Christian Weber (1972 in Zurich) is a Swiss double bass player. He is especially well known in the field of

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and

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Life and works

In 1990, Weber began playing double bass. After taking private lessons in Zurich, he moved to

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in 1993 for studying at the academy of music and performing arts. Simultaneously, he started studying under Aderhard Roidinger at

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. His education at this university lasted to 1998. His study was replaced by the classical lessons of the double bass player Ernst Weissensteiner. At present, Weber lives in Zurich and plays in the various projects like WAL with Joke Lanz (turntables) and

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(voc), the trios with

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(p) and

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or Claudia Ulla Binder (p) and Dieter Ulrich as well as ''WWW'' with

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and

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(dr) and Mersault with Tomas Korber (guit/elec) and Christian Wolfarth. In 2001, he received a composition order from

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and composed a

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, which he performed with

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(sax/elec)

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(guit/elec), Michel Moser (vel) and Christian Wolfarth. He also collaborated in the sextet respectively quartet of

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, The space researcher, Neuromodulator and also in a trio by Philipp Schaufelberger, Sudden Infant as well as in Steamboat Switzerland and in many others. He also devoted his time to the contemporary composed music. Weber, who was the manager of the secretariat of the workshop for improvised music (WIM) Zurich from 2000 to 2006, performed together with many musicians of the European improvisation scenes like

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, Johannes Bauer,

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Michael Thieke Michael Thieke (1971 in Düsseldorf) is a German jazz clarinetist and alto saxophone player. Thieke moved to Berlin in 1993, where he studied at Berlin University of the Arts under Denney Goodhew, Kirk Nurock and Jerry Granelli. During the educ ...

. He also appeared with

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Tom Varner Tom Varner (born June 17, 1957 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States) is an American jazz horn (French horn) player and composer. Varner grew up in Millburn, New Jersey, and studied piano in his youth with Capitola Dickerson of Summit, Ne ...

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, John Butcher or Lina Allemano. He took part also in many festivals in Europe. He went on a tour in

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, China,

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, Japan and the United States.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Christian Swiss jazz musicians 1972 births Living people Musicians from Zürich Double-bassists Male double-bassists 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century male musicians Male jazz musicians