Marcus Weiss
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.
As a soloist, Weiss worked with many European orchestras and ensembles of contemporary music. 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) and Quatuor Xasax in Paris (with saxophonists Serge Bertocchi, Jean-Michel Goury and Pierre-Stéphane Meugé.
Since 1995 he has taught saxophone and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik Basel, where he also directs a Masters program for contemporary music. He is regularly giving masterclasses at various international universities (London, Madrid, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow, Amsterdam, Bordeaux, Palma, Porto, Boston, New York, Chicago, Takefu, Sevilla.). Weiss is a regular teacher at the "Darmstaedter Ferienkurse fuer neue Musik“ as well as at IMPULS (ensemble academy) in Graz, Austria.
He studied saxophone with Iwan Roth at the Hochschule für Musik Basel and Frederick L. Hemke at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. In 1989, he was awarded the soloist’s prize of the Swiss Tonkuenstlerverein.
Weiss is a d'Addario artist
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Some Paths Will Always Lead Through the Shadows (2021) for flute/Bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, two violins, viola and cello - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
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Concerto for two violins and string orchestra "Stoicheia" (2015) - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
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To Become a Tree (2016) for flute/bass flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, prepared piano, violin and cello - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
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Doch manchmal erhellt sich die Seele, wenn sie frohe Menschen denkt, dunkelgoldene Frühlingstage (2019) for soprano, flute/bass flute and live electronics - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
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Born in Waves (2021) for bass clarinet, trumpet, tuba, piano, one percussionist, violin, viola and cello - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
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Touching the First Sounds (2019) for alto saxophone solo, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola and cello - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
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Impacts (2014) for cello and double bass - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
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Like a Swan (2022) for flute/Bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, violin, viola and cello - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
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Above (2022) for two or more instruments - Elis Hallik: Born in Waves -
Marcus Weiss
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