Alexander Iberer

Alex Iberer BIO.Born 1978. Alex Iberer is a classical trained cellist who is one of a new generation of musicians versed in jazzimprovisation and other non-classical styles of music.He has studied at the Malmoe Academy of Music for cellist Mats Rondin and improvisation for saxophonist Helge Albin and basist Svante Henryson. Then he has continued to study jazzcello at the Berklee College of Music in Boston for cellist Eugene Friesen, violinist Matt Glaser and saxophonist Joe Lovano.He is active as a performing artist both live and in the studio, radio/TV and he has played concerts and recorded in Sweden and around Europé. Alex likes to experiment in different musical styles and settings.His major musical influences are Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Michael Brecker Jean Luc Ponty, Jeff Lorber, Herbie Hancock, Eberhard Weber and Jan Garbarek.Alex also plays drums, compose and teach. He worked as a cellist in Malmoe Symphony Orchestra in fall 2001 and in Malmoe Opera Orchestra spring 2003.From 2001-2008 Alex has worked as a freelance musician both live and in the studio playing in different ensembles and constellations.Alex has played with Joe Lovano, Sebra String Quartet, Lasse Lundstrom Big Band, drummers Jonas Holgersson, Ali Djeridi, Zoltan Csörzs, Matt Wilson, basist Filip Augustsson, pianists Hakan Rydin, Louic Dequidt. He has worked with the arabic musical culture project Spiritus Mundi that mixes pop and arabic music, cellist Eugene Friesen, harpist Stina Hellberg, pop and alternative rockgroups Loud Silence and Skin To Skin, guitarist Krister Palmquist and many others.He also has worked as a drummer in coverbands and as a cellist and bandleader for his different original composition musical projects.. Some interesting facts about Alex Iberer1. He has applied as the first cellist ever in Swedish history to the Studio-Musician professional study programme in Piteå, Sweden and he was approved in all of the auditional process.2. He is the first Swedish cellist ever who has played with saxophonist Michael Brecker, basist Charlie Haden and drummer Brian Blade at BPC in Boston, USA together with the Berklee String Orchestra.3. He is the author of the book Alexander Iberer..s Jazzcello School.4. He likes good quality music, movies, books, computergames and art, both abstract and impressionistic….and to travel and visit new countries and cultures.5. He was a skilled tennisplayer when he was younger and he likes sports.6. His uncle is a cellist in the Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra