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| Simone Weissenffels April 2019 appearances NYC & Phila Simone Weissenfels is one of Germany's most versatile artists in contemporary music and improvisation. Since the 1980s she has been active in experimental, jazz, and classical music circles as an improviser, composer, organizer, and educator, working throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. In addition to her collaborations with visual artists and actors, she has performed with Gilsela May, Willi Kellers, Connie Crothers, Juini Booth, Marco Eneidi, Elliott Levin, Lol Coxhill, John Sinclair, Ian Smith, Daniel Carter and many other influential musicians. Simone has played jazz festivals in Nickelsdorf, Berlin, Leipzig, Bochum, Nanjin, Columbus (Ohio), and has toured the US, UK, Taiwan, Switzerland, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, Ukraine and throughout Germany. Her ensemble multiboxx perfomed at the International Festival in Nanjin, China in 2004 and she also led one of the first youth exchange projects of young Chinese and German musicians in Nanjing and Shanghai from 2006 through 2008. This international ensemble performed the premiere of her composition "lullaby for K." in Nanjing, and also in Leipzig at the International Bach-Fest in 2008. She teaches piano at the world-famous Thomanerchor (The St. Thomas Boys Choir) in Leipzig. Saturday, April 20, 2019 @ Michiko Studios 8pm Simone Weissenfels / Keir Neuringer / Lou Grassi Simone Weissenfels . piano Keir Neuringer . saxophone Lou Grassi . drums Michiko Studios 149 West 46th St., New York, NY 10036 www.michikostudios.com Sunday, April 21, 2019 @ Scholes Street Studio 8pm Simone Weissenfels / Ken Filiano / Lou Grassi / Todd Capp Simone Weissenfels . piano Ken Filiano . bass Lou Grassi . drums Todd Capp . drums Scholes Street Studio 375 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 www.scholesstreetstudio.com Wednesday, April 24, 2019 @ Drummers/Jazz Space Philly 7pm Simone Weissenfels / Keir Neuringer / Lisa Bella Donna Simone Weissenfels . piano Keir Neuringer . saxophone Lisa Bella Donna . drums Drummers/Jazz Space Philly 2152 E Norris St., Philadelphia, PA 19125-1938 facebook: Drummers/JazzSpace Philly Friday, April 26, 2019 @ IBeam 8pm Carol Liebowitz / Ken Filiano / Michael Wimberly Carol Liebowitz . piano Ken Filiano . bass Michael Wimberly . drums 9pm Simone Weissenfels / Keir Neuringer / Lisa Bella Donna Simone Weissenfels . piano Keir Neuringer . saxophone Lisa Bella Donna . drums IBeam 168 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 www.ibeambrooklyn.com write your comments about the article :: © 2019 Jazz News :: home page |