Daniel Schnyder
Daniel Schnyder (born March 12, 1961) is a Swiss jazz reedist and composer of both jazz and classical music. Schnyder learned to play cello before saxophone. He attended Berklee College of Music and the Conservatory of Winterthur.
Daniel Schnyder
- Name
- Daniel Schnyder
- Born
- 12 March 1961
- Birthplace
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Occupation
- Musician, composer
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Fields
- music · composed musical work · saxophone performance · flute performance
- Education
- Berklee College of Music
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Biography
He has recorded for Enja Records and composes pieces which meld jazz and classical music. His work has been published by Hal Leonard, Universal Edition, and Edition Kunzelmann; he has been commissioned by Vienna Art Orchestra, NDR Bigband, Opera Philadelphia, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic. He has also worked with Flavio Ambrosetti, Lee Konitz, and Abdullah Ibrahim.
Daniel Schnyder studied at Berklee College of Music. The field of work recorded is music, composed musical work and saxophone performance. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz, nu jazz, world music and pop music. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City.
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• Name — Daniel Schnyder • Born — 12 March 1961 • Birthplace — Zürich, Switzerland • Genre — Jazz, Classical • Occupation — Musician, composer • Instrument — Saxophone, clarinet, flute • Label — Enja • Website — danielschnyder.com
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As sideman
• Franco Ambrosetti, Music for Symphony and Jazz Band (Enja, 1991)
Discography
• Secret Cosmos (Enja, 1988) • The City (Enja, 1989) • Decoding the Message (Enja, 1990) • Mythen (Koch, 1991) • Mythology (Enja 1991) • Granulat with Mossman (Red, 1991) • Nucleus (Enja, 1995) • Tarantula (Enja, 1996) • Words Within Music (Enja, 1999) • Jazz Meets Weill and Gershwin with Kurt Weill, David Taylor, Kenny Drew Jr. (Koch, 2000) • Songbook with Kenny Drew Jr., Kristjan Jaervi, Symphony Orchestra of Norrlands Opera (CCn'C, 2002) • Zoom In (Universal/EmArcy, 2003) • Da Skale with Kenny Drew Jr. (TCB, 2003) • Colossus of Sound with NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi, Reinhold Friedrich, Kathrin Rabus (Enja, 2004) • Just Follow Instructions with Adam Unsworth (Block M, 2009) • Manhattanite (Neuklang, 2010) • Around the World with Stefan Schulz (BIS, 2011) • Daniel Schnyder (Migros-Kulturprozent, 2011)
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- 1.Marcus Gammel, "Daniel Schnyder". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
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