Roland Dahinden (born 2 May 1962) is a Swiss trombonist and composer.

Career

He was born in

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. He studied the

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and composition at Musikhochschule Graz with Erich Kleinschuster and Georg Friedrich Haas, at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole Florenz with Vinko Globokar). He earned an MA at

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in Connecticut (1994), studying with

Anthony Braxton Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. Braxton grew up on the South Side of Chi ...

, Alvin Lucier and a PhD at

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, England (2002), studying with Vic Hoyland. In 2003, he was awarded the "werkjahr" prize of the art council of the

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, Switzerland. He is married to the pianist Hildegard Kleeb, whom he has worked with as a duo since 1987. Since 1992 he has worked as a trio with violinist Dimitrios Polisoidis. As a trombonist he specializes in the performance of

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and

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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

. He has given concerts throughout Europe, America and Asia. Composers such as

Peter Ablinger Peter Ablinger (15 March 1959 – 17 April 2025) was an Austrian composer and academic teacher who settled in Berlin in 1982. His focus was experimental music such as a set of works called ''White / Whitish'', of various aspects of white noise. ...

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John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and Extended technique, non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one ...

, Peter Hansen, Hauke Harder,

Bernhard Lang Bernhard Lang (born 24 February 1957 Linz, Austria) is an Austrian composer, improviser and programmer of musical patches and applications. His work can be described as contemporary classical, with roots, however, in various genres such as 20th- ...

, Joelle Léandre, Alvin Lucier, Chris Newman,

Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...

Hans Otte Hans Günther Franz Otte (3 December 1926 – 25 December 2007) was a German composer, pianist, radio promoter, and author of many pieces of musical theatre, sound installations, poems, drawings, and art videos. From 1959 to 1984 he served as music ...

, Lars Sandberg,

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, Daniel Wolf and Christian Wolff have written especially for him. In 2005, the CD ''Silberen'' was picked as one of the 'Top Classical Albums of the Year 2004' by ''

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''. As a composer he collaborated with visual artists Guido Baselgia, Andreas Brandt, Stéphane Brunner,

Daniel Buren Daniel Buren (born 25 March 1938, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French conceptual artist, painter, and sculptor. He has won numerous awards including the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1986), the International Award for ...

, Rudolf de Crignis, Philippe Deléglise, Inge Dick, Rainer Grodnick,

Sol LeWitt Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism. LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he pref ...

, Lisa Schiess, with the architects Morger & Degelo, and with the author

Eugen Gomringer Eugen Gomringer (born 20 January 1925 in Cachuela Esperanza, Bolivia) is a Bolivian-born Swiss concrete poet. He is head of the Institut für Konstruktive Kunst und Konkrete Poesie (IKKP) in Rehau, Germany. Between 1977 and 1990, he was a profe ...

. His exhibitions with

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and

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are shown in Europe and America.

Discography

* ''Trombone Performance'' (Amadeo, 1989, with Christian Muthspiel) *

, ''Prelude for Meditation'' (

HatART Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music. The name of the label comes from the artwork of Klaus Baumgartner. Hathut encompasses the labels hat ART, ...

, 1993, with Kleeb) * Christian Wolff, ''For Ruth Crawford'' (HatART, 1994, with Kleeb and Polisoidis) *

, '' Small Ensemble Music (Wesleyan) 1994'' (Splasc(H), 1994

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; '' Sextet (Istanbul) 1996'' (Braxton House, 1995

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; '' Octet (New York) 1995'' (Braxton House, 1995

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; '' Tentet (New York) 1996'' (Braxton House, 1996) * Christian Wolff, ''Exercises'' (HatART, 1995, with

Eberhard Blum Eberhard Blum (April 28, 1919 – July 9, 2003), born in Kiel, was the fourth head of the German Federal Intelligence Bureau (BND). He served for the Wehrmacht on the Eastern front during World War II, last in the position of a Rittmeister. After ...

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, and Jan Williams) *

, ''Momente Neuer Musik (Werke 89-91)'' (Grazer Etikett, Klangschitte, 1996, with Polisoidis) * Alvin Lucier, ''Panorama'' ( Lovely Music, Ltd., 1997, with Kleeb) * ''Silberen'' (

Mode Records Mode Records is an American record label in New York City that concentrates on contemporary classical music and other forms of avant-garde music. The label was founded by Brian Brandt in 1984, with a goal of releasing music composed by John Cage. ...

, 2004) * ''Flying White'' (Mode, 2006) * ''Recall Pollock'' (

Leo Records Leo Records is a British record company and label, founded in 1979, which releases jazz from Russian, American and British musicians. It concentrates on free jazz. This label is different from the Leo Records that was formed by Edward Vesala i ...

, 2006, with Kleeb)

References

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External links

Official Website

Roland Dahinden biography at Musinfo, The Database of Swiss Music

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