Gerald Franz Preinfalk (9 June 1971 in

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jazz and classical

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Biography

Preinfalk started taking clarinet lessons at age 9, and started playing saxophone at 15. In 1990 he began the instrumental studies at the

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with Otto Vhrovnik and Wolfgang Puschnig. In 1993 he continued his studies at the

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with

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, and in 1998 he studied classical saxophone at Serge Bertocchi in Paris. Since 2000 Preinfalk has been a member of

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, with guest performances with orchestras such as the

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, the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland Pfalz and the

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. He has also appeared as a performer of contemporary music with the "Ensemble xx. jahrhundert" and the "Ensemble Kontrapunkte". Bernhard Lang wrote a solo concert with the

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for Preinfalk, in addition to chamber music by Roland Freisitzer (2011) and Norbert Sterk (2008) composed for him. In the jazz genre, he has played with

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, Georg Breinschmid,

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, the "Flip Philipp - Ed Partyka Dectet" and the "Yodelgroup" of Christian Muthspiel. He was part of big bands like "Nouvelle Cuisine", the "Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra", the "Jazz Big Band Graz" and the

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. Preinfalk's own musical projects are the ''Paier/Preinfalk Project'' with Klaus Paier (2000), ''More than Tango'' und ''Saion'' (2004), ''Tan Go Go'' (2005) and the ''Giuffre Zone'', where he, Christoph Cech and

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interpreted the music of

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. Most of these projects have been documented on tape. Since 2007, he also appeared in a duo with Brazilian guitarist Alegre Corrêa, which was occasionally extended in various occupations. As a studio musician he worked with

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and Maria Bill. He has also worked with Savina Yannatou, Lucía Pulido, Kurt Ostbahn and Krzysztof Dobrek.

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lists 27 shots 1993–2012 in the field of Jazz. Preinfalk also acted as a theater composer. For the Wiener Volkstheater he wrote the music to "Peer Gynt", "Job" and "You stay with me", each directed by Michael Sturminger. He also arranged Jewish songs with lyrics from poets murdered by Stalin's regime in 1952 ("Moscow 52", "Bukovina III"). 2011 Preinfalk was appointed as a university professor of saxophone at the Kunstuniversität Graz.

Honors

*2001: Awarded the Hans Koller prize as "Newcomer of the Year" in the Jazz genre.

Discography

Solo albums

*2003: ''Tan Go Go'' (Quinton Records) *2014: ''Art Of Duo'' (

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), with Alegre Corrêa,

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, Fabian Rucker, Christoph Cech and

Collaborations

*1997: ''Trash Test'' (Extraplatte), with Duckbilled Platypus *1999: ''Duck You!'' (Extraplatte), with Duckbilled Platypus *2002: '' Delete and Roll'' (Next Generation Enterprises), with

and

*2007: ''Opium'' (FP Records), with Flip Philipp - Ed Partyka Dectet *2010: ''May'' (Material Records), with Christian Muthspiel's Yodel Group

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Preinfalk, Gerald 1971 births Living people Avant-garde jazz musicians 20th-century saxophonists 21st-century saxophonists Austrian jazz musicians Austrian jazz composers Austrian male jazz composers Classical saxophonists 20th-century Austrian male musicians 21st-century Austrian male musicians