Stephan Athanas
Velká Británie / Švýcarsko
Stephan Athanas se narodil řecko-tureckému obchodníku s koberci
a švýcarské matce. Studoval jazz a klasickou hudbu ve Švýcarsku
a v USA. Je profesorem Vysoké hudební školy v Lucernu, komponuje filmovou
a scénickou hudbu. Strávil hodně času poznáváním cicích zemí, všude
se seznamoval s jejich hudbou a incioval mezinárodní hudební projekty:
Contemporary Arabic Orchestra (Egypt, Tunisko, F, CH), atHAnaspaTONvidAL
(USA, F, CH), Athanas-Novotny (CH, CZ).
(viz též Stephan Athanas & The ContempArabic Jazz Ensemble)
Stephan Athanas
Great Britain / Switzerland
Stephan Athanas was born in Switzerland as the son of a Greek-Turkish
carpet dealer and a Swiss mother.
He studied Jazz, Classical - and Film - Music in Switzerland and USA. He
teaches electric bass at the Jazz School Lucerne (Switzerland).
Encouraged by different cultural Institutions (Pro Helvetia, Kuratorium
Aargau, Berklee School of Music, Konferenz der Schweizer Städte für
Kulturfragen) he spent a lot of time in foreign countries, where he
studied music and initiated different multi-national - cultural music
projects:
The ContempArabic Jazz Ensemble (Egypt, Tunesia, France, Switzerland)
(CD - "Welcome to Egypt", Musicora 10001-2), atHAnas paTON vidAL (USA,
France, Switzerland), Athanas-Novotny (CH, CZ).
Athanas also writes music for art videos, documentaries and theatre
and studied composition recently with Dieter Schnebel, Dieter Amman,
Christoph Baumann and others.
(see also Stephan Athanas & The ContempArabic Jazz Ensemble)