Wolfarth, Christian

Acoustic Solo Percussion - Vol. 4 [7" VINYL]

Label: Hiddenbell Records Country: Switzerland

Christian Wolfarth Biography

1960 born in Zürich, Switzerland
1977 he starts to play drums in different rock bands
1982-1986 studies with Billy Brooks at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern
1992-1995 studies with Pierre Favre at the Conservatory of Luzern
1995 studies in contemporary composition with Siegfried Kutterer in Basel

Since the middle of the 80th's, he's involved in different styles of jazz, improvised music and composed contemporary music with:
Al Maslakh Ensemble, Claus van Bebber, John Butcher, Gene Coleman, Bertrand Denzler
Michel Doneda, Axel Dörner, John Edwards, Donat Fisch, Christoph Gallio, Malcolm Goldstein
Barry Guy, Eugen Gomringer, Michael Griener, Franz Hautzinger, Charlotte Hug
Jason Kahn, Hans Koch, Tomas Korber, Annette Krebs, Fine Kwiatkowski, Joke Lanz
Urs Leimgruber, Lé Quan Ninh, London Improvisers Orchestra, Paul Lovens
Werner Lüdi, Albert Mangelsdorff, Michael Moser, Günter Müller, Andrea Neumann
Lucas Niggli, Evan Parker, Norbert Pfammatter, Simon Picard, Gert-Jan Prins
Ignaz Schick, Alex von Schlippenbach, Irène Schweizer, Christine Sehnaoui
Martin Siewert, Harry Sjöström, Jürg Solothurnmann, Günter Sommer, Daniel Studer
Michael Thieke, Michael Vorfeld, Phil Wachsman, Christian Weber, Chris Wiesendanger
Michel Wintsch, Michael Zerang, Alfred Zimmerlin and many others

Since 1991 he plays solo concerts all over Europe

Works for theatre projects, with dancers, for movies and videos