Sebastian Schunke

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Sebastian Schunke (born May 16, 1973 in Göttingen ) is a German jazz pianist , composer and lawyer . He is considered an "important innovator" of Latin jazz .

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Schunke first studied law at the University of Göttingen . After graduating, he moved to New York, where he wanted to do a law internship. There the classically trained pianist became increasingly interested in Afro-Cuban rhythms and studied jazz piano at the Manhattan School of Music . After moving to Berlin, he graduated in jazz piano from the Hanns Eisler Music Academy . His teachers included Garry Dial , Hilton Ruiz , Sonny Bravo and Alan Gampel.

Schunke won the jazz prize of the Berlin Senate four times and released albums on the Timba-Records international, Connector-Records and NWog Records label. On his first CD Symbiosis , Schunke created a Euro-Latin style in 2000, which moves on the borderline between modern European jazz and American Latin jazz . Antonio Sánchez , Dafnis Prieto , John Benitez, Richie Flores, Yosvany Terry and Peter Brainin accompany him on the Symbiosis CD . On the following records, Mouvement (2004) and Vida Pura (2007), Schunke worked with the European artists Felipe Cabrera (formerly bassist of Gonzalo Rubalcaba ), Mario Marejon El Indio, Lukmil Perez, Chris Dahlgren and the Cuban singer Olvido Ruiz Castellanos . In 2008 the collaboration with Paquito D'Rivera led to the recording of the CD Back in New York . In 2011 he recorded the CD Life and Death with his Berlin quartet (released in 2014). On the Genesis CD . Mystery and Magic brings together its sextet of musicians from Germany, Austria, Russia, Uruguay and Curacao. On the CD Elusive Beauty (2018), Schunke alienates his Euro-Latin style even further by increasingly incorporating elements of new music of the 21st century, especially the European avant-garde, thus establishing the "Fourth Stream" based on Gunther Schuller.

In 2004 Schunke accompanied the German Federal President Horst Köhler as a musical representative on his first trip abroad to Africa . In addition, Schunke has given concerts with his projects in Latin America, China, Europe and the USA. Schunke lives in Berlin and New York and teaches at the Jazz Institute Berlin and the Berlin School of Economics and Law . He was also visiting professor for jazz and composition at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago de Chile. In addition to his musical work, he has written several publications on the topics of music business and music law.

Discographic notes

  • Symbiosis , featuring Antonio Sánchez , Richie Flores, John Benitez, Dafnis Prieto, Yosvany Terry and Peter Brainin, 2002
  • Mouvement , featuring Felipe Cabrera, Lukmil Perez, Peter Brainin, Anders Nilsson, Michael Haves, El Indio, Olvido Ruiz, Orlando Poleo, 2004
  • Vida Pura , featuring Olvido Ruiz, Felipe Cabrera, Lukmil Perez, Chris Dahlgren , Dan Freeman, Michael Haves, El Indio, 2007
  • Back in New York , with Paquito D'Rivera , Antonio Sanchez, John Benitez, Pernell Saturnino, Anders Nilsson, 2008
  • Life and Death , with Pernell Saturnino, Dan Freeman, Diego Piñera and Marcel Kroemker, 2011
  • Genesis. Mystery and Magic , with Alex Sipiagin , Nils Wogram , Hans Glawischnig , Pernell Saturnino and Diego Piñera, 2014
  • Elusive Beauty , with Diego Pinera, Benjamin Weidekamp, ​​Yodfat Miron and Boram Lie, 2018

Fonts

  • with Artur Wandtke: Uniform licensing of ring tones - a legal necessity? In: UFITA. 2007, pp. 61-86.
  • The right to edit music and how it is exercised by GEMA. Dissertation. Humboldt University 2007. De Gruyter, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-89949-476-1 .
  • Music law in media law. Practical Guide. Ed. Artur Wandtke. De Gruyter, Berlin 2008/2. 2011 edition.
  • Co-author in Artur Wandtke: Copyright. De Gruyter, Berlin 2009/2. Edition 2010/3. Edition 2012/4. 2013 edition
  • Co-author in Artur Wandtke: Case Law on Copyright De Gruyter, Berlin 2011.
  • The barrier regulations in copyright law on the test stand , published by Bullinger / Grunert / Ohst / Wöhrn, FS for Wandtke, De Gruyter, Berlin 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genesis Review . Mystery and Magic (Rondo)
  2. ↑ Review Back in New York (Rondo)
  3. ^ Discussion of Genesis. Mystery and Magic (Jazzthing)
  4. ↑ Sebastian Schunke | Diego Pinera Release New Album: Elusive Beauty - Latin Jazz Network . In: Latin Jazz Network . October 2, 2018 ( latinjazznet.com [accessed October 2, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Schunke, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz pianist, composer and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Goettingen