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Bert Appermont

Bert Appermont

* 27.12.1973
Bert Appermont earned the degree of “Master of Music” at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (B) where, in addition to theoretical subjects, he also studied composition and conducting with Jan Van der Roost and Edmond Saveniers.
Subsequently he earned a Master’s degree in Music Design for Film & Television from Bournemouth Media School in Great Britain. These studies focused on composing for...
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Malcom Arnold

Malcom Arnold

* 21.10.1921† 24.09.2006
Malcolm Amold erlernte in seiner musikalischen Familie bereits in jungen Jahren Klavier, Violine und Bratsche. Mit 12 Jahren entdeckte er durch die Musik von Louis Armstrong seine Liebe zum Jazz und die Trompete wurde „sein" Instrument. Am Royal College of Music in London erhielt er Kompositionsunterricht bei Gordon Jacobs und Trompetenunterricht bei Ernest Hall. Trotz seiner Liebe zum Jazz...
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Thomas Asanger

Thomas Asanger

* 08.11.1988
Thomas Asanger (* 1988 in Linz) studied German philology at the University of Vienna, bassoon, music pedagogy with a major in choral management (Magister artium with distinction) and vocal pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna as well as wind orchestra management at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. For his compositional work he received numerous awards...
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Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Russell Bennett

* 15.06.1894† 18.08.1981
Robert Russell Bennett war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist. Ab 1930 arbeitete er für die Filmstudios in Hollywood und war später auch Dirigent verschiedener Rundfunk- und Fernsehorchester. 1956 wurde er mit einem Oscar ausgezeichnet.
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Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg

* 14.11.1876† 15.05.1956
Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg wird zurecht als „deutscher Marschkönig“ bezeichnet, und dies, obgleich sein Leben wenig spektakulär verlief. Auch in der damals alles beherrschenden Militärmusik fanden seine Märsche keine Berücksichtigung als Armee- oder Heeresmarsch. Dies ist um so weniger verständlich, enthalten doch viele seiner Kompositionen jene Elemente, die einen zündenden Militärmarsch...
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Heinz Briegel

* 06.05.1959
German composer, arranger and musician Heinz Briegel was born on Mai 6, 1959 in Frankfurt. He studied at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt (1980-83) and also studied composition and arranging with Bill Dobbins and Raiburn Wright (Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York), Kenny Napper (Konservatorium Hilversum) and Bob Brookmeyer (Köln). He played withand arranged for: James Morrison,...
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Klaus-Peter Bruchmann

* 16.10.1932† 21.08.2017
Klaus-Peter Bruchmann wurde 1932 in Borgsdorf bei Berlin geboren und kam schon in seiner Jugend in enge Berührung mit der Musik. Nach dem Studium in Berlin arbeitete er für den Rundfunk sowohl in Berlin wie auch in der damaligen DDR und zwar überwiegend im Bereich der orchestralen bzw. sinfonischen Unterhaltung. Mit der Blasmusik kam er erst in den 70er Jahren in Berührung....
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Mario Bürki

* 26.10.1977
Mario Bürki wurde am 26. Oktober 1977 geboren. Er studierte Blasmusikdirektion am Konservatorium in Bern und erreichte am Diplom sowie dem Höheren Studienaus-weis das Prädikat „Sehr Gut“. Bürki besuchte Meisterkurse bei U.P. Schneider (Komposition) und Toshiyuki Shimada / Andreas Spörri (Dirigieren). Sein erstes grosses Werk - Szenen aus: Max und Moritz -...
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Thomas Doss

* 06.06.1966
Doss was born 1966, in Linz, Austria, into a musical family (both parents were active orchestra-musicians). His undergraduate degree took place at the Brucknerkonservatorium Linz in music education, with an emphasis in trombone, composition, conducting, and piano. Subsequent studies took place in Salzburg, Vienna, Los Angeles, and Maastricht (Limburg).  Doss’ debuted with the Wiener...
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Ferrer Ferran

* 1966
Ferrer Ferran was born in 1966, in Valencia, Spain. When he was only fifteen years old, he had already graduated as a pianist and percussionist. He also obtained diplomas in the fields of chamber music and accompaniment He received a degree in composition and conducting from the Royal Academy of Music in Great Britain.

