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Daniel Schnyder

The Swiss American composer Daniel was born 1961 in Zurich, Switzerland and lives in New York City.

Among his credits as a composer are commissions to write new works for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York, the Tonkuenstler Orchestra in Vienna, the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, The Norrlands Operan in Sweden, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Vienna Art Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Opera of Bern, the NDR Orchestra in Hannover, the NDR Big Band in Germany, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the New York based new music group "Absolute Ensemble" under the direction of Kristjan Jaervi, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, the American Composers Orchestra, the Postclassical Ensemble in Washington, DC, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and Opera Philadelphia besides many others.

The Album "Absolution" (Enja Nova) featuring Daniel Schnyder's Trombone Concerto received a Grammy nomination for "Best Classical Small Ensemble Recording" in 2002.

He frequently performs with his special chamber music project for saxophone and string quartet, combining composition and improvisation, jazz and traditional chamber music, a format also featured at the Gaia Festival 2015.

The extended catalogue of his chamber music works gets performed and recorded all around the globe.

As an arranger/composer he produced albums for jazz artists Abdullah Ibrahim ("African Suite"), Lee Konitz ("Tribute to Billie Holiday") and Paquito D'Rivera ("Habañera", Enja Records). He also worked with Simon Shaheen, Peter Herbert, Burhan Öcal, Bassam Saba, Jing Jang, Marcel Kalife and Jamey Haddad on a variety of projects, merging Arab music and Chinese music elements with jazz and classical music.

Daniel Schnyder's new Opera "Abraham" was premiered in Duesseldorf in November 2014. "Charlie Parker's Yardbird", a commission by Opera Philadelphia, will be premiered in June 2015 with Laurence Brownlee as Charlie Parker. The New York premiere of the work will take place at Harlem's legendary "Apollo Theater" in June 2016 with the New York Philharmonic.

Two concerti for ethnic instruments, his Pipa Concerto and his Alphorn Concerto, were premiered in the 2005/06 season to great acclaim. Daniel Schnyder wrote also a concerto for the Libanese Nay virtuoso Bassam Saba, that became the centerpiece of his special festival program: "Arabian Night".

His symphonic work "Sundiata Keita" for Large Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and 4 soloists from Mali playing traditional instruments was successfully premiered at the Berlin Philharmony during his stay as composer in residence with the RSO in Berlin.

He also tours with the program "Around the World" featuring the Soloists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Stefan Schulz and worked closely with the the Berlin Philharmonic's Scharoun Ensemble as composer and chamber musician.

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Daniel Schnyder: The Anatomy of an Opera: Charlie Parker’s Yardbird Suite

Read "Daniel Schnyder: The Anatomy of an Opera: Charlie Parker’s Yardbird  Suite" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Saxophonist Charlie Parker revolutionized the world of music with his legendary approach to jazz. Unfortunately, his life was much too short and filled with tragedy. In 1955, Parker died at the age of 34 from excessive drug use. He died in the apartment of the Baroness Nica von Koenigswarter in New York City, but ironically his body remained unidentified in the morgue for days afterwards. The imaginary limbo state in which Parker has extra days to finish his life is ...

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Daniel Schnyder and Matt Herskowitz Play "Schumann and All That Jazz"

Daniel Schnyder and Matt Herskowitz Play "Schumann and All That Jazz"

Source: Michael Ricci

Jazz + Robert Schumann? Why not? On February 3rd, the Lyric Chamber Music Society will celebrate Schumann's 200th anniversary by featuring jazz arrangements of Schumann's works by virtuosos Daniel Schnyder (saxophone) and Lyric's Composer and Artist-in-Residence Matt Herskowitz (piano), along with their own compositions and selected works by Grieg, Schubert, and Bach. For more information and to reserve tickets, call 212-239-9190 or visit http://www.lyricny.org/concerts2009-2010.html today. First-time attendees bring a friend for free! About the Artists: Daniel Schnyder is known as ...

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Daniel Schnyder and the Manhattan Brass Quinted Perform Euphoria and Other Works at the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York

Daniel Schnyder and the Manhattan Brass Quinted Perform Euphoria and Other Works at the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York

Source: Michael Ricci

DECEMBER 9, 2009 - 7:30PM THE LYRIC CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF NEW YORK PRESENTS CHAMZZ: CLASSICS FOR THE 21st CENTURY A HOLIDAY CONCERT - THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT DIVIDE ABRAHAM, SARAH, AND HAGAR Kosciuszko Foundation 15 East 65th Street (between 5th & Madison Aves) Tickets: $65 / $20, call 212-239-9190 Manhattan Brass Quintet - Lew Soloff, Trumpet ...

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