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Michael Arlt
Touring in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Germany and the US, Arlt`s music has been showcased on a variety of radio and tv programs. Michael Arlt is an assistant professor at `Hochschule für Musik' in Würzburg, Germany and taught at a number of jazzworkshops/clinics, a. o. at Berklee College of Music, Boston.
Together with french organist Jean-Yves Jung and drummer Keith Copeland the guitarist co-led CROSS TALK. Arlt`s latest CDs are also available through cdbaby.com and Amazon
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Take Five With Michael Arlt
by AAJ Staff
Meet Michael Arlt:Appearing on numerous concert tours, festivals and CDs since 1986, guitarist Michael Arlt has been working with an expanding group of international musicians, including Red Holloway, Paquito D`Rivera, Houston Person, Dan Kostelnik & We Three, José Cortijo, Luciano Biondini, Tony Lakatos, Mathias Ruegg, Adrian Mears,Jon Sass, Portinho Trio: Klaus Mueller, Itaiguara Brandao, Portinho. Touring in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Germany and the US, Arlt`s music has been showcased on a ...
read more"As you listen to this music, you will hear how he has captured the essence of this jazz style through its' many players and how his efforts make a formidable contribution to the continuum." - Pete Fallico, The Doodlin' Lounge, L.A. -
"...is counted among the german guitar-jazz elite. His melodic work dominates over long stretches without hampering his colleagues in their expression." - "Extra-Dry" - Musikkultur -
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Credentials/Background
From 1990 - 2001, Michael Arlt taught guitar, harmony and ensemble - all
from a jazz perspective - at Hermann-Zilcher Konservatorium, Würