Adelhard Roidinger
| Aderhard Roidinger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 28, 1941 Windischgarsten, Upper Austria Austria |
| Genres | Jazz, classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Double bass, bass guitar |
| Associated acts | Joachim Kühn, Eje Thelin, Karl Berger, Hans Koller, Alan Skidmore, Gerd Dudek, Branislav Lala Kovačev, Allan Praskin, Harry Pepl, Werner Pirchner, Herbert Joos, Albert Mangelsdorff, Yosuke Yamashita, George Russell, Maria João, Anthony Braxton, Tone Janša and Melanie Bong |
| Website | adelhardroidinger |
Adelhard Roidinger (November 28, 1941 in Windischgarsten) is an Austrian jazz musician (bass, electronic), composer and computer graphic designer.
Roidinger, who was from a musician family, learned first piano, violin and guitar. When he was 16, he started to play double bass. From 1960 to 1967, he studied architecture at the Graz University of Technology and studied simultaneously double bass and jazz composing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in this city.
Since 1969, Roidinger has played double bass with Joachim Kühn and Eje Thelin and afterwards with Karl Berger and from 1971 to 1975 in Hans Kollers Free Sound. He founded the European Jazz Consensus with Alan Skidmore, Gerd Dudek and Branislav Lala Kovačev. The 'European Jazz Consensus' recorded also the albums 'Four for Slavia' and Memory Rise. Then, the International Jazz Consensus was formed by him along with Kovačev, Allan Praskin and John D. Thomas. In Austria3, which made the core of his ECM album Shady side, he performed with Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner. in addition, he worked also with Herbert Joos, Albert Mangelsdorff, Yosuke Yamashita, George Russell, Maria João, Anthony Braxton, Tone Janša and Melanie Bong. After additional education at IRCAM in Paris, his activity field of music reaches to performances with symphony orchestras and solo concerts with computer and visual components.
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