About Me
Altosaxophonist, composer and music producer Michael Hornstein is, in the words of the news magazine "Der Spiegel" "... one of the outstanding representatives of contemporary European jazz ..." Born in 1962, german father, italian mother, he started playin the piano at the age of 10 and later on saxophone at the age of 14. First self-taught under the impression of Charlie Parker, he studied music at the University for music and interpretative arts in Graz/Austria from 79 to 82 and got a sholarship for Berklee/USA in 83. Collaboration with musicians like Sunny Murray (CD: 13 Steps On Glass), Al Porcino, Albert Mangelsdorf, Udo Lindenberg, Hector Martignon, Blank & Jones, Bob Dorough, Billy Hart, Fred Braceful, Gary Peacock, Joe Madrid among many others. In his recorded works one find jazz, drum and bass, trip hop, electronic music as well as a series of commissions for silent movies, shortcus and artvideos. Participation on festivals and productions all over the world, as well in collaboration with the Goethe Instituts: Georgia, Serbia, Bosnia, Spain, Mexico, Cuba, USA, Colombia, Greece, Italy, China and so on. Longer stays out of Germany in New York, Sevilla, Bogotá. Professor at the University Javeriana in Colombia in 2003. Selected recordings: "Langsames Blau", enja records - 1993 "Dry Red", edition collage - 1994, "Innocent Green", enja records - 1996, "Asphalt" - 1999, "Jazz On Mars" - 2001, "Danza Mestiza", Milenium records, Colombia - 2003, "Draught", Leo records, London - 2005, Westend - CSM records, Austria - 2006, "Let It Go", Spicerecords 2006. Since 2004 he is working as a producer for international folklore, emphased on Latin America in countries like: Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua.