Ferran has performed all over Spain as a soloist, together with...
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Julius Fucik (Fučík)

* 18.07.1872† 25.09.1916
World-renowned march composer Julius Fučík was born in Prague in 1872. An authentic and versatile Bohemian musician, Fučík attended the conservatory in his hometown for violin and bassoon. In 1891 he studied composition with Antonín Dvořák. Fučík played bassoon in several symphony and theatre orchestras. As common in Austria of that time, he had to prove himself...
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Siegmund Goldhammer

* 08.03.1932
Siegmund Goldhammer was born on 8 March 1932, in Bielen near Nordhausen, Thuringia, East Germany. At the age of eight, he learned the accordion. Later he received piano lessons and taught himself to play the trumpet. After the war he took up an apprenticeship as a carpenter and then studied trumpet, contrabass and piano at the Technical College of Music in Weimar from 1949 to 1952. He then...
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Edward Gregson

* 23.07.1945
Edward Gregson ist ein englischer Komponist, der viele Werke für Brass Band und Blasorchester schreibt.
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Kurt Gäble

* 05.01.1953
Composer, arranger, conductor, musician and music teacher Kurt Gäble was born in 1953. He has dedicated his life to music, especially wind band music. The course for this was already set in early childhood, when singing together with the mother as a pastime while doing various household chores. The recorder followed and over time many other instruments, all of which the autodidact taught...
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Norbert Gälle

* 01.03.1964
Norbert Gälle was born on March 1, 1964 in Weingarten. At the age of 13 he learned to play the tenor horn. Until 1987 he was an active member of the Musikverein Grünkraut and Musikverein Gornhofen. Since 1989 he has been the first tenor horn player with the "Scherzachtaler Blasmusik". Norbert Gälle played with Wilfried Rösch, Peter Schad, Robert Payer and many other...
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Markus Götz

* 19.05.1973
Markus Götz was born in Schopfheim in 1973.  As a child he received trumpet lessons and played in various bands and orchestral ensembles. In Freiburg (Breisgau) he studied Musicology, History and Philosophy. In addition, he perfected and expanded his trumpet-playing abilities at the School of Jazz and Rock in Freiburg. His teacher there was the well-known jazz trumpeter Gary Barone....
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Jan de Haan

* 29.07.1951
Jan de Haan was born in the Frisian village of Warns, in the Netherlands, in 1951. His first inspiration came from his father, who was a great lover of wind music. At an early age, Jan de Haan was attracted to conducting. By the age of seventeen, he was already the conductor of several wind bands.   From 1969 until 1973 he studied music education and trombone at the Pedagogical Academy of...
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Jacob de Haan

* 28.03.1959
Jacob de Haan was born March 28, 1959 in Heerenveen, Holland. He received his musical education at the State Music Academy in Leeuwarden, where he studied organ and school music. Subsequently he lectured in arranging at the same academy. Jacob de Haan lives in the city of Rotterdam, where he mainly works as a composer. Jacob de Haan is often invited as a guest conductor to perform his own...
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Hellmut Haase-Altendorf

* 17.12.1912† 14.01.1990
Hellmut Haase-Altendorf was born on 17th December, 1912 in Chemnitz-Altendorf. At the age of only 6 years he already had privat piano lessons. Against his father's will he studied at the Academy of fine arts in Munic, composition under Roderich von Mojsisovics, conductiong under Siegmund von Hausegger and Theodor Huber-Andernach and piano under Josef Pembaur jun. 1938 he graduated as...
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Hans Hartwig

* 24.02.1917† 25.06.2012
Hans Hartwig, born in Neisse (Upper Silesia) in 1917, received his musical education from 1932 to 1936 at the music school in Münsterberg and with the philharmonics of the "Silesian Philharmonic" in Breslau. From 1936 to 1938 he completed his compulsory military service in the music corps of the 14th Infantry Regiment in Konstanz. He then studied conducting at the Musikhochschule in Berlin. After...
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Hans van der Heide

* 22.12.1958
Hans van der Heide was born in Den Helder (The Netherlands) on December 22, 1958. He studied trumpet at the Sweelinck University of Music in Amsterdam, and, immediately upon graduation he joined the ranks of The Royal Military Band of the Netherlands in The Hague. For many years he was active as the band’s chief staff arranger. Another diploma conferred upon him by the Royal University of Music...
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Frigyes Hidas

* 25.05.1928† 07.03.2007
Der ungarische Komponist Frigyes Hidas wurde 1928 in Budapest geboren. Er studierte Komposition an der Franz Liszt Musikakademie unter János Visky. 15 Jahre lang war er Musikdirektor des Nationaltheaters und von 1974 bis 1979 übte er die selbe Tätigkeit am "Operetten-Theater" aus. Nach dem Ausscheiden aus dieser Funktion beschäftigte er sich als freischaffender Komponist. Hidas war ein sehr...
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Gustav Holst

