Sibylle Pomorin
Sibylle Pomorin (born February 16, 1956 in Altoberndorf ) is a German jazz musician and composer .
Life
Between 1975 and 1980, Pomorin studied saxophone and flute at the Detmold- Münster University of Music . At the same time she played in chamber ensembles, her jazz quartet and the women's big band Reichlich Female , for which she also composed. From 1984 to 1985, she supplemented her studies with composition lessons with Ernst Bechert and in the following years with courses and seminars with Dieter Schnebel , John Tchicai , Alice Shields and Eliane Radigue .
Since 1983 she has worked with musicians such as B. Joëlle Léandre , William Parker , Peter Brötzmann , Maggie Nicols , Tom Cora and Conny Bauer . She has initiated various band projects, such as Auguries of Speed with u. a. Terry Jenoure , Herb Robertson , Annie Whitehead , Christy Doran and Kim Clarke .
She has lived in Berlin as a freelance musician and composer since 1986. During a long study trip to Istanbul she dealt intensively with traditional oriental music and its instruments ud , kanun and tanbur .
She received composition commissions from the WDR , Berlin Senate, the Donaueschinger Musiktage , the Berlin women's music festival Was ihr wollt and for her epic jazz opera Der Gedichtemacher . Her work currently focuses on chamber music and electro-acoustic compositions as well as radio audio pieces (e.g. Prayer for the Sun before Traveling ).
In 1988 she was awarded the SWF Jazz Prize. After receiving further awards, in 1999 she won first prize at the Soundscapes voor 2000 international composition competition in the Netherlands.
Web links
- Works by and about Sibylle Pomorin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Web presence with discography and work directory
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pomorin, Sibylle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altoberndorf |