As the last one of our four potential future musical directors, here is Lars Møller’s turn to introduce himself. He comes from Denmark, and his music is heavily influenced by the melodic northern tradition while at the same time deeply rooted in American music history. A prolonged stay in New Delhi has left its mark […]

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Linda Porter, scion of a very wealthy and distinguished family from Virginia, was married to the American composer and songwriter Cole Porter for 34 years. In the roughly three and a half decades of their life together, she lead a luxurious high society lifestyle as an elegant prominent sociali […] more...

We are really pleased to be able to continue our collaboration with Steffen Schorn, now as our composer in residence. He has always been able to write music that shows the Zurich Jazz Orchestra in all its facets, to focus on the versatility of this sound body, but at the same time to write tailor-made […]

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Nils Wogram is artist in residence at the jazz club Moods from 29-31 March 2020. On 30 March 2020 he will perform together with the Zurich Jazz Orchestra. The programme is called “Work Smoothly” and is a Swiss premiere. Wogram’s intensive study of the possibilities and history of the big band has another side effect. […]

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Feat. Rainer Tempel (comp., cond.) & Christof Lauer (tenor and soprano saxophones) We would like to use the mid-season for a reunion with an old acquaintance: Rainer Tempel, our musical director from 2006 to 2013. He has written the music for a Sidney Bechet project. For the NDR production, Christof Lauer from Germany played soprano […]

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Linda Porter, scion of a very wealthy and distinguished family from Virginia, was married to the American composer and songwriter Cole Porter for 34 years. In the roughly three and a half decades of their life together, she lead a luxurious high society lifestyle as an elegant prominent sociali […] more...

Being 37 years of age, David Grottschreiber is the youngest among our four candidates. He is German, resides in Lucerne, plays the trombone and is a rewarded composer and musical director. He has worked with various European big bands and is a co-founder of the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra which he also conducted for more than […]

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Linda Porter, scion of a very wealthy and distinguished family from Virginia, was married to the American composer and songwriter Cole Porter for 34 years. In the roughly three and a half decades of their life together, she lead a luxurious high society lifestyle as an elegant prominent sociali […] more...

Since 2014, Thomas Gansch has been a regular guest at the ZJO, and he will be again this season. In 1958, one year after «Miles Ahead» recorded by Miles Davis and Gil Evans, the album «New Bottle, Old Wine» was released, a solo program customized to alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. For this program, Gil Evans […]

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With «Three Pictures», Steffen Schorn has generated a repertoire that presents the Zurich Jazz Orchestra in all its facets, providing ample space for all its timbres and a stage for every rhythm. The stylistic spectrum ranges from the very short «Wildbotz», a frenetically rhythmical piece o […] more...