (Sydney), Kennedy Center (Washington DC), JZ Club (Shanghai and Hangzhou), Roudaki Hall (Tehran Opera House), Cadogan Hall (London), Centennial Center (Vancouver).

Fonts

Books

  • Jazz & the City. Jazz in Graz from 1965 to 2015 (Graz: Leykam 2016), 2nd edition as City of Jazz. Jazz in Graz from 1965 to 2015 (Graz: Leykam 2018).

Selected Articles (Peer Reviewed)

  • Transcultural Transformations: Dimitri Shostakovich and Clare Fischer . In: Problemy Muzikal'noi Nauki , No. 2, pp. 39–47, 2009
  • Upper Styrian Big Band Folk - Exploring Local Authenticity and Identity in Jazz . In: Journal for Artistic Research, 2013, doi: 10.22501 / jar.21732 .
  • Artistic research in the field of jazz and popular music at the Art University Graz . In: Journal for University Development ZfHE 10.1, pp. 39–51, 2015, doi: 10.3217 / zfhe-10-01 / 03 .
  • Jazz in Graz from 1965 to 2015 . in: Historical yearbook of the city of Graz (H 48, year 2018), pp. 435–451, 2018
  • The Jazz Institutes in Graz: Pioneer in Academic Jazz and their Impact on Local Identity . In: European Journal of Musicology 16.1, pp. 45–59, 2018
  • Chromatic Harmony in the Music of Herbie Hancock and Clare Fischer . In: Jazzforschung / Jazz Research 46, pp. 73–90, 2018

Selected book chapters and other articles

  • Current Tendencies in Jazz Theory . In: Jazzforschung / Jazz Research, No. 40, pp. 113–124, 2008
  • Announcement of the First International Clare Fischer Symposium . In: Jazz Research News, No. 34, pp. 1628-1630, 2010
  • Project presentation: Jazz & the City. In: Jazz Research News, No. 39, pp. 1852-1854, 2011
  • with Christa Bruckner-Haring: Jazzwerkstatt Graz: A Young Austrian Jazz Initiative . In: Jazz Research Journal 5.1 / 2, pp. 176–186, 2011
  • Conference Report, Part II: 'Rhythm Changes II: Rethinking Jazz Cultures, Salford (UK), April 11-14 . In: Jazz Research News, No. 44, pp. 2072-2074, 2013
  • Jazz composition: theory and practice . In: Matthias Schlothfeldt, Markus Roth (eds.): Music theory and composition (= Folkwang Studies 15), pp. 307–314, 2015
  • with Christa Bruckner-Haring: Jazznetworks in Austria: The Jazzwerkstatt Initiative . In: Tony Whyton, Nicholas Gebhardt (Eds.): The Cultural Politics of Jazz Collectives: This Is Our Music. , Pp. 177-196, Routledge 2015
  • Conference Report: »14th Darmstadt Jazzforum; ›Gender and Identity in Jazz‹ «, Darmstadt (Germany), October 1–4, 2015 . In: Jazz Research News, No. 48, pp. 2260–2263, 2015
  • Historical development of the Institute for Jazz . In: 50 Years Institute Jazz / Art Uni Graz , 2015
  • Chromaticism and Identity in the Music of Clare Fischer . In: Wolfram Knauer (Ed.): Darmstädter Contributions to Jazz Research , No. 14, pp. 71–84, Wolke Verlag 2016
  • 50 Years of Academic Jazz in Central Europe: Musicological and Artistic Research Perspectives in a Case Study of Local Jazz History in Graz . In: Haftor Medbøe, Zack Moir and Chris Atton (eds.): Continental Drift. 50 Years of Jazz from Europe , pp. 57-65, Edinburgh Napier University 2017
  • On the musical development of modern jazz in Graz (1953–1955) . In: Christian Glanz and Manfred Permoser (eds.): Announcements 2016. Studies on Austrian popular music in the 20th century (Wiener Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft). Pp. 161–176, Hollitzer Verlag 2017
  • Artistic Research in Jazz: A Case Study and Potential Developments . In: Mine Dogantan-Dack, John Dack (Eds.): Music and Sonic Arts: Theories and Practice , pp. 184–199, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018
  • On the historical development of German-language jazz research. Scientific and cultural-historical framework conditions in the city of Graz . In: Martin Pfleiderer , Wolf-Georg Zaddach (ed.): Jazz research today. Topics, methods, perspectives , pp. 261–282, Edition Emvas, Berlin, 2019

Discography (selection)

  • 1995: Trijok, Spring , A-Jok Records 11570394, - tp.
  • 2000: Sound debuts, The Dukebox , KUG 17, - arr., P.
  • 2000: Faton M. Macula, I Remember You , MGR 98002-2, - comp., Arr., P.
  • 2001: Karlheinz Miklin, Quinteto Argentina & KUG Big Band - Linda, TCB 21232, tp.
  • 2002: Michael Kahr Quartet, Stories , Mr.D. Music 4029661023148 ​​- comp., Arr., P., Tp.
  • 2003: Black Coffe Chapter 6, Feed your Soul , Ecco Chamber EC 3112 - comp., Arr., P.
  • 2003: Heidi Krenn Quartet, Austrian Young Lions, Universal Music 980865-4 - p.
  • 2005: m & m, m & m , MM Records 01 (2005) - comp., Arr., P.
  • 2008: missImister, Bittersweet, Cracked Anegg Records KEG LC 09587 - comp., Arr., P.
  • 2011: High Styria Big Band, Upper Styrian Big Band Folk , Manus - comp., Arr., P.
  • 2011: Rondo Vienna, Strong Enough , Preiser Records - arr., P.
  • 2013: Rondo Vienna, 3 , Preiser Records 91247 (2013) - p.
  • 2014: Dorothea Jaburek, Mei own Wöd , Firmamendt Records fm 002 - arr., P.
  • 2015: SaxallegrO, Freequencies , Barnette - comp.
  • 2016: Michael Kahr, Jazz & the City (and me ...) , Alessa Records ALR 1047 - comp., Arr., P.
  • 2017: Dorothea Jaburek, Sweet Secrets , Alessa Records 1062 - comp., Arr., P.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michael Kahr. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
  2. ^ Kultur-Land Steiermark, A09 Culture: Professor of Jazz with his own understanding of time. Retrieved July 12, 2019 .
  3. ^ Rutgers IJS Announces Berger - Carter Jazz Research Awards. November 2, 2011, accessed July 7, 2019 .
  4. ^ Jazz and the City. Retrieved on July 7, 2019 (German).
  5. ^ Board of Directors - International Society for Jazz Research. Retrieved on July 7, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ Editorial Team | Jazz Education in Research and Practice. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
  7. ^ Wissenschaft-Land Steiermark, Eva Kness: Research Awards of the State of Styria. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Event information
  9. ↑ Michael Kahr | University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz (Austria) - Academia.edu. Retrieved July 7, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Ö3 Jazz Night
  11. ↑ European Musicology Journal -. Retrieved on July 12, 2019 (German).
  12. ↑ Wolf-Georg Zaddach, Martin Pfleiderer: Jazz research today . May 10, 2019 ( uni-weimar.de [accessed July 12, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Kahr, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz musician and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH 15th February 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruck an der Mur