Michael Griener
| Michael Griener | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 6, 1968 Nuremberg Switzerland |
| Genres | jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | percussion |
| Associated acts | Tal Farlow, Herb Ellis, Barry Guy, Axel Dörner, Mal Waldron, Paul Lovens,Zeena Parkins, Keith Tippett, Butch Morris, Ulrich Gumpert, Evan Parker, Aki Takase, Mats Gustafsson, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Joëlle Léandre, David Liebman, Conny Bauer, Johannes Bauer, Andrea Neumann, Chris Dahlgren, Frank Gratkowski, Phil Minton, Tony Buck, Günther Christmann, Anzu Furukawa, Oskar Ansull, Paul Celan, Christian Weber, Michael Thieke, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Bernhard Arndt, Nicholas Bussmann, Axel Dörner, Wolfgang Fuchs, Aleks Kolkowski, Stephan Mathieu, Dietrich Petzold, Albrecht Riermeier, Olaf Rupp, Marc Stutz-Boukouya, Dominique Pifarély, Paul Brody, Kalle Kalima, Jan Roder, Carl Ludwig Hübsch, Frank Gratkowski, Alexander Frangenheim, Ulrich Gumpert, Ben Abarbanel-Wolff, Aki Takase |
| Website | michaelgriener |
Michael Griener (February 6, 1968 in Nuremberg) is a German jazz percussion player.
Griener, who was already well known as an improviser and interpreter of contemporary music, moved to Berlin in 1994. In Berlin, he appeared on the scenes with many musicians such as Tal Farlow, Herb Ellis, Barry Guy, Axel Dörner, Mal Waldron, Paul Lovens, Zeena Parkins, Keith Tippett, Butch Morris, Ulrich Gumpert, Evan Parker, Aki Takase, Mats Gustafsson, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Joëlle Léandre, David Liebman, Conny Bauer, Johannes Bauer, Andrea Neumann, Chris Dahlgren, Frank Gratkowski, Phil Minton and Tony Buck.
He cooperated with Günther Christmann in Vario-Projekte for a long time (at C.I.M. festival in the Hague 1990. at Moers festival 1992, Interplay 2006, ...). With the duet Kimmo Elomaa and with the Live-Elektroniker Jayrope, he was awarded the prize Senate of Berlin in 2001. Besides, he worked with dancers like Anzu Furukawa and David Zambrano and with actors and writers. He collaborated also with Oskar Ansull in the Paul Celan project. At present, he plays in Ulrich Gumpert's quartet, Baby Bonk, and his own trio Themore 3, TGW (with Christian Weber and Michael Thieke), in Lacy Pool and in a duet with Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky.
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