Marcus Weiss (born 1961 in Basel, Switzerland) is a saxophonist and teacher. His repertoire includes all epochs, from the beginnings in impressionistic France to the present.[1][2]

As a soloist, Weiss worked with many European orchestras[3] and ensembles of contemporary music.[4][5] He has been invited to major festivals in Europe, the US and Asia. As a chamber musician, Weiss is primarily working with his two ensembles, Trio Accanto (Nicolas Hodges, piano and Christian Dierstein percussion)[6] and Quatuor Xasax in Paris (with saxophonists Serge Bertocchi, Jean-Michel Goury and Pierre-Stéphane Meugé.[7]

Since 1995 he has taught saxophone and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik Basel,[8][9] where he also directs a Masters program for contemporary music.[10] He is regularly giving masterclasses at various international universities (London, Madrid, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Palma, Porto, Boston, New York, Chicago,[11] Takefu, Sevilla.). Weiss is a regular teacher at the "Darmstaedter Ferienkurse fuer neue Musik“[12][13] as well as at IMPULS (ensemble academy) in Graz, Austria.[14]

He studied saxophone with Iwan Roth at the Hochschule für Musik Basel and Frederick L. Hemke at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.[15] In 1989, he was awarded the soloist’s prize of the Swiss Tonkuenstlerverein.[16]

Weiss is a d'Addario artist[17]

World premieres

Solo

Solo with ensemble/orchestra

  • Georg Friedrich Haas ''Baritonsaxophonkonzert'' (2008) b.sax and orch[20][21]
  • Jürg Birkenkoetter ''Tripelkonzert'' (2002/03) sax, pno, perc and orch
  • Manuel Hidalgo ''Romance de Le Châtelier'' (1994) sax (a/b) and ens
  • Toshio Hosokawa ''Herbst Wanderer'' (2005) s.sax, pno, perc and strings
  • Hanspeter Kyburz ''Cells'' (1993/94) sax (SATB) and ens
  • Roland Moser ''Wal'' (1980/83) five sax and orch
  • Salvatore Sciarrino ''Graffito sul Mare'' (2003) s.sax, pno, perc and orch
  • Mauricio Sotelo ''Wall of light Black'' (2003/06) sax and ens
  • Johannes Maria Staud ''Violent Incidents'' (2005) sax (s/t), wind orch and perc

Chamber music

  • Peter Ablinger ''Verkündigung'' (1990) t.sax., fl, pno
  • Mark Andre: ''durch'' (2005/06) s.sax., perc and pno
  • Georges Aperghis: ''Crosswind'' (1997) viola and satb
  • Georges Aperghis ''Funambule'' (2014) a.sax, pno and perc
  • Georges Aperghis ''Zeugen'' (2007) musical theatre
  • Alex Buess ''Hyperbaton'' (1991) ttbb
  • John Cage ''Five 4'' (1991) s.sax, a.sax and 3 perc
  • Alvaro Carlevaro ''Quiebros'' (1993/94) satb
  • Aldo Clementi ''Tre Ricercari'' (2000) sax, pno perc
  • Stefano Gervasoni ''Rigirio'' (2000) b.sax, pno and perc
  • Vinko Globokar ''Terres brulées, ensuite...'' (1998) sax, pno and perc
  • Wolfgang Heiniger ''Lamento III'' (2003) kb.sax, per and self playing drums
  • Wolfgang Heiniger ''"Desafinado"'' (2005) s.sax, self playing drum and tape
  • Toshio Hosokawa ''Vertical Time Study II'' (1994) t.sax, pno and perc
  • York Hoeller ''Trias'' (2001) s.sax, pno, perc
  • Rudolf Kelterborn ''Musik in vier Sätzen'' (2014/15) viola and satb
  • Thomas Kessler ''Is it?'' (2002) soprano and s.sax
  • Jo Kondo ''A Shrub'' (2000) a.sax, pno and marimba
  • Helmut Lachenmann Sakura (2000) a.sax, pno, perc
  • Bernhard Lang ''Song Book'' (2004) voice, sax, pno, perc
  • Fabien Lévy ''Towards the door we never opened'' (2012) satb
  • Thomas Müller ''Secco'' (1993) sax, pno, perc
  • Giorgio Netti ''avvicinamento'' (1998) satb
  • Giorgio Netti ''due lune pù in là'' (2001) cl, sax, vcl, pno and perc
  • Brice Pauset ''Adagio dialettico'' (2000) s.sax, pno and perc
  • Stefan Prins ''Mirror Box (Flesh+Prosthesis #3)'' (2014) sax, pno, perc and electr
  • Wolfgang Rihm ''Gegenstück'' (2006) kb.sax, pno and perc
  • Yuval Shaked ''40malige Gegenwart und Rueckmeldung'' (1998) sax, pno, per
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen ''Erwachen'' (2007) s.sax, trp and vlc
  • Hans Thomalla ''Fracking'' (2013) a.sax and string trio
  • Hans Thomalla ''Lied'' (2017/8) t.sax, pno, perc
  • Manos Tsangaris ''3 Orte'' (1998) sax, pno, perc
  • Walter Zimmermann ''The Paradoxes of Love'' (1987) soprano and s.sax

