Paul Giger
Paul Giger (born 1952 in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, northeastern Switzerland), is a Swiss violinist and composer. He plays contemporary classical music, jazz, and free improvised music, and specializes in extended techniques. He has released seven CDs on the ECM label and collaborated with the Hilliard Ensemble, Jan Garbarek, Pierre Favre and Marie-Louise Dähler.
Paul Giger
- Born
- 1952 · Herisau.
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Occupation
- composer · violinist · musician
- Fields
- music
- Languages
- German
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Paul Giger (born 1952) is recorded as a composer, musician and violinist.
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Paul Giger was born in 1952; the birthplace is Herisau, Switzerland, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• Chartres (ECM, 1989) • Alpstein (ECM, 1991) • Schattenwelt (ECM, 1993) • Ignis (ECM, 1998) • Vindonissa (ECM, 2003) • Towards Silence (ECM, 2007) • trans limen ad lumen (DIVOX, 2017) • ars moriendi (ECM, 2022)
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