Philipp Gerschlauer

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Philipp Gerschlauer

Philipp Gerschlauer (born September 30, 1986 in Lich ) is a German alto saxophonist and composer .

Live and act

Gerschlauer grew up in Laubach and took saxophone lessons at the age of seven and piano lessons at the age of ten. From 2003 to 2007 he was a young student for classical saxophone at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main in the class of Achim Rinke-Bachmann.

Between 2004 and 2010 Gerschlauer was a member of the Landesjugendjazzorchester Hessen under the direction of Wolfgang Diefenbach (there he was involved in three albums).

From 2007 to 2009 he studied jazz saxophone at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz with Steffen Weber and Thomas Bachmann . In 2009 he moved to the Jazz Institute Berlin ( University of the Arts / Hanns Eisler ) to study with Peter Less . In 2012 he moved to New York City to attend the New York University with drummer Tony Moreno , saxophonist Chris Potter and vibraphonist Stefon Harris to study jazz saxophone in the master program, which he successfully completed, 2014.

In 2007 Gerschlauer founded the band Besaxung with Felix Roßkopf , Thomas Sauerborn and Oliver Lutz (for whom Reza Askari replaced in 2012 ). As a band leader he released the CDs "Besaxung" (2009), "Hotzenwald" (2011) and "Go!" With this band. (2014).

In 2010 he was sent by Deutschlandfunk to represent Germany to the European Jazz Orchestra , where he played under the direction of Tadej Tomšič.

In 2017 he released the CD "Microjazz - new eXpressionist music" with David Fiuczynski (with Jack DeJohnette , Matt Garrison and Giorgi Mikadze / RareNoise Records), to which he contributed most of the compositions. The recording received widespread international approval from critics and audiences and was voted number 2 of the best jazz albums of 2017 by " The New York City Jazz Record ".

In 2018 Philipp Gerschlauer broke new ground musically and began to learn the organ . Since then he has given concerts in which he accompanies himself on the organ while playing the saxophone and plays these instruments simultaneously. This resulted in his CD "Celestial Church Music" (2018).

Tours have taken him to Russia , Romania , Lithuania , Croatia , Japan , the USA , Vietnam , South Korea , the People's Republic of China , Poland , Denmark , Slovenia , the Czech Republic , Austria , Slovakia , Jordan , Syria , Palestine , Israel and Lebanon . He gives workshops and master classes at various universities.

Philipp Gerschlauer lives with his partner in Berlin and has a daughter.

music

In his musical work he deals with the compositional and improvisational possibilities of microtonal music . The merging of microtonal harmony and melody with groove are part of his work. This includes the use of a microtonal keyboard with which microtonal scales and sounds can be used in a jazz context. By publishing a microtonal fingering chart for alto saxophone, he significantly expanded the playing technique of the instrument. This table includes around 650 fingerings and with it over 128 tone steps can be realized on the instrument.

Awards and grants

2009: Winner of the national youth jazz competition with saxing , also a soloist award of the competition.

2010: Jazz Me award of the city of Heidelberg with taxation

2010-2014: Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation

2012-2014: International scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service ( DAAD )

2012-2014: Talent's Pool Scholarship from New York University

2020: Working grant from the German Study Center in Venice

Discographic notes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ deutschlandfunk.de
  2. ^ "In search of hidden notes" a movie about Philipp Gerschlauer (by Jakob Gengenbach). Accessed January 11, 2020 (German).
  3. ↑ What I do! (EPK)
  4. ↑ 128 notes per octave on Alto Saxophone - Philipp Gerschlauer. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ 128 notes per octave on Alto Saxophone - Philipp Gerschlauer. Accessed January 11, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Gerschlauer, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German saxophonist and composer of microtonal jazz music
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Lich