Thomas Friedlaender

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Thomas Friedlaender (* 1966 in Magdeburg ) is a German musician ( natural trumpet , zinc , trombone , percussion ) who has emerged in both early music and improvisational music.

Life

As a child, Friedlaender learned percussion instruments as an autodidact . Then he played the trumpet . He first studied modern trumpet at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden , and then worked in various orchestras.

He also dealt with jazz , free improvisation, electronic music and percussion. Since 1990 he discovered the early modern wind culture for zinc and trumpet. He studied zinc and historical improvisation at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig , then in Basel at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Bruce Dickey , Edward H. Tarr and Jean-François Madeuf , and later with William Dongois . He also took private percussion lessons and attended courses with Günter Baby Sommer , Glen Velez , Marko Lackner , Conny Bauer and Markus Stockhausen .

Friedländer founded various chamber music ensembles with which he performed over 20 programs of solo chamber music from different epochs and regions; In some programs he built a bridge to the music of the Orient and sounds of the present. He also performed concerts and recordings with renowned ensembles in the field of early music (such as the Dresdner Kammerchor , Camerata Lipsiensis, Musica Fiata, Lautten Compagney , Batzdorfer Hofkapelle , Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen ) and contemporary music ( MusikFabrik NRW , AuditivVokal etc.). invited.

With his interdisciplinary art project Dresdner Totentanz , Friedlaender has made the historical Dresden sandstone frieze of the same name come alive in new ways several times since 2001 (annually between 2011 and 2015) .

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SURNAME Friedlaender, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician (natural trumpet, zinc, trombone, percussion)
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg