Instrument(e): Piano, Keyboard
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Homepage: benjaminschaefer.com
Benjamin Schaefer (geb. 1981) studierte von 2001 bis 2008 Jazzklavier und Komposition an der Kölner Musikhochschule bei Frank Wunsch, Hans Lüdemann, John Taylor und Joachim Ullrich.
Er war Mitglied des Landesjazzorchesters NRW und des Bundesjazzorchesters (BuJazzO). Tourneen dieser und anderer Formationen führten ihn bereits in zahlreiche europäische Länder sowie nach Russland, in die Ukraine, die USA und durch sieben Länder Zentralamerikas.
Benjamin SchaeferBenjamin Schaefer (*1981) studied jazz piano and composition in Cologne with Hans Lüdemann, John Taylor and Joachim Ullrich from 2001 to 2008. He was part of the German national youth jazz orchestra (BuJazzO) from 2004 to 2006 and has toured several European countries as well as Russia, the Ucraine, the USA and seven Central American states.
With his trio, Benjamin won both the public prize and the award for the best composition at the “Concours du Jazz Europeen 2007” in Avignon. In the same year, the trio was awarded the “Jazz Prize of Lower Saxony” and got to the semi-finals of the “New German Jazz Prize”.
Their latest CD “Roots and Wings”, published in 2008 by the renowned Enja label, has received rave reviews in both national and international media. The trio has played important jazz clubs and numerous festivals (Rheingau Musik Festival, Leverkusener Jazztage, jazztransfer Saarbrücken et al. ) as well as double bills with Roy Hargrove and Abdullah Ibrahim and their concerts have been recorded by various radio stations.
Apart from his artist work, he works as a music teacher at Cologne College of Music.