Sascha Stiehler
Sascha Stiehler (born January 27, 1988 in Zwickau ) is a German pianist and composer.
Life
At the age of six Sascha Stiehler received his first classical piano lessons, from the age of 14 he started with jazz piano. From 1998 to 2006 he attended the “Clara-Wieck” music specialty school in Zwickau. Between 2004 and 2006 he was a member of the State Youth Jazz Orchestra of Saxony. In 2005 he successfully took part in the national youth jazz competition.
From 2004 to 2006 Stiehler was a junior promotional class student at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig . From 2006 to 2013 he completed his studies in jazz piano with Richie Beirach .
In 2007 Sascha Stiehler founded the quartet "Change Request" with saxophonist Antonio Lucaciu , drummer Jan Roth and bassist Matthias Eichhorn . Together with Antonio Lucaciu, Robert Lucaciu and the Jazzclub Leipzig eV, he leads and initiated the “Liveclub Telegraph” in Leipzig in 2010. In the same year he founded the Egolaut music label with Antonio and Robert Lucaciu . Since 2009 he has been a member of Evgeny Ring's quartet . In 2011 he played with Norman Sinn to support Herbert Grönemeyer's tour .
Since 2011, Sascha Stiehler, together with Antonio Lucaciu, the Saxon Music Council and the State Music Academy of Saxony, has been initiating the annual workshop "Jazz and improvised music" for young musical talents from Central Germany.
In April 2012 the duo Stiehler / Lucaciu released the album "Clara Park". The subsequent “Duo meets friends” tour with over 30 concerts was organized exclusively by fans after a call from the band. In May of the same year Sascha Stiehler was artistic director of the 13th Greizer Jazzwerk together with Antonio Lucaciu, Robert Lucaciu and Cornelius Häschel.
In 2013, together with Antonio Lucaciu, Sascha Stiehler composed the work “As much you need” for string ensemble, choir, percussion, piano and saxophone on behalf of the 34th German Evangelical Church Congress . The world premiere at the Inner Alster and the port basin in Hamburg on May 1, 2013 saw over 250,000 people. At the same time, the work was released on the Egolaut music label as a single CD.
On October 1st, 2013 the duo Stiehler / Lucaciu released the album “Kompott geht immer” and went on a two-month tour through Germany.
In spring 2014 he and Antonio Lucaciu initiated an artists' house in the Plagwitz district of Leipzig. In autumn 2014, the “Duo goes through” tour followed with the Duo Stiehler / Lucaciu. Then Sascha Stiehler went on tour with the band Hundreds.
Since 2015 he has been the musical director of the winner of the fourth season of "The Voice of Germany", Charley Ann Schmutzler.
In 2016 he founded the five-piece pop band "Egolaut" together with Antonio Lucaciu. Together with Charley Ann Schmutzler and Egolaut, he went on a tour of Germany in May 2016.
A tour of Russia followed in autumn 2016 with the Evgeny Ring Quartet.
On April 21, 2017 Egolaut released the first EP "No resistance, only heat".
Sascha Stiehler has been married to the photographer Sandra Ludewig since 2016. Together they photograph concerts and tours by artists such as Helene Fischer, Roland Kaiser and Ina Müller.
Honourings and prices
- 2005 State Minister Prize of the Free State of Saxony with the formation "Jazzodron"
- 2008 International Jazz Prize Straubing
- 2009 Leipzig Jazz Young Talent Award (together with his duo partner Antonio Lucaciu)
- 2009 Prize of the Hans and Eugenia Jütting Foundation Stendal Jütting Foundation in Stendal promotes young musical talent (German Music Information Center November 24, 2009)
- 2009 2nd prize with the Evgeny Ring Quartet at the Burghausen International Jazz Prize
- 2010 second place at the Biberach Jazz Prize
- 2010 3rd prize with the Evgeny Ring Quartet at the Hoeillaart International Jazz Prize
Discographic notes
- Kaye Ree Endless Melody (Reevolution Music 2009)
- Change Request The tolerable lightness of being (Egolaut Records 2010)
- Duo Stiehler / Lucaciu Traumfresserchen (Egolaut 2010)
- Evgeny Ring Quartet Ya Tashus (Double Moon Records 2011)
- Norman Sinn What makes sense (Four Music 2011)
- Duo Stiehler / Lucaciu Clara Park (Egolaut 2012)
- Duo Stiehler / Lucaciu As Much You Need (Egolaut Records 2013)
- Max Prosa Rangoon (Columbia / Zughafen 2013)
- Dota Kehr Where Should I Look (2013)
- Duo Stiehler / Lucaciu Kompott always works (Egolaut 2013)
- Bertram Burkert The eye of the beholder (Egolaut Records 2013)
- Clueso Outskirts Lights (Text And Sound / Universal Music 2014)
- Clueso / Various Artist Für Hilde (Four Music 2015)
- Evgeny Ring Quartet feat. Bastian Ruppert Mesokosmos ( Unit Records 2015)
- Sleep Concert feat. Kosho - Fall asleep allowed (heartbeats 2016)
- Egolaut No resistance, only heat (EP, Egolaut 2017)
Web links
- Official website Egolaut
- Website Sandra Ludewig Photography
- Egolaut Records website
- Sascha Stiehler at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralf Dombrowski Leipzig: Bach's heirs Jazzthing July / August 2011
- ↑ Radio report on the opening of the Liveclub Telegraph, Radio Mephisto (April 8, 2010)
- ↑ Sascha Stiehler and the Leipzig music label EGOLAUT, Leipziger Internet Zeitung ( Memento from April 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (February 28, 2011)
- ↑ Article about their debut CD "Ya Tashus", Jazzthing (January 21, 2011)
- ↑ a b With brains and guts: Leipzig band Egolaut gives their live debut in the Moritzbastei Leipziger Volkszeitung , May 6, 2016
- ↑ Awarding of the Leipzig Jazz Young Talent Award ( Memento from June 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ NMZ about the winners of the Leipzig Jazz Young Talent Award of the Marion Ermer Foundation
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung on the award winners (April 24, 2010; PDF; 27 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stiehler, Sascha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwickau |