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siegmar brecher

saxes/clarinets/flutes

About Me

born 1978 in graz/austria, I grew up in a eastern styrian small town called feldbach; at the age of 14 I knew I had to leave this place. so I went to graz to be a student at "ortweinschule", a school for building and constructing. during that time I already tried to play the saxophone. after graduating I worked in an architects office for almost a year - but I already recogniced that I really wanted to play jazzmusic. so after a year at civilservice - already aged 21- I did the entrance examination for the jazzdepartment in graz, and surprisingly was taken. a few hardworking years at school followed, but it worked well - so now I'm part of a few interesting projects and co-lead a jazzclub named fat tuesday in graz. my teachers: Karlheinz Miklin, Heinrich von Kalnein, Don Menza and Gerald Preinfalk at the jazzdepartment graz; klaus dickbauer at ipop vienna. workshops with: dick oatts, steve wilson among some others.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/24/2006
Band Members: We Love Tuesdays:

Jan Balaz - ts
Michi Lagger - p
Tino Czihak - b
Reini Schmölzer - dr

Mosaik:

Angela Tröndle - voc
Stefan Heckel - p
Tino Czihak - b
Philipp Kopmajer - dr

Graz-Zürich:

Michael Jäger - ts
Georg Vogel - p
Bernd Satzinger - b
Peter Traunmüller - dr

Merry-Go-Round:

Ángela Tröndle - voc
Julia Fischer - voc
Christoph Auer - bcl
Raphael Meinhart - vib

Roundabout:

Roli Wesp - p
Milan Nikolic - b
Wolfi Rainer - dr

Duo:

Andreas Fürstner - guit
Influences: a lot of great musicians. but to name a few: charlie mariano, dick oatts, thomas chapin, wayne shorter, astor piazolla, kenny wheeler....
Sounds Like: ...me hopefully!
Record Label: w/Mosaik: cracked anegg records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

new york blog VI

nachdem unsere zeit im apfel schon beinah vorbei ist und ich dennoch zwei monate im rückstand bin mit meinen konzertberichten hier der versuch einer komprimierten oktoberdarstellung... dienstag, 3. o...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:11:00 PST

dick oatts and me - photo blog

i had a weekly lesson with dick oatts during my stay in new york. he's a great player, asskicking teacher and a very warm person - i was very lucky to have him as a teacher for this period of time.on ...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:55:00 PST

onasis reservoir - photo blog

unser lieblingsspaziergang im centralpark ist der weg um das onasis reservoir. speziell im herbst ist dieser nicht nur eine beliebte joggingrunde, sondern auch ein wunderschöner spaziergang. photomot...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:56:00 PST

new york blog V

september 28th, 2006 after listening to another concert of our roommate maria neckam (which she played with some other msm - students) I went to fat cat to see myron walden; he played as a sideman i...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:18:00 PST

rockefeller center/ge - building photo blog - new york von oben !

Get Your Own! | View Slideshownovember 1st, 2006:visited the ge - building at rockefeller center: it's worth it paying 18 dollars to go up: the view is incredible !...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:33:00 PST

new york blog IV

liebe ulli, dieser blog ist vor allem auch für dich ! 23. september 2006 an diesem tag wusste ich nicht wirklich, wohin ich gehen sollte; also entschied ich mich fürs fat cat, das mich bis dahin ni...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:33:00 PST

slide show new york blog/III

Get Your Own! | View Slideshow...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:35:00 PST

new york blog/III

september 19, 2006 that evening i went to bar next door, a small club with live music every night to see joel frahm (ts). he was highly recommanded by cris potter - so i thought i should take a look....
Posted by siegmar brecher on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:47:00 PST

new york blog/II

so - here's the next blog ! september 15th, 2006 after having a day walking through the city where we saw a lot of impressing buildings like woolworth building, flatiron building or chrysler buildin...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:40:00 PST

new york blog/I

After being in new york for already a month it's high time to write something down before forgetting everything - so here's the first blog of our stay here ! september 11th 2006 after having a plea...
Posted by siegmar brecher on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:13:00 PST