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I’m thrilled to present again the tis jazz orchestra as the opening act of tis jazz Fest in Atlantis Club Basel, this time featuring the amazing Song Yi Jeon and a new repertoire especially written for this occasion. Video recordings will be released in the aftermath of the festival! see event

I am happy to take on a new position to teach music theory, ear training, composition, arrangement and improvisation in ZHdK’s PreCollege program. See profile

“A universal expression of where we have come from and where we are going”, says British composer and pianist Nikki Yeoh about the music on Grow With The Flow. It marks my debut as a composer for large ensemble and introduces the amazing musicians of the Elfton Ensemble. The record is available for purchase as

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 freedom of the mind through or better in spite of incarceration. Musically it is a mostly improvised rendition of the minimal music piece ‘Coming Together’ by Frederic Rzewski. I am

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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 will play this big stage, made for a strong 400-people audience. I want to thank the great Jazzfestival Basel Offbeat & its CEO Urs Blindenbacher for the invitation and I

After two years waiting the tis jazz fest 2022 could finally take place at Atlantis club in Basel, and with it the long awaited premiere of the TIS JAZZ ORCHESTRA. I have created this new big band for two reasons: For one, to perform my own compositions for big band that have been starting to

I am honored to be one of the three recipients in the field of Jazz arts of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg scholarship 2021. see all recipients

Over 20 years the Swiss Generations festival has brought together new talents with leading figures of the European Jazz Scene. In 2021, the festival is curated by the ingenious British pianist and composer Django Bates. I am quite excited to announce that I have been invited among four other composers to write an original piece

Hi everyone, these are some very uplifting news: Seibolzing has been chosen to perform at Alte Feuerwache Mannheim on Saturday, 16th of March among two other bands chosen to play for the “New German Jazz Price” in Mannheim. It’s going to be a great evening with ‘a lotta gooda music’ AND it’s a public vote,