Thomas Stahr

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Thomas Stahr is a German bassist and composer , "who demonstrates competence in both classical and jazz."

Live and act

Thomas Stahr started playing the electric bass at the age of 14 and a short time later the double bass . He studied classical double bass at the Cologne University of Music , a. a. with Wolfgang Güttler . He passed his artistic maturity examination in 1986 "with distinction", and in 1989 his concert exam followed.

Between 1987 and 1991 he was a lecturer for electric bass and jazz double bass at the Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne . He has been a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra since 1991 . He lives in Leipzig .

Stahr played in several big bands, the German Philharmonic Big Band , Cologne Big Band, Leipzig Big Band and the LeipJAZZig-Orkester under the direction of Stephan König . Since 1998 he has been working in the New Leipzig Jazz Trio with Wolfram Dix and singer Sabine Helmbold, with whom he released a CD in 2000 and also performed in Tunisia in 2002. He has performed with Nigel Kennedy , Ron Williams , Thomas Freitag and Jiggs Wigham , among others .

Stahr plays in the König Trio with Stephan König on piano and Wieland Götze on drums; In this trio he presented the album Bach in Jazz (Rondeau, 2012) with Martin Petzold . He can also be heard on albums with Claude Chalhoub .

He is also a lecturer for electric bass and jazz double bass at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wolfram Dix: The journey of the Saxon drummer: retrospectives and insights between makers, Peitz and Nanjing. Norderstedt 2010, p. 112.
  2. ↑ Gewandhaus Orchestra
  3. ↑ http://mozartfest-sachsen.de/kuenstler/thomas-starr/
  4. ↑ Bach in Jazz
personal data
SURNAME Stahr, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bass player and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century