Question 1

Biography

Accepted Answer

Hugo Siegmeth is an European jazz musician for whom it is a matter of course also to exploit classical music as a field for improvisation. Born in Banat (Arad/Romania), he emigrated to Germany in 1976. As early as during his studies at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich and composition with Stefan Zorzor, the saxophonist was awarded the Bavarian Promotion Prize in1998 and Bavarian Radio’s New Generation Award in 2001.
As a soloist, Siegmeth has advanced to become one of the most autonomous representatives of the saxophone by virtue of his characteristic colouring in the field of tension between jazz and classical music. In 2015, he was awarded the Promotion Prize of the City of Munich for this achievement.
His concert work as a soloist and artistic director leads to many radio and CD productions as well as appearances at international festivals and on international stages such as Berliner Philharmonie, Brucknerhaus Linz (A), Montreux (Jazz Festival), New York (Lincoln Center), Singapore (New Arts Festival), Linz (Ars Electronica), to tours through North and South America, Australia and Europe as well as through Central Asia and Sudan on the behalf of the Goethe Institute. He can be heard in as varied orchestras as the Hugo Siegmeth Ensemble PASSACAGLIA, in duo with the lutenist Axel Wolf and with Clark Terry, Michael Wollny, the Ensemble Sarband, the Bayrisch Jazz Group, the Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin, the Bruckner Orchestra in Linz as well as the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, both under the baton of Markus Poschner, or in the contemporary opera Die Soldaten, conducted by Kirill Petrenko at the State Opera in Munich.
Since 2006, Hugo Siegmeth has regularly composed for soundtracks in coproduction with Robert Papst (Scoreworx Studios) like "Sag mir, wo die Schönen sind ..." (Berlinale, 2008), "Geheimnisse Asiens" (Arte, 2013) or Kill me today, tomorrow I’m sick! (Montreal World Film Festival, 2018).
Since 2014, Hugo Siegmeth has been the artistic director of the teachers’ Big Band Bayern with busy international recital work at schools.
Invitations as a lecturer to master classes and workshops take him to the ‘Festival of Young Artists in Bayreuth’, to the academies in Regensburg and Munich and, with a focus on intercultural exchange and youth development, to Tunis, Astana, Ulan Bator, Lima, Santiago de Chile, Sibiu and Bagamoyo.

Question 2

Awards

Accepted Answer

Nominierung Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik für das Album "NOW" 2019
Silver Zenith, Montreal World Film Festival, Soundtrack "Kill me today..." 2018
Förderpreis Musik der Stadt München 2015
German World Music Award, Mitglied des „Ensemble Sarband“ 2008
Shortlist Deutscher Filmpreis für Musik mit „Mörderischer Frieden“ 2008
1. Preisträger „New Generations" des Bayerischen Rundfunks 2001 
Bayerischer Jazzförderpreis 1998

Question 3

Discography

Accepted Answer

WINTERREISE – Hunstein | Wolf | Siegmeth
(OhemsClassics 2020)
s pure Lebn – Bayrisch Jazz Group  
(Village Pond Records 2019)
 
NOW – Axel Wolf & Hugo Siegmeth
(OehmsClassics 2019) 
 
FLOW – Axel Wolf & Hugo Siegmeth
(OehmsClassics 2014)

PASSACAGLIA – Hugo Siegmeth Ensemble
(Village Pond Records 2011)
 
LA BORDEI – Hugo Siegmeth Ensemble
(Village Pond Records 2009)

Red Onions – Hugo Siegmeth Quartet 
(ACT 2006)

Oracle – Hugo Siegmeth Quartet
 (Village Pond Records 2005)

Live at the Jazzclub Unterfahrt 
–  Hugo Siegmeth Quintet (Edition Collage 2001)

Unterwegs 
– Zapf ́nstreich (Pantaleon 2013)

An Arabian Passion according to J.S. Bach 
–  Sarband  (JARO 2008)

Songs closer to silence 
–  Zollsound Chamber Orchestra  (Enja 2003)

Clark 
–  Summit-Jazz-Orchestra feat. Clark Terry (Edition Collage 2000)
 
(Selection)

Question 4

Filmography

Accepted Answer

Unser Deutschland. Einigkeit, Recht, Freiheit
(A. Oster, Doku, ARD 2019)
 
Kill me today, tomorrow I´m sick  
(J. Schroeder / T. Streck, Kino, 2018)
 
Ernst Grube – Zeitzeuge.                                               
(Christel Priemer, Kino-Doku, 2017)
 
90 Minuten sind kein Leben
(N. Golüke, Doku, ARD 2015)
 
Faschingskinder
(G. Scholz, Doku, Kino 2014)
 
Geheimnisse Asiens - Die schönsten Nationalparks
(R. Berry, Doku 5-teilig, ARTE 2013)
 
Landauer
(N. Golüke, Doku, BR 2013)
 
Gesichter des Islam
(H. Schuller, Doku 4-teilig, ARTE/ARD 2010)
 
Leben unter Verdacht - Der Fall Harry Wörz
(G. Scholz, Doku, ARD 2010)
 
Heute war damals Zukunft 
(G. Scholz, Doku Kino, 2010)
 
Meisterklasse - Ein Jahr mit den Opernprofis von morgen
(O. Hagemann, Doku ARTE 2009)
 
Mohenjo Daro
(H. Schuller, Doku, ARD/ARTE 2008)
 
Sag mir wo die Schönen sind...
(G. Scholz, Doku, Kino 2008)
 
Auge in Auge- Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte
(M. Althen, H. H. Prinzler,  Doku Kino 2008)
 
Mörderischer Frieden
(R. Schweiger, Spielfilm, Kino 2007)
 
(Auswahl)

Hugo Siegmeth

Hugo Siegmeth

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