Niko Seibold

Niko Seibold

Saxophonist | Composer | Arranger | Teacher
Basel Saxophone Jazz

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Ghost In The Cell July Tour

Ghost In The Cell is the project of Georgian-Swiss composer Demetre Gamsachurdia. It follows texts by the imprisoned activists Sam Melville and Merab Kostava, exploring ...

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Niko Seibold Elfton Ensemble live at Jazzfestival Basel Offbeat

On Saturday 29th April we’ll be tearing down the roof of the Reithalle at Kaserne Basel! It is the first time my 17-piece Elfton Ensemble ...

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About

Niko Seibold (*1987 in Stuttgart) is a German saxophonist, composer and arranger. His main projects are the Jazz quartet Seibolzing (Finals Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis 2019 under curator Renaud Garcia-Fons), the newly founded 17-piece Elfton Ensemble (record produced by Django Bates, releases in February 2024) and the German-Tunisian collective Beyond Borders (3rd album release in 2022). He is the co-founder of the Toskana Jazzworkshop as well as the independent label Hout Records. Furthermore he organizes the Festival tis jazz Fest in Basel. He has collaborated a.o. with Jorge Rossy, Mark Turner and Vince Mendoza and received commissions from the Metropole Orkest (2017), from Bobby Sanabria (Grammy nomination 2018) and from the Generations Festival (2021 curator Django Bates). In 2021 Niko held a scholarship from Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg. Niko studied at the Manhattan School of Music with Jim McNeely and Dave Liebman, with Domenic Landolf and Guillermo Klein at Jazzcampus Basel and at Musikhochschule Mannheim with Jürgen Seefelder. He resides and works near Basel, Switzerland.

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Composition & Arrangement

In the past I have been fortunate to arrange for a few great artists and for instrumentations varying from jazz big band and symphonic jazz orchestras to mixed large ensembles, classical chamber music, oriental music and pop bands. Among those artists are the Grammy-winning Metropole Orkest, Grammy-nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria and the Berne Art Ensemble lead by Django Bates. I’m looking forward to receiving more commissions in any musical genre.
In the past I have been fortunate to arrange for a few great artists and for instrumentations varying from jazz big band and symphonic jazz orchestras to mixed large ensembles, classical chamber music, oriental music and pop bands. Among those artists are the Grammy-winning Metropole Orkest, Grammy-nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria and the Berne Art Ensemble lead by Django Bates. I’m looking forward to receiving more commissions in any musical genre.

Teaching

I love teaching music ever since I started at 17. In the past I have been teaching saxophone, flute and clarinet players of all age and level and was collaborating with many music schools over the years as well as private students. My focus on teaching music culminated in the creation of the Tuscany Jazz Workshop which is taking place every year in September since 2014. Hit me up for private lessons in person or online. I am available for instrumental lessons as well as music theory, ear training, arranging, composition and Jazz piano.

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