* 21.09.1874† 25.05.1934
Gustav Holst entstammte einer Familie skandinavisch-deutscher Herkunft, die sich in Riga niedergelassen hatte, ehe sein Urgroßvater Matthias zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts nach England übersiedelte. Der Enkel strebte zunächst eine Pianistenkarriere an, doch ein Nervenleiden im rechten Arm beendete dieses Vorhaben. Nach kurzem Studium des Kontrapunkts in Oxford kam Holst 1893 ans...
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Hans Felix Husadel

* 18.05.1897† 25.07.1964
Bereits in jungen Jahren erhielt er seinen ersten Klavierunterricht und hatte auch eine besondere Begabung für die Malerei. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg nahm er sein Studium an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik in Berlin auf. In den Fächern Klavier und Komposition studierte er unter anderem bei Franz Schreker und Leo Schrattenholz. 1923 trat er in die Reichswehr ein. Von dort...
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František Kmoch

* 01.08.1848† 30.04.1912
František Kmoch was born in Zásmuky neat Kolín (Bohemia) in 1848 and received his musical education in Prag. He became director in Krakow in 1884, one year later in Budapeset and 1899 in Vienna. After he founded his own string and wind orchestra he became good reputation in the musical world. This orchestra played not only his own compositions but also Austrian music with his specific Czech...
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Roland Kohler

* 16.08.1953
Roland Kohler wurde in Burgberg im Landkreis Heidenheim geboren und verbrachte seine Kindheit und Jugendzeit in diesem idyllischen Ort auf der Ostalb. Schon als Kind war er von Musik begeistert und hielt sich gerne in der Natur auf. Seinen ersten Klarinettenunterricht erhielt der talentierte Bub mit neun Jahren im örtlichen Musikverein. Schon bald wechselte er zu einem Lehrer in der nahe...
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Karl Komzak (Sohn)

* 08.11.1850† 23.04.1905
Karl Komzák (Junior) (Karel Komzák) war ein österreich-tschechischer Komponist. Karl (eigentlich Karel) Komzák wurde am 8. November 1850 in Prag geboren. Schon früh erkannte sein Vater, Karl Komzák senior, das Talent seines Sohnes und unterrichtete ihn in Musiktheorie. Von 1861 bis 1867 studierte Komzák am Konservatorium Prag bei Moritz Mildner und...
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Karl Komzak (Vater)

* 04.11.1823† 19.03.1893
Karl Komzák (Senior) (Karel Komzák) war ein böhmischer Komponist und Kapellmeister. 04.11.1823 Geboren in Netěchovice 19.10.1865 Dirigiert Prager Bürgerkapelle anlässlich Grundsteinlegung 3. Prager Moldaubrücke 01.12.1865 Kapellmeister bei IR 11 Kronprinz Albert v. Sachsen 20.08.1881 Kapellmeister beim IR 74 05.11.1881 Ende der Kapellmeistertätigkeit...
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Thiemo Kraas

* 15.06.1984
Thiemo Kraas was born in Arnsberg (Sauerland) in 1984 and his love for music showed already at a young age. He studied music education, majoring in percussion, as well as music theory, composition and aural skills at the University of Music in Detmold, where he also worked as a lecturer in music theory in 2014/15. During his studies, Thiemo Kraas received a scholarship from the German National...
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Ladislav Kubes

* 23.02.1924† 28.08.1998
Ladislav Kubes wurde am 23.02.1924 in Borkovice in Südböhmen geboren. Bei seinem Vater erlernte er Tenorhorn, Posaune und Tuba. Nach erfolgreichem Posaunenstudium am Konservatorium in Prag spielte Ladislav Kubes in verschiedenen Orchestern, bis er 1952 von seinem Vater die Leitung der Blaskapelle "Veselka" übernahm. Im selben Zeitraum begann er mit dem Komponieren. Bis zur Gegenwart schrieb...
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Michael Kuhn

* 22.01.1962
Michael Kuhn wurde 1962 in Wangen im Allgäu geboren und erhielt seine Ausbildung in Klavier und Trompete am humanistischen Gymnasium Salvatorkolleg Bad Wurzach. Dort kam er durch einen seinen Lehrer - Peter Schad, Leiter der Oberschwäbischen Dorfmusikanten - bereits frühzeitig mit der volkstümlichen Blasmusik in Berührung. Es folgten einige Fortbildungslehrgänge des...
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Zdenek Lukás

* 21.08.1928† 13.07.2007
Zdenek Lukaš (1928-2007) was one of the most important Czech composers of the second half of the 20th century. After several years of educational work he was employed at broadcast in Pilsen from 1953 to 1964. He got interested in modern composing and experimented in an electroacoustic studio. With time his personal, unique compositional style evolved; it is a synthesis of traditional...
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Frantisek Manas

