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Lukas Frei

LUKAS FREI (trumpet, flügelhorn, composition). Born on June 24, 1980 in Basel, Switzerland.

STUDIES Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB), Switzerland: 2008-2010 Master of Advanced Studies in Music, Management, 2003-2008 Jazz Trumpet, Pedagogy, Composition

I had the chance to WORK & PERFORM with Kenny Wollesen, Sylvie Courvoisier, William Parker, Sarah Belle Reid, Enrico Pieranunzi, Billy Cobham, Philip Catherine, Adrian Mears, Claudio Puntin, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra, Ballbreaker Ensemble, The Himalayas, Poets Of Rhythm, Millennium Jazz Orchestra, Heidi Happy, Al Pride, Nicole Bernegger, Nicolas Bamberger, Rhonda Dorsey a.o.

APPEARANCES Jazz Festival Willisau, Cully Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival Montreux, Langnau Jazz Nights, Jazzwerkstatt Bern, Festival Of New Trumpet Music New York, International Jazzfestival Bern, clubs and venues in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France and the USA

Awards

2021 Work grant by the city of Zurich CH
2021 Work grant by Stiftung Levedo
2017 Residency – Moods Labor
2015 Zentralschweizer Förderpreis des Migros-Kulturprozent with the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra
2013 & 2010 Awarded with a work grant by the city and canton of Lucerne CH for the Lucerne Jazz Orchestra
2008 Finalist at the International ArtEZ Composition Contest, Enschede NL
2006-2007 Member of the Generations Fellowship Award Band 2006 with Adrian Mears and Roman Schwaller
2005 Finalist at the «Competition of Young Soloists» at the Jazzparade in Fribourg CH

Gear

TRUMPETS: Inderbinen Silverart, Inderbinen Amarone, Inderbinen Extra

FLUGELHORN: Inderbinen Wood

CORNET: Inderbinen Rondo


Tags

Primary Instrument

Trumpet

Location

Berne

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

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