Philipp Gropper - tenorsaxophone / sopranosaxophone / compositionhttp://pageoverview.com/website-report/philippgropper.com
Philipp Gropper (tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, composition) was born in Berlin in 1978. He began to play the saxophone at the age of seven. Gropper studied the jazz saxophone at the UDK Berlin and played with the concert section of Bujazzo for two years under Peter Herbolzheimer. He has since been busy as a freelance sax player and composer, dedicating most of his time to developing his musical ideas. In 2003, he started the trio HYPERACTIVE KID with Ronny Graupe and Christian Lillinger, and in 2012 founded the quartet PHILM with Elias Stemeseder, Robert Landfermann and Oliver Steidle. In 2013 - exploring yet again a completely different field of music - he initiated TAU, an electric acoustic group with Philipp Zoubek, Petter Eldh and Moritz Baumgärtner. Concerts with these bands and others have brought Gropper to over 40 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America. He has had the honour of sharing a stage with wonderful musicians such as Rudi Mahal, Ralph Towner, Jim Black, Bobby McFerrin, Kresten Osgood, Tobias Delius, Clayton Thomas, Nasheet Waits, Pablo Held, Olaf Rupp, Ceylan Ertem, Matthias Schriefl, John Schröder, Maria Joao, Tom Arthurs, Paulo Cardoso, Eric Schaefer, Kalle Kalima, James Knapp, Kaja Drachsler, Günter Baby Sommer, Håvard Wiik, Axel Dörner, Mat Maneri, Matthew Herbert, DJ IllVibe, Andreas Lang, Ibadet Ramadani and many others. As a sideman he plays with Wanja Slavin's Lotus Eaters, Pablo Held’s Glow, This Is Not My Dog, Home Stretch, European Movement Jazz Orchester and some more.Gropper has recorded more than 40 albums and has been awarded several prizes. He has been a member of the Jazzkollektiv Berlin since 2009. 2013/2014 he enjoyed an artist's residency in Basel for several months.
- Expected expiration: August 5th in 2018
- Creation date: August 5th in 2011
- Renew date: August 6th in 2017