Publications

  • The Techniques of Saxophone Playing (2010) published by Bärenreiter ISBN 978-3-7618-2114-5

Recordings

  • Georges Aperghis "works for saxophone and viola“ (0012942KAI, Kairos/Vienna)
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen "Edentia“ (Stockhausen Verlag CD 98)
  • Marcus Weiss "Swiss contemporary music for saxophone“ (MGB CTS-M 86)
  • So near so far - Trio Accanto (edition zeitklang)
  • Vykintas Baltakas (KAIROS/Vienna, 0015004KAI)
  • J.M.Staud Portrait (KAIROS/Vienna (0012672KAI, Vienna)
  • Sciarrino "Pagine“ Xasax (ZIG-ZAG TERRITORIES PARIS, ZZT 031001)
  • Mauricio Sotelo with Musik-Fabrik (0012832KAI, Kairos/Vienna)
  • Giorgio Netti "necessita d’interrogare il cielo“ (DURIAN Vienna, 020-2, LC 02520)
  • Trio Accanto (assai, 222502 – MU750)
  • Mark Andre (12732KAI, Kairos/Vienna)
  • Elena Mendoza (0012882KAI, Kairos/Vienna)
  • CONQUEST OF MELODY hat(now)ART CD 6178 (1997)
  • ARS SUBTILIOR Xasax hat(now)ART 107 (1998)
  • KYA Music by Giacinto Scelsi hat(now)ART 117 (1999)
  • Counterpoise Xasax and Trio Accanto hat(now)ART 136 (2000)
  • XASAX EROL Records 7019 (1994)
  • Alfred Zimmerlin (Musiques suisses, MGB CTS-M 115)
  • Hanspeter Kyburz Klangforum MGB CTS-M 52 (1997)
  • Neue Musik für Saxophon XOPF Records 10 (1991)
  • Detlev Müller-Siemens WERGO, WER 6648 2 (1999)
  • MUSIKFABRIK NRW
  • "Traum“ by Gerhard Staebler CPO 999 259 2 (1994)
  • Nikolaus A. Huber BVHAAST CD 9407 (1994)

References

  1. ↑ Krieger, Irene (2002). "Neue Saxophonkonzerte und ihre Widmungsträger: Eine Auswahl". Rohrblatt: Magazin für Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott und Saxophon.
  2. ↑ Aff, Rebekah. "Mark Dresser Modular Ensemble and Mark Dresser & Marcus Weiss Duo". JazzReview.com. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Orchestral Concert 1 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  4. ↑ "Ensemble (History) - Klangforum Wien (EN)". Klangforum Wien. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  5. ↑ "Zeit-Ton extended". ORF (broadcaster). Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Wieschollek, Dirk (2011). "So near so far". Neue Zeitschrift für Musik.
  7. ↑ Derks, Thea (1998). "Odessa: Music as a Means for Emancipation". Tempo.
  8. ↑ "FHNW - Prof. Marcus Weiss - Tätigkeiten und Funktion in Forschung, Dienstleitung und Lehre - Hochschule für Musik". Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  9. ↑ "Donaueschingen: Orgel und Sopransaxophon brillieren - Donaueschingen". Schwarzwälder Bote. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Contemporary Music". Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  11. ↑ "The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Contemporary Art Museum: Nora Schultz, parrottree-building for bigger than real". Renaissance Society. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  12. ↑ Freydank, Sylvia. "Weiss, Marcus (Saxophone)". Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  13. ↑ "Pedro Pablo Cámara gana el premio Förderpreis de la Fundación BOG". Doce Notas. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Marcus Weiss, saxophone". Impuls.cc. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music". Northwestern University. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "D'Addario Strings". d'Addario. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "D'Addario Woodwinds : Artist Details : Marcus Weiss". d'Addario. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  18. ↑ "Zeit-Ton extended". ORF. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  19. ↑ Mallorca, Diario de. "Giorgio Netti, Simaku y Sánchez-Verdú en el Festival Internacional". Diario de Mallorca. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "News Section". Tempo. 62 (245): 83–85. 2008-07-01. doi:10.1017/S0040298208000223. JSTOR 40072845.
  21. ↑ Kunkel, Michael (2010). "Quasi un attraversamento: Saxophonmehrklänge in Kunst und Forschung von Giorgio Netti, Marcus Weiss und Georg Friedrich Haas". Dissonance: Schweizer Musikzeitschrift für Forschung und Kreation.
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