Sebastian Laverny

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Sebastian Laverny (* 1969 in Lübeck , real name Sebastian Hernández Tolon) is a Spanish conductor , composer and jazz pianist .

Live and act

As the son of the Spanish violin virtuoso Gustavo Hernández Laverny , Sebastian Laverny received classical music training at an early age (including Lübeck Knabenkantorei) and learned violin, viola (Gustavo Hernández Laverny), piano (Gotlinde Sudau) and conducting (Georg Kardos). Asmus Hess and Heinrich Poos gave him composition lessons . At the same time he discovered his interest in jazz and, inspired by Manhattan Transfer, founded the Vocal Jazz Ensemble . With Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue he made guest appearances as a young pianist in Copenhagen, Kiel and Flensburg in 1987. Further concert tours followed, including to Moscow, Montreal, Gothenburg and Madrid. In 1988 he began studying music at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Ingeborg Peukert (piano) and Carl August Bünte (conducting) and directed the symphony orchestra "Junge Ensemble Berlin". At the same time he made a name for himself in the Berlin jazz scene, receiving important impulses from his teacher Walter Norris .

After completing his diploma, Laverny decided to pursue a classical career and initially took up engagements in Linz and Bremen (solo repetitor at Theater Linz , deputy conductor of the Linz Singakademie ), (solo repetitor and Kapellmeister at Theater Bremen ). He also taught jazz piano at the Bremen University of the Arts .

In 1995 he came to the Trier Theater as choir director and Kapellmeister . Since 2001 he has been engaged as choir director and Kapellmeister at the State Theater Mainz . There he established the nationwide unique concert series "A winged opera choir" and was particularly active in the area of ​​cross-over with jazz symphonic projects. Since 2009 he has been touring Germany as a jazz pianist in the Sebastian Laverny Quartet, which also strives to reconcile classical and jazz. Laverny worked with Montserrat Caballé , Coco Schumann , Rick Abao , Oleg Berlin, Charly Antolini , Gerald Stütz, Götz Ommert , Mark Eitzel, Malte Schaefer and Hendrik Meurkens , among others . He also works as an arranger (Werder Bremen Big Band, State Orchestra Rheinische Philharmonie , Staatstheater Mainz, Bundesgartenschau Koblenz ), music lecturer and composer ( Schott Music ). CD recordings, television appearances ( NDR , SWR ) and radio recordings ( RBB , Deutschlandfunk , SWR4) document his work.

Works and recordings

Orchestral works

  • The elephant pup. An animal plan
  • Bluebeard's last wife. A crime one-act act

Chamber music

  • Wedding fugue for organ or piano
  • Fantastic fugue for 8 violas

Vocal works

  • Advent contemplation of the Virgin Mary for 4-part double choir and organ
  • Spider. Miniature story for soprano, baritone and double string quartet

Jazz compositions

  • Cupid de Diós
  • Boo Bee Blues
  • Boo Bee Jump
  • Casino Royal
  • Down the Creek
  • Drum battle
  • Flutterby
  • Come to the Caribbean with me
  • Miss Squirrel
  • Walking Through The Park

CD recordings

  • Sarema- The Rose of the Caucasus; Alexander von Zemlinsky with Karin Clark, Laszlo Lukas, Norbert Kleinhenn, Andreas Scheel, Juri Zinovenko, Nick Herbosch, Florian Simson, choir and extra choir of the Stadttheater Trier (rehearsal: Sebastian Laverny), Städtisches Orchester Trier under the direction of István Dénes. Koch International 1996.
  • Merry Christmas with the Odeon Jazz Quartet and the Swinging Voices under the direction of Sebastian Laverny. Leico 2000.
  • With the little train out into the country with the Odeon Jazz Quartet and the Swinging Voices under the direction of Sebastian Laverny. Leico 2002.
  • Jazz 2002 with the Odeon Jazz Quartet and the Swinging Voices under the direction of Sebastian Laverny. Leico 2002.
  • Evening rest. Selected choral works. Mozart, Verdi, Mendelssohn and more with Nina Berten and the Gesangverein Einigkeit Gustavsburg under the direction of Sebastian Laverny. Leico 2006.
  • The Elephant Pup - A Secret Animal Plan; Heidi Leenen with Stefan Kaminski, Rheinische Philharmonie State Orchestra under the direction of Sebastian Laverny. Schott Music GmbH & Co.KG 2010.

Awards

  • Scholarship holder of the Bayreuth Festival (1996)
  • 2nd prize in the Karlsberg Challenge Stuttgart (1999)

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personal data
SURNAME Laverny, Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hernández Tolon, Sebastian (real name); Hernandez-Laverny, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish conductor, composer and jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck