Marcus Weiss

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Marcus Weiss (born 1961 in Basel, Switzerland) is a saxophonist and teacher. His repertoire includes all epochs, from the beginnings in impressionistic France to the present. [1] [2]

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As a soloist, Weiss worked with many European orchestras [3] and ensembles of contemporary music. [4] [5] He has been invited to major festivals in Europe, the US and Asia. As a chamber musician, Weiss is primarily working with his two ensembles, Trio Accanto (Nicolas Hodges, piano and Christian Dierstein percussion) [6] and Quatuor Xasax in Paris (with saxophonists Serge Bertocchi, Jean-Michel Goury and Pierre-Stéphane Meugé. [7]

Since 1995 he has taught saxophone and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik Basel, [8] [9] where he also directs a Masters program for contemporary music. [10] He is regularly giving masterclasses at various international universities (London, Madrid, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Palma, Porto, Boston, New York, Chicago, [11] Takefu, Sevilla.). Weiss is a regular teacher at the "Darmstaedter Ferienkurse fuer neue Musik“ [12] [13] as well as at IMPULS (ensemble academy) in Graz, Austria. [14]

He studied saxophone with Iwan Roth at the Hochschule für Musik Basel and Frederick L. Hemke at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. [15] In 1989, he was awarded the soloist’s prize of the Swiss Tonkuenstlerverein. [16]

Weiss is a d'Addario artist [17]

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References

  1. ↑ Krieger, Irene (2002). "Neue Saxophonkonzerte und ihre Widmungsträger: Eine Auswahl". Rohrblatt: Magazin für Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott und Saxophon.
  2. ↑ Aff, Rebekah. "Mark Dresser Modular Ensemble and Mark Dresser & Marcus Weiss Duo". JazzReview.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Orchestral Concert 1 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Ensemble (History) - Klangforum Wien (EN)". Klangforum Wien. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  5. ↑ "Zeit-Ton extended". ORF (broadcaster). Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Wieschollek, Dirk (2011). "So near so far". Neue Zeitschrift für Musik.
  7. ↑ Derks, Thea (1998). "Odessa: Music as a Means for Emancipation". Tempo.
  8. ↑ "FHNW - Prof. Marcus Weiss - Tätigkeiten und Funktion in Forschung, Dienstleitung und Lehre - Hochschule für Musik". Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  9. ↑ "Donaueschingen: Orgel und Sopransaxophon brillieren - Donaueschingen". Schwarzwälder Bote. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Contemporary Music". Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  11. ↑ "The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Contemporary Art Museum: Nora Schultz, parrottree-building for bigger than real". Renaissance Society. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  12. ↑ Freydank, Sylvia. "Weiss, Marcus (Saxophone)". Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  13. ↑ "Pedro Pablo Cámara gana el premio Förderpreis de la Fundación BOG". Doce Notas. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Marcus Weiss, saxophone". Impuls.cc. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music". Northwestern University. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "D'Addario Strings". d'Addario. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "D'Addario Woodwinds : Artist Details : Marcus Weiss". d'Addario. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  18. ↑ "Zeit-Ton extended". ORF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  19. ↑ Mallorca, Diario de. "Giorgio Netti, Simaku y Sánchez-Verdú en el Festival Internacional". Diario de Mallorca. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "News Section". Tempo. 62 (245): 83–85. 2008-07-01. doi: 10.1017/S0040298208000223 . JSTOR   40072845.
  21. ↑ Kunkel, Michael (2010). "Quasi un attraversamento: Saxophonmehrklänge in Kunst und Forschung von Giorgio Netti, Marcus Weiss und Georg Friedrich Haas". Dissonance: Schweizer Musikzeitschrift für Forschung und Kreation.
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