Uli Soyka

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Uli Soyka (born October 1, 1964 in Vienna ) is an Austrian jazz musician (drums, percussion), composer, drum teacher and music label owner.

Live and act

As a child, Soyka played the flute for years before switching to drums. The trained goldsmith and engraver could no longer work for health reasons and switched to music. He initially studied for a year and a half at a university, but then gave up studying.

In 1998 Soyka founded the Pan Tau-X creative platform . That was also the founding hour of his own music label Pan Tau-X Records .

Soyka is a member of several ensembles. He plays in the Lila Lotus jazz ensemble with Henrik Hallberg, Magnus Bergström and Lorenz Raab . Sometimes Reinhard "Wurzl" Buchta is there too. In the improvisation quartet Erstkontakt he plays alongside Peter Ponger , Klaus Gesing and Hans Strasser. In 2012, in addition to Klaus Gesing, Peter Ponger, Kenny Wheeler , John Abercrombie , Paul Rogers and sound engineer Reinhard “Wurzl” Buchta can be heard in the line-up Erstkontakt on October 12, 2012 at the Vienna jazz club Porgy & Bess . In the trio Undetected he plays alongside Frank Schwimm and Raphael Preuschl . He has already released 13 CDs (as of 2008) through his label .

Soyka also plays in the formation Undetected + . Included are Klaus Dick Bauer , Uli Rennert , Frank Schwinn and Raphael Preuschl.

In February 2007 Soyka played the music at the literature reading in the city district by the Austrian authors Dagmar Fischer and Rudolf Kraus . In 2012 he worked with Peter Ponger and author Bernhard Saupe in the Lost & Found concert series at Porgy & Bess. 2007, from founded Romania originating Claudia Cervenca together with Uli Soyka and Karl Sayer Group Troica . The group won the main prize of the Austrian World Music Awards 2007 at the Festival of Sounds . In July 2008 the debut album Dor ( Sehnsucht ) was released, which was nominated for the German Record Critics' Prize in 2008.

Since 2008 Uli Soyka has organized, financed and played a monthly concert series "pantau-x-musik-hautnah" in Vienna (... with monthly changing line-ups)

After moving well over a dozen, Soyka has lived in Vienna since 1987.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jazzdimensions - Uli Soyka - “Drummer and Soundpoet” - Interview , published on August 10, 2006
  2. ↑ Porgy & Bess - Uli Soyka "Erstkontakt" feat. Kenny Wheeler & John Abercrombie
  3. ↑ mica interview Uli Soyka - www.musicaustria.at , September 18, 2008
  4. ↑ Pan Tau-X presents Detected + - www.musicaustria.at , September 9, 2010
  5. ↑ http://www.claudiacervenca.com/troica.html
  6. ↑ "Austrian World Music Award 2007" goes to Claudia Cervenca, Uli Soyka and Karl Sayer! - ots.at
  7. ↑ Uli Soyka in conversation: backbeat - the music magazine  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Published on December 4, 2008@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.backbeat.at  

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personal data
SURNAME Soyka, Uli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jazz musician, composer, drum teacher and music label owner
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna