Roland Dahinden
Roland Dahinden (* 1962 in Zug , Switzerland ) is a Swiss trombonist and composer.
Live and act
Roland Dahinden studied trombone and composition at the Musikhochschule Graz ( Erich Kleinschuster and Georg Friedrich Haas ) at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole in Florence ( Vinko Globokar ) and at Wesleyan University , Connecticut, (with Anthony Braxton , Alvin Lucier ), where he Graduated with a Masters in 1994. Between 1998 and 2002 he completed his doctorate with Vic Hoyland at Birmingham University England . Between 1992 and 1995 he was assistant to Anthony Braxton and Alvin Lucier.
He is married to the pianist Hildegard Kleeb , father of two children Anna and Luisa and he teaches at the music school of the city of Zug in Switzerland.
Interpreter
As a trombonist, he focuses on new music and improvisation / jazz , concert tours have taken him through Europe to America and Asia.
Composers like Peter Ablinger , Maria de Alvear , Anthony Braxton, John Cage , Peter Hansen , Hauke Harder , Bernhard Lang , Joëlle Léandre , Alvin Lucier, Chris Newman , Pauline Oliveros , Hans Otte , Lars Sandberg , Wolfgang Schweinitz , Daniel James Wolf and Christian Wolff wrote works for him.
Since 1987 he has been playing in a duo with Hildegard Kleeb and together since 1992 in a trio with the violinist Dimitrios Polisoidis . In 1988 he recorded the album Rouge, Frisé et Acide ( Leo Records ) in a trio with Christoph Baumann and Jacques Siron . In 1989 the duo album Trombone Performance (Amadeo) was created with Christian Muthspiel .
composer
As a composer, he is particularly interested in interdisciplinary collaboration with visual artists such as Guido Baselgia , Andreas Brandt , Stéphane Brunner , Daniel Buren , Rudolf de Crignis , Philippe Deléglise , Inge Dick , Rainer Grodnick , Sol LeWitt , Lisa Schiess , the architects Morger & Degelo and the poet Eugen Gomringer .
His sound installations and sculptures are exhibited in Europe and America.
Awards
Dahinden was artist in residence several times (1989 at the A. Guthry Art Center, Monahan, Ireland, and 1997/1998 at the intermedia Spritzenhaus, Hamburg). In 1990 he received the London grant from the Zug cultural foundation Landis & Gyr, Zug. In 2003 he was awarded the "Werkjahr" prize of the cultural department of the Canton of Zug. His CD 'silberen' was voted 'Top Classical Albums of the Year 2004' by the culture journal The New Yorker .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | There, Roland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss trombonist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zug , Switzerland |