Marcus Weiss

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]

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 , 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]

Selection of First Performances

Solo

Solo with ensemble/orchestra

Chamber music

Publications

Recordings

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. 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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