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Zurich Jazz Orchestra & Steffen Schorn «Dedications»

The album «Dedications» is a worthy successor to «Three Pictures», released in 2018. Schorn’s compositions and thus the sound of the orchestra have, if at all possible, become even richer, more colorful, more differentiated, but at the same time more powerful. The album is proof of the fact that the sound spectrum and the possibilities […]

 
«Three Pictures»

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 of not even one minute in length, to its counterpart, […]

 
Love, Linda – Das Leben der Mrs. Cole Porter

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 socialite and muse and arranged the couple’s […]

 
Workshop Concerts

In collaboration with the Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK. The workshop concerts offer graduates of the jazz department the opportunity to sit in the orchestra. In this way, the Zurich Jazz Orchestra offers students the opportunity to complete an internship in a professional big band – analogous to classical music.

 
Miles oder die Pendeluhr aus Montreux

«Miles oder die Pendeluhr aus Montreux» is an homage to a jazz genius, a man suffering from loneliness and prejudice. It tells about the beauty of Juliette Gréco, Swiss watches, of favourite chords and beloved people.

 
«Cellular Structures» – Schaffhauser Jazzfestival – Video

Composing suites is Steffen Schorn’s passion. «Cellular Structures» is a conceptual composition that goes its own way. Rhythmic, harmonic and melodic units composed of various building blocks combine to form a sensual tonal language and result in a new world of sound off the beaten track. The hour-long work is based on elements that have […]

 
Contact
 
Zurich Jazz Orchestra
Josefstrasse 106
CH 8005 Zürich
T +41 44 310 24 35
www.zjo.ch

Bettina Uhlmann
Geschäftsleitung
b.uhlmann@zjo.ch

Thomas Vogel
President
T +41 79 639 38 08
t.vogel@zjo.ch

Ed Partyka
Musical Director
T +43 699 192 33 888
edpartyka@zjo.ch

Daniel Schenker
Musical Co-Director
T +41 (0)78 748 62 07
dschenker@zjo.ch

Steffen Schorn
Composer in Residence
T +49 176 801 79 058
stefschorn@zjo.ch
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