Stefan Werni
Stefan Werni (* 1967 in Herten ) is a German double bass player and composer of electroacoustic music .
Live and act
Werni began a classical music education in 1989 at the Cologne University of Music . Since then he has been working with musicians and groups from the fields of jazz , new music and electronic music . In 1987 he toured Israel with Eckard Koltermann and performed with groups such as Collage 12 (with Eckard Koltermann, Reiner Winterschladen , Stefan Bauer and Simon Nabatov ), The Last Chamber Ensemble (with Christoph Hillmann and Andreas Wahl ) and Trio Infernal - Die gute Band (with Christian Jendreiko and Hans Kanty) at concerts and tours as well as radio recordings at home and abroad.
Since 1988 he has been a member of the trio Take Nat (with Manfred Billmann and Manfred Portugall ) and Take Nat plus one (with Billmann, Portugall and Herwig Barthes ). As a jazz musician, he also played with Sheila Jordan , Charlie Mariano , Lee Konitz , Bill Elgart , Tony Scott and also gave concerts at the Leipzig Jazz Days , the Jazz Festival Viersen , in the Olympiapark Atlanta / USA and in the Townhall Akkon / Israel.
He can also be seen in television productions and was involved in theater music at the Moers Castle Theater and the Bochum Theater .
Since 2002 Stefan Werni has been working as an instrumentalist and composer in the project Werni & Jendreiko (with Christian Jendreiko and Ralf Skubowius), increasingly with electroacoustic room music, sound design and 64-channel live processing.
Discography
- (with Christian Jendreiko and Hans Kanty :) Trio Infernal - The good band. Gray area Recklinghausen, 1998
- (with Christian Jendreiko and Hans Kanty :) Trio Infernal - The good band. ZAuF Studio Marl, 2000
- (with Manfred Billmann and Manfred Portugall :) Take Nat: The Music of Nat King Cole , 2001; DNB 357878469
- (with Achim Kämper and Manfred Billmann as guest musician :) Mothership: Misterioso , 2002
- (with Stephan Mattner , Michael Peters and Jona Kümper :) Stephan Mattner Quartet: Mattnerhorn , 2003
- (with Hans-Joachim Heßler and Klaus Wallmeier :) Trio Heßler / Werni / Wallmeier: Tanz auf dem Vulkan , 2006; DNB 360216978
- (with Stefan Michalke and following :) Sabine Kühlich & Sheila Jordan : Two Generations of Singers , 2006
- (with Christian Jendreiko and Hans-Joachim Heßler :) DA CD, Dortmund 2008; DNB 360217001
- (with Christian Jendreiko :) Werni & Jendreiko. CD, Dortmund 2008; DNB 999953486
- (with Hartmut Kracht , and Patrick Hengst :) Hartmut Kracht Trio: Hommage 2010 (Jazzsick Records); DNB 1002118174
- (with Manfred Billmann and Peter Baumgärtner :) Billmen: Smooth Road 2010 ( yvp music )
- (with Hans-Joachim Heßler :) Continuum contra punctum. NonEM, Duisburg 2010; DNB 999953621
- (with Sven Bergmann , Bill Elgart and Tom Arthurs :) Sven Bergmann Quartet: Seasons , 2011 (Wunderbar records)
- (with Sven Bergmann, Bill Elgart and Matthias Bergmann :) Sven Bergmann Quartet: Upstream , 2014 (Wunderbar records)
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Werni, Stefan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German double bass player and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Herten |