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

Career

He was born in Zug, Switzerland. He studied the

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrat ...

and composition at Musikhochschule Graz with

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and

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, at Scuola di Musica di Fiesole Florenz with

Vinko Globokar Vinko Globokar (born 7 July 1934) is a French-Slovenian avant-garde composer and trombonist. Globokar's music uses unconventional and extended techniques, places great emphasis on spontaneity and creativity, and often relies on improvisation. ...

). 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 ...

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and a PhD at

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, England (2002), studying with

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. In 2003, he was awarded the "werkjahr" prize of the art council of the

Canton of Zug The canton of Zug, also Zoug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: , rm, Chantun Zug, french: Canton de Zoug, it, Canton Zugo) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its capital is Zug. At the ...

, Switzerland. He is married to the pianist

Hildegard Kleeb Hildegard Kleeb (born 1957 in , Willisau District) is a Swiss pianist. Life and works After her first piano and oboe lessons in music school in Zug, she studied piano under Cécile Hux and oboe under Hans-Martin Ulbrich at Zurich Music schoo ...

, 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

improvisation Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...

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, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...

. He has given concerts throughout Europe, America and Asia. Composers such as Peter Ablinger, Maria de Alvear,

, John Cage, Peter Hansen, Hauke Harder, Bernhard Lang,

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, Chris Newman,

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Hans Otte Hans Günther Franz Otte (3 December 1926, Plauen – 25 December 2007, Bremen) 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 ...

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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,

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, Rainer Grodnick,

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, Lisa Schiess, with the architects Morger & Degelo, and with the author Eugen Gomringer. His exhibitions with

sound installation Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms. According to Brandon LaBelle, sound ar ...

and sculptors are shown in Europe and America.

Discography

* ''Trombone Performance'' (Amadeo, 1989, with Christian Muthspiel) * John Cage, ''Prelude for Meditation'' ( HatART, 1993, with Kleeb) * Christian Wolff, ''For Ruth Crawford'' (HatART, 1994, with Kleeb and Polisoidis) *

, ''

Small Ensemble Music (Wesleyan) 1994 ''Small Ensemble Music (Wesleyan) 1994'' is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton with a rotating group of musicians forming trios, a duo and sextet, recorded at Wesleyan University in 1994 and released on the Italian Splasc(H) l ...

'' (Splasc(H), 1994 999; '' Sextet (Istanbul) 1996'' (Braxton House, 1995 996; ''

Octet (New York) 1995 ''Octet (New York) 1995'' is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton with an octet, recorded at the Knitting Factory in 1995 and released on his own Braxton House label.

'' (Braxton House, 1995 997; ''

Tentet (New York) 1996 ''Tentet (New York) 1996'' is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton with an ensemble, recorded at the Knitting Factory in 1996 and released on his own Braxton House label.

'' (Braxton House, 1996) * Christian Wolff, ''Exercises'' (HatART, 1995, with Eberhard Blum,

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, and

Jan Williams Jan Williams (born Jan Gardner Williams, July 17, 1939, in Utica, New York) is a percussionist, arts administrator, teacher, conductor, and composer who has championed avant-garde and progressive music in the United States. He is recognized as a ...

) * Peter Ablinger, ''Momente Neuer Musik (Werke 89-91)'' (Grazer Etikett, Klangschitte, 1996, with Polisoidis) *

, ''Panorama'' ( Lovely Music, Ltd., 1997, with Kleeb) * ''Silberen'' ( Mode Records, 2004) * ''Flying White'' (Mode, 2006) * ''Recall Pollock'' (

Leo Records Leo Records is a British record company and label which releases jazz from Russian, American, and British musicians. It concentrates on free jazz. Leo Records was founded in 1979 by Leo Feigin (also known under his broadcasting name Aleksei Le ...

, 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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