Sebastian Gramss

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Sebastian Gramss, 2018

Sebastian Gramss (born July 13, 1966 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German double bass player , cellist and composer of contemporary music and jazz . He is the ECHO prize winner in the double bass category 2013 + 2018.

Live and act

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Gramss had lessons in the class of Professor Ulrich Lau (Stuttgart); he then studied double bass and composition at the Amsterdam Conservatory and the Cologne University of Music . Since 1988 he has also worked as a composer for various ensembles. In addition, he wrote numerous radio plays, films and drama music. Since May 2009 he has been a lecturer for ensemble / improvisation and double bass at the Cologne University of Music and at the Institute for Music Osnabrück .

In 1993, Gramss with guitarist Frank Wingold , saxophonist Lömsch Lehmann , drummer Dirk-Peter Kölsch and trombonist Nils Wogram the group Underkarl . He is also u. a. Regular member of the following ensembles: OIRTRIO (with Frank Gratkowski and Tatsuya Nakatani), Fossile3 (with Rudi Mahall ), Multiple Joy (ce) Orchestra , Scott Fields Freetett , in the Multibass Orchestra , Knom.T and Das mollsche Gesetz . As an instrumentalist, he works with musicians from the fields of new music, improvised music and jazz. a. Marilyn Crispell , Fred Frith , Tom Cora , Elliott Sharp , Peter Kowald , Taylor Ho Bynum , Zeena Parkins , Peter Brötzmann , Robert Dick , Karl Berger , Axel Dörner , Hannes Bauer , Heinz von Cramer , Terry Jenoure , Philip Zoubek , Hayden Chisholm and Marjana Sadowska . In recent years he has also initiated several double bass ensembles (in memory of Peter Kowald and Stefano Scodanibbio ) and the 50-piece bass orchestra bass crowd . He forms a double bass duo with Joëlle Léandre .

As a solo cellist, Gramss took part in the productions Klara's proportions (directed by Beat Fäh ) and Picasso (directed by Hans Kresnik ) at the Bonn theater . He wrote u. a. Music for Pina Bausch .

Prizes and awards

Gramss was a prizewinner at Jugend musiziert and received the ECHO Jazz in 2013 and 2018 in the jazz double bass category

Discography (selection)

Radio play and film music (selection)

  • Gods First Draft , radio play, 1989
  • Thoreau , radio play, 1991
  • Elvis , radio play, 1994
  • Underkarls Travels , radio play, 1999
  • 040 , film music, (Arte) 2000
  • Himmelsbraut , film music, (SWR) 2000
  • Ladies choice , radio play (Director: Heinz von Cramer ), 2001
  • Foam of the days , radio play, 2002
  • Agony , radio play, 2006
  • Belli , (Director: Heinz von Cramer), 2007
  • Hebdomeros , radio play (Director: Heinz von Cramer), 2007

Web links

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