* 04.10.1921† 21.12.2004
František Maňas was born on 4th october, 1921 in Sehradice in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republik (CSSR). At the age of eight he began learning the violin, later flugelhorn and harmonium. Aged 12 he played organ in the church and at the age of 15 he was member of his father's concert band. During his studies at the commercial college he took private lessons at the piano and...
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Johan de Meij

* 23.11.1953
Johan de Meij (Voorburg, 1953) studied trombone and conducting at the Royal Conservatory of Music at The Hague. He has earned international fame as a composer and arranger. His catalogue consists of original compositions, symphonic transcriptions and arrangements of film scores and musicals.

The Symphony no. 1 THE LORD OF THE RINGS, based on Tolkien's best-seller novels of the same...
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Ernst Mosch

* 07.11.1925† 15.05.1999
Ernst Mosch wurde am 7. November 1925 als Sohn einer Bergmannsfamilie in Zwodau bei Falkenau im Egerland geboren. Wie in jeder "Eghalander" Familie gehörte es auch in der Familie Mosch zum Brauchtum, dass zünftige Hausmusik gemacht wurde. Schon früh erlernte Ernst Mosch das Flötenspiel. Später entdeckte er die Liebe zur Posaune. Um seine Musikstunden zahlen zu...
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Fritz Neuböck

* 10.05.1965
The Austrian composer Fritz Neuböck, who was born in 1965, studied music at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, majoring in piano, trumpet and conducting. He was awarded his diploma in 1997 and has been director of the Ebensee Regional Music School since 1998. At an early stage Neuböck began to conduct brass bands and symphonic wind orchestras. As early as 1995 he was conductor of the Steyr...
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Johan Nijs

* 11.06.1963
Johan Nijs studied saxophone, clarinet and piano at different music academies in his home country Belgium. He continued his musical studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels for wind band conducting, clarinet, piano, harmony and counterpoint. He also plays flute, organ and accordion. Johan Nijs has been working for more than 30 years as a military musician and is retired since 2019. He...
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Hermann Pallhuber

* 09.02.1967
Prof. Hermann Pallhuber erhielt seine musikalische Ausbildung zunächst an den Konservatorien in Innsbruck und Wien (Klavier, Posaune, Ensembleleitung) und studierte dann an der Universität Mozarteum in Salzburg und Innsbruck Musikpädagogik (Musikerziehung) mit den Schwerpunkten in Ensemble- und Chorleitung, Posaune und Klavier. An der Universität Innsbruck absolvierte er zudem...
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Josef Poncar

* 14.03.1902† 06.11.1986
Josef Poncar was born on March 14, 1902 in Chodouň near Zdice. His musical development began at the age of seven, when his father, a courtly chamber musician, taught him to play the violin. Over time he learned all wind instruments as well as cello and string bass. His favorite instrument was the tenor horn. At age 11, Poncar founded his first band, and from then on worked as conductor for more...
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Jan Van der Roost

* 1956
Jan Van der Roost was born in Duffel, Belgium, in 1956. He studied trombone, history of music and musical education at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (Louvain) and continued his studies at the Royal Conservatoires of Ghent and Antwerp, where he qualified as a conductor and a composer. At present, he teaches at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (Belgium) and is guest professor at the "Shobi...
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Rolf Rudin

* 09.12.1961
Rolf Rudin, geboren am 9. Dezember 1961, studierte in Frankfurt am Main und Würzburg Schulmusik, Komposition, Dirigieren und Musiktheorie. Als freischaffender Komponist lebt er in Erlensee nahe Frankfurt/Main und lehrt seit 1993 Musiktheorie an der Frankfurter Musikhochschule. Rolf Rudin widmet sich neben seinem recht umfangreichen Schaffen für nahezu alle musikalischen Gattungen, seit...
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Peter Schad

* 13.06.1952
Peter Schad war born in Bad Wurzach in 1952. After graduating from high school, he had played as a trombonist in the Army Music Corps 9 in Stuttgart fpr two years. He then studied at Stuttgart University of Music and played as a musician in various ensembles, including seven years tenorhorn with Robert Payer and his "Original Burgenland Band". In 1980, he became a full-time music teacher at the...
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Martin Scharnagl

* 04.01.1988
Martin Scharnagl received his first drum lessons with Walter Graf at the Music School St. Johann in Tirol. After completing compulsory school he moved on to the “Musikgymnasium Innsbruck”, a music-orientated high school in Innsbruck, and graduated with the general qualification for university entrance. He then completed his studies of music and pedagogy (IGP percussion) under the...
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Manfred Schneider

* 03.05.1953† 18.11.2008
Manfred Schneider was born on 3 May 1953 in Kestert, a village on the Rhine, situated in the neighbourhood of the famous Lorelei cliff. He studied the accordion, the organ and the French horn in Koblenz and belonged since 1972 to the military band stationed in that city, playing the horn and from 1986 also leading the Big Band. In 1981 he composed the overture "Festival in Silver" for...
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Otto M. Schwarz

* 1967
Otto M. Schwarz was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, in 1967. He grew up in Wimpassing (Lower Austria - south of Vienna), where he still lives today. Otto M. Schwarz received his music education at the Academy of Music in Vienna, where he studied trumpet with Professor Josef Pombetger of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and composition with Professor Heinz Kratochwil. During this period he created...
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Philip Sparke

* 1951
Philip Sparke wurde 1951 in London geboren. Er studierte Komposition, Trompete und Klavier am Royal College of Music und wurde dort als ARCM (Associate of the Royal College of Music) ausgezeichnet. Sein Interesse an Bläsermusik geht auf diese Zeit zurück. Er spielte im Blasorchester des Colleges, gründete mit anderen Studenten eine Brass Band und schrieb für beide Ensembles...
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Pavel Staněk

* 03.06.1927
Pavel Staněk was born 3 June 1927 in Prague. He studied at the Prague Conservatory, 1946-51. His principle instrument was the contrabass. He began his professional music career in 1950 with the National Ensemble for Dance and Song, first as contrabass player, and a year later as choral director. In 1954 he was appointed director of the Military Band of the Ministry of the Interior, his first...
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Prof. Sepp Tanzer

* 28.02.1907† 28.02.1983
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Walter Tuschla

* 24.03.1938† 08.03.2011
Walter Tuschla studierte am Leopold-Mozart-Konservatorium in Augsburg die Fächer Posaune, Musiktheorie und Harmonielehre . Noch während seines Studiums spielte er im Städtischen Opernorchester Augsburg, dann beim Rundfunkblasorchester Hans Blum sowie bei den Nürnberger Stadtpfeifern. Außerdem war er Posaunist bei „Ernst Mosch und seinen Original Egerländer Musikanten“. Als Dirigent leitete...
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Karel Vacek

* 21.03.1902† 18.08.1982
Karel Vacek received violin, flute and tuba lessons from his father. In order to finance his studies at the Prague Conservatory, he entered the military music in 1918. After leaving the army, he toured France with a circus band, played in a cinema orchestra and made dance music. As a jazz musician, Karel Vacek also got to know R. A. Dvorsky, from whom he received composition lessons and who made...
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Kees Vlak

* 30.09.1938† 05.12.2014
Cornelis (Kees) Vlak was born on 30th September, 1938 in Amsterdam. He was influenced by music at young age and when he was eight years old he got his first piano lessons. Later he played the trumpet in the fanfare orchestra “Waterland“. Vlak studied piano and trumpet at the Amsterdam Conservatory (exames 1959 and 1961), and composition and conducting at the Musiklyzeum Amsterdam. He earned...
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Franz Watz

* 09.03.1949
Franz Watz wurde am 9. März 1949 in Neu-Arad in der Region Banat, Rumänien, geboren. Schon früh zeigte sich sein musikalisches Talent, er spielte in der Familie Flügelhorn und Akkordeon und besuchte das Musikgymnasium, wo er die Fächer Klarinette und Klavier belegte. Anschließend studierte er Musikpädagogik, Musikwissenschaft und Tuba an der Universität in...
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Thorsten Wollmann

* 10.02.1966
Dr. Thorsten Wollmann was born on February 10th, 1966, in Biberach-Laupheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He graduated with a Master Degree (Magna Cum Laude) from the Musikhochschule Köln (The Cologne School of Music), majoring in composition and jazz trumpet, minoring in piano. His final exam concert in 1994 was recorded and broadcasted by the West German Radio (WDR). As a soloist he...
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Antonin Zvacek

* 29.04.1907† 04.09.1981
Antonín Žváček wurde am 29. April 1907 in Háčky, einem kleinen tschechischen Dorf in der Nähe von Prostějov geboren. Als ältestes von 12 Kindern stammte er aus einer einfachen Familie. Sein Vater war Musiker und betrieb eine Landwirtschaft. Von klein auf war Žváček musikalisch geprägt, er wurde als Kind von seinem Vater und später von anderen...
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