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Dirk Amrein was born in Degerfelden, Germany . He studied in Basel, Cologne, and London with Denis Wick and Michel Becquet. His extended master studies include those with Joseph Alessi , Branimir Slokar and Malte Burba. He has played in major orchestras under conductors such as Claudio Abbado , Riccardo Chailly , Sir Neville Marinner , Franz Welser Möst , András Schiff , Eliah Inbal , Pierre Boulez and Jürg Henneberger.
As a specialist for contemporary music he has worked together with some of the most influential composers of our time such as Karl Heinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Wolfgang Rihm , Helmut Lachenmann ,Werner Heider , Jürg Wyttenbach , Peter Eötvös, Georg Friedrich Haas , Olga Neuwirth, and George Benjamin. He has played countless first creations and recordings. As a crossover artist he has worked with Swiss Jazz Orchestra , Jim McNeely , George Gruntz ,Bert Joris ,Joe Haider , Pepe Lienhard , Steamboat Switzerland , Gustav , Christoph Baumann Large Orchestra. Touring extensively in Europe, Dirk has also performed in China, the United States, Russia, Australia and Mexico.
He started a new collaboration with Wolfgang Froese , which they call Interactive Creative Project for Art. It features free improvisations of music and various art forms, such as glass and metal, in tandem. Another new artistic and musical partnership with Marc Yeats, composer and painter, will bring new ways of perceiving artistic experience.
The duo Dirk Amrein and Jürg Henneberger will tour Europe, Malaysia, Singapore ,Mexico,and United States in 2009. Swiss born Jürg Henneberger is an internationally acclaimed conductor, pianist, and accompanist, as well as collaborator of contemporary music, opera, classical and chamber music. He is an instructor of chamber music, score playing, and interpretation of contemporary music since 1988 at Basler Musikhochschule.
Together as musicians as well as actors, they have performed in contemporary music theatricals such as "Lost Highway" by David Lynch, produced by Olga Neuwirth, "Der Idiot" by Johannes Harneit, " In Vain" by Georg Friedrich Haas, "Das Biest des Monsier Racine" from Stefan Hertel and "Punch and Judy" from Harrison Birtwistle .
Both Dirk and Jürg have worked closely together on various musical collaborations for over sixteen years, giving the audience a very experienced and complementary performance which can only be attained through the highest of performance standards, synergistic energy, and ideals.
Dirk and all the musicians featured here sincerely hope you will enjoy this wide variety of musical performances. Please contact Dirk at any time through a message here on Myspace.dirk amrein wurde 1969 in Degerfelden (D) geboren. Er studierte an der Hochschule für Musik in Basel bei Heinrich Huber und Hochschule für Musik in Köln mit Michel Becquet. Darüber hinaus studierte er privat bei Denis Wick in London. Meisterkurse und Studien u.a. mit Joseph Alessi, Branimir Slokar,Albert Mangelsdorff und Malte Burba. Er spielte in vielen bedeutenden Orchestern unter Dirigenten wie Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Daniel Harding, Sir Neville Marriner, Franz Welser-Möst, András Schiff, Eliahu Inbal, Pierre Boulez. Darüber hinaus hat er über hundert Uraufführungen als Solist und Kammermusiker bestritten. Er spielte und arbeitete mit einigen der einflussreichsten Komponisten unserer Zeit, wie Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Pierre Boulez, Helmut Lachenmann, Jürg Wyttenbach, Peter Eötvös, Georg Friedrich Haas, Olga Neuwirth, Emmanuel Nunes, Heiner Goebbels, Luciano Berio und Wolfgang Rihm. Als Crossover-Künstler hat er zusammen mit dem Swiss Jazz Orchestra, Jim McNeely, George Gruntz, Pepe Lienhard, Steamboat Switzerland, Swiss Army Big Band und anderen gearbeitet. Durch seine Fähigkeit eine Vielzahl von Instrumenten und Stilen zu spielen, ist er in der Lage, sehr unkonventionelle Konzerte zu geben. Darüber hinaus setzt er seine Kreativität für audiovisuelle, multimediale und improvisierte Performances ein. In diesem Bereich arbeitet er eng mit Marc Yeats (London) und Wolfgang Froese zusammen.
Er nahm an bedeutenden internationalen Festivals teil, u.a. Lucerne Festival, London Proms, Thailand International Composer Festival, Tuba mirum Festival Sankt Petersburg, Viva Vivaldi Mexico City, Wiener Festwochen, Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, Zürcher Festwochen, Festival de la Cité de Lausanne, World Music Days, Musikmonat Basel, Festival del Mare Huatulco (Mex).
Er tourte als Solist, Kammer- und Orchestermusiker in ganz Europa, den Vereinigten Staaten, Mexiko, Russland und China. In den Jahren 2009/10 tourte er mit dem Pianisten Jürg Henneberger in, Malaysia, Singapur, Thailand, Mexiko, Brasilien und den Vereinigten Staaten.
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