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Georg Gratzer
After studying jazz saxophone at the Graz University of Arts the multi-instrumentalist, who originates from the Styria region in Austria, initially went to London and then to New York to further his jazz training with months of master classes led by Ned Rothenberg and Robert Dick.
After his studies he made London his home, where together with the guitarist Thomas Mauerhofer he worked in the field of theatre music and freely improvised and electronic music. In addition he composed and recorded different soundtracks, for example for BBC Europe and Arte.
Inspired by countless journeys to India, China and South America Georg Gratzer extended his range of instruments with numerous native instruments such as the Chinese Dizi & HuLuSi, the Indian Bansuri or the Peruvian Zampoña. At the same time he became acquainted with different types of traditional folk music and integrated them into his world of music. Currently he plays the soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, Bb soprano, alto & bass clarinets, transverse flute, alto flute, Dizi (a wooden flute from traditional Chinese music), HuLuSi (a type of oboe belonging to the mouth organ family also from Chinese music), Bansuri (a North Indian transverse flute made from bamboo), Didgeridoo (the traditional musical instrument of the North Australian aborigines) and Zampoña (a panpipe from the Mid Andes). In 2009 whilst studying with the Gundecha Brothers in India for several weeks he also learnt the 2500 year old Dhrupad vocal style. Alongside this Georg Gratzer also keeps himself busy with musical theory and educational topics. He is shortly publishing his first book which is a practical introduction to classical Indian music.
Georg Gratzer is the founder and leader of various ensembles, including Amridan (world music), carysfort stories (contemporary pop) as well as the organ and woodwind instrument project “Balg- und Holzgebläse”. In addition he also plays with Beefolk, Trio de Janeiro, Timna Brauer’s “Mozart anders”, the Nenad Vasilic Balkan Band, Berndt Luefs Jazztett Forum Graz and 4 DP, a crossover project with the Austrian harpist Monika Stadler.
He has published several sound recordings, with Beefolk (“Orka”, “Place Dramatique", “Live”), with Trio de Janeiro (“Live at Generalihof Graz”), and with Jazztett Forum Graz (“Correlations”, “Deviation”) amongst others.
Alongside his countless study trips he has played in concerts all over the world, for example at famous jazz and world music festivals in Grenoble, Paris, Odessa, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Vienna, Warsaw, Bratislava, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Munich, London, Peking and Hong Kong.
When he is not on new musical journeys of discovery Georg Gratzer lives in Floing in the Styria region in Austria.
After studying jazz saxophone at the Graz University of Arts the multi-instrumentalist, who originates from the Styria region in Austria, initially went to London and then to New York to further his jazz training with months of master classes led by Ned Rothenberg and Robert Dick.
After his studies he made London his home, where together with the guitarist Thomas Mauerhofer he worked in the field of theatre music and freely improvised and electronic music. In addition he composed and recorded different soundtracks, for example for BBC Europe and Arte.
Inspired by countless journeys to India, China and South America Georg Gratzer extended his range of instruments with numerous native instruments such as the Chinese Dizi & HuLuSi, the Indian Bansuri or the Peruvian Zampoña. At the same time he became acquainted with different types of traditional folk music and integrated them into his world of music. Currently he plays the soprano, alto and tenor saxophone, Bb soprano, alto & bass clarinets, transverse flute, alto flute, Dizi (a wooden flute from traditional Chinese music), HuLuSi (a type of oboe belonging to the mouth organ family also from Chinese music), Bansuri (a North Indian transverse flute made from bamboo), Didgeridoo (the traditional musical instrument of the North Australian aborigines) and Zampoña (a panpipe from the Mid Andes). In 2009 whilst studying with the Gundecha Brothers in India for several weeks he also learnt the 2500 year old Dhrupad vocal style. Alongside this Georg Gratzer also keeps himself busy with musical theory and educational topics. He is shortly publishing his first book which is a practical introduction to classical Indian music.
Georg Gratzer is the founder and leader of various ensembles, including Amridan (world music), carysfort stories (contemporary pop) as well as the organ and woodwind instrument project “Balg- und Holzgebläse”. In addition he also plays with Beefolk, Trio de Janeiro, Timna Brauer’s “Mozart anders”, the Nenad Vasilic Balkan Band, Berndt Luefs Jazztett Forum Graz and 4 DP, a crossover project with the Austrian harpist Monika Stadler.
He has published several sound recordings, with Beefolk (“Orka”, “Place Dramatique", “Live”), with Trio de Janeiro (“Live at Generalihof Graz”), and with Jazztett Forum Graz (“Correlations”, “Deviation”) amongst others.
Alongside his countless study trips he has played in concerts all over the world, for example at famous jazz and world music festivals in Grenoble, Paris, Odessa, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Vienna, Warsaw, Bratislava, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Munich, London, Peking and Hong Kong.
When he is not on new musical journeys of discovery Georg Gratzer lives in Floing in the Styria region in Austria.
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