Philipp Gropper

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Philipp Gropper
(Aarhus, Denmark, 2016)

Philipp Gropper (* 1978 in West Berlin ) is a German composer and saxophonist of jazz and modern creative styles.

Live and act

Gropper studied jazz from 1999 to 2006 with Jerry Granelli , Peter Less and David Friedman at the Berlin University of the Arts . He played in the Federal Jazz Orchestra from 2000 to 2002 under the direction of Peter Herbolzheimer , where he was the first tenor saxophonist in the concert line-up.

Gropper's own formations are Hyperactive Kid with Ronny Graupe and Christian Lillinger , Philipp Gropper's Philm (founded 2011) with Elias Stemeseder , Andreas Lang and Oliver Steidle and TAU (founded 2013) with Philip Zoubek , Petter Eldh and Julian Sartorius . He is also a member of the following bands: European Movement Jazz Orchestra , FUSK , Kathrin Pechlof Sextett , Uwe Steinmetz Stream Ensemble , Tobias Backhaus 6 , Clave Azul , Chimaira and Pablo Held 's Glow .

Since 2008 he has been a member of the Berlin Jazz Collective. From August 2013 to March 2014 he received a scholarship from the Bartels Fondation in Basel.

Discographic notes

  • Sonne (2005, WhyPlayJazz ) with Christian Lillinger , Johannes Fink , Carsten Daerr
  • Hyperactive Kid (2006, Shoebill Music) with Christian Lillinger, Ronny Graupe
  • Hyperactive Kid: 3rd (2008, Jazzwerkstatt) with Christian Lillinger, Ronny Graupe
  • Mads La Cour Mads à la Cour (2008, Stunt Records) with Håvard Wiik , Andreas Lang, Kresten Osgood
  • Fusk (2011, WhyPlayJazz) with Rudi Mahall , Andreas Lang, Kasper Tom Christiansen
  • EMJO live in Coimbra (2011, Clean Feed) with Jure Pukl , Kaja Drachsler, Matthias Schriefl, Tobi Backhaus u. a.
  • Philipp Gropper's Philm: Licht (2012, WhyPlayJazz) with Håvard Wiik, Andreas Lang and Oliver Steidle
  • Hyperactive Kid: 10 Year Anniversary Live (2015, WhyPlayJazz) with Christian Lillinger, Ronny Graupe
  • Philipp Gropper's Philm: The Mandman of Naranam (2015, WhyPlayJazz) with Elias Stemeseder, Andreas Lang and Oliver Steidle
  • Philipp Gropper's Philm: Live at Bimhuis (2018, WhyPlayJazz)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography and discography at the Bundesjugendjazzorchester  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / projekte.musikrat.de  
  2. ↑ Philipp Gropper ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Jazzkollektiv Berlin @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazzkollektiv.de
  3. ↑ Foundation for the small Marktgräflerhof ( memento of the original from October 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.markgraeflerhof.ch
personal data
SURNAME Gropper, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin