Yuriy Sych
Yuriy Sych ( Ukrainian Юрій Сич, Jurij Sytsch ; born April 20, 1985 in Ivano-Frankivsk , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian jazz musician (piano, synthesizer, composition).
Live and act
Sych began classical piano training at the age of six; He completed his studies in classical music in Ivano-Frankivsk at the age of 18 with distinction. In 2003 he moved to Frankfurt to continue his piano studies with Irina Edelstein at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts .
Together with Tim Roth , Martin Standke and the saxophonist Benjamin Steil, he founded the Contrast Quartet in 2006 , with which he released his debut album in 2009. He now also studied jazz and popular music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim with Joerg Reiter . He played in a duo with Nils Wogram , with the singer Maren Kips and at the German Jazz Festival 2008 with Christof Lauer ; he also belonged to Peter Klohmann's band and can be heard on several of his albums. He also performed with Corinna Danzer . Sych, who lives in Frankfurt am Main, also worked as a theater musician at the theater there.
Prizes and awards
With the Contrast Quartet , Sych received first prize in the Hesse-wide competition Jugend jazzt in 2006 and in 2008 the jazz scholarship of the city of Frankfurt am Main ; In 2014 he also received the working scholarship with his quartet Electrolyte . With the Contrast Trio he was awarded the Hessian Jazz Prize in 2016.
Discographic notes
- Contrast Quartet Second Wave (flexaton 2009, with Benjamin Steil, Martin Standke, Tim Roth)
- Peter Klohman Live at Bix (Paxophone 2012, with Peter Klohmann, David Helm and Johannes Klingebiel)
- Peter Klohmann For Funk (Paxophone 2015, with Peter Klohmann, Andreas Manns, Simon Scheibel and Jonas Vogelsang)
- Contrast Trio Zwei (whyempty 2015, with Martin Standke, Tim Roth, and Bastian Ruppert)
- Jason Schneider The J-Sound Project ( Unit Records 2016, with Ivan Habernal, Uli Schiffelholz , and Michael Schreiner)
Web links
- Biography (Contrast Trio)
- The sound of the creaking floor Die Welt , January 20, 2015
- Yuriy Sych at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Event calendar May 2013, Mannheim
- ↑ Exciting splits
- ↑ jazzlab: Stephan Schmolck presents Contrast Quartet
- ↑ Jazz scholarship for Electrolyte
- ↑ Hessian Jazz Prize 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sych, Yuriy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sych, Jurij; Сич, Юрій (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian jazz musician (piano, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ivano-Frankivsk , Ukrainian SSR |