Piano meets vibes
Piano meets Vibes is an acoustic duo with the instrumentation piano , vibraphone and marimba .
history
The duo was founded in 1989 by the pianist Jens Schliecker and the drummer Nils Rohwer . Musically, the artists move in an independent narrative sound language between jazz , classical , folk and minimal music .
In 1991 and 1994 the duo received the first prize of the "Jazz Podium Schleswig-Holstein". In 2007 Piano meets Vibes was awarded 1st prize in the composition competition of the Classical Marimba League (USA). In 2009 Piano meets Vibes received the North German Culture Prize for the entire work.
Piano meets Vibes gave concerts in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and performed at the JazzBaltica festivals , the Hamburg Jazzfest, and the Aarhus International Jazzfestival . Since 1999 Piano meets Vibes has been a guest with self-composed music for the movies Metropolis, Mikrokosmos, Menschen am Sonntag, Pest in Florence, Balance live as part of tours in German cinemas and at film festivals, etc. a. the Berlinale . Jens Schliecker and Nils Rohwer have also appeared as composers of film music for cinema and TV since 1999. The compositions of Piano meets Vibes are used internationally as sheet music.
Most important concert appearances
- Opening concert of "Jazz Baltica" - 1994 and 2000 in the main program
- Concert at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in 1996, 1999 and 2003
- Concert at the Jazzfest Hamburg (Fabrik) 1996
- 1999 Anniversary concert 10 years Piano meets Vibes with the Indian musician Pritam Singh (tabla & percussion)
- World premiere of the first own orchestral work in Kiel Castle (1999)
- two concerts at the BERLINALE 2001
- Concert for music BIENNALE Berlin 2002 in the Konzerthaus Berlin (large hall)
- Cinema tours for the films Metropolis and Mikrokosmos (2001-05)
- 2009 anniversary concert 20 years Piano meets Vibes in the Kiel Castle with guests Igor Vilenski (piano) and Irina Ignatova (piano)
- June 2011 Weilburg Palace Concert
- September 2011 several concerts as "special guests" at the International Marimba Festival in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, with the world premiere of a new orchestral work
- February / March 2012: "Musica y Alegria" tour through Schleswig-Holstein with the Mexican marimba virtuoso Javier Nandayapa
CDs
- 1994: Piano meets Vibes
- 1996: Duo Fantasy
- 2000: Pictures from a journey
- 2008: Morning Clouds
- 2017: dream goers
Web links
- Piano meets Vibes website
- Website of Jens Schliecker, the pianist of Piano meets Vibes
- Website of Nils Rohwer, the percussionist of Piano meets Vibes