Michael Thieke (1971 in

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) is a German

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ist and

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player. Thieke moved to

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in 1993, where he studied at

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under Denney Goodhew, Kirk Nurock and

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. During the education, he appeared on the scene with the Swiss clarinet player Gregor Hotz and the band ''

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's'' ''Bobby''. In 1999, he founded the band ''Nickendes Perlgraas'' with

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and Michael Anderson. With this band, he gave numerous

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s and recorded two CDs. He is also a member of

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's ''The clarinet Trio''. He published also a CD with the band ''Schwimmer'' (with Alessandro Bosetti, Sabine Vogel, Michael Griener). Since 1999, Thieke lives also in

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, where he works with the musicians like Luca Venitucci, Fabrizio Spera, Roberto Bellatalla, Antonio Borghini and Alberto Braida.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thieke, Michael German jazz saxophonists Musicians from Düsseldorf 1971 births Living people 21st-century German saxophonists 21st-century German clarinetists German jazz clarinetists Berlin University of the Arts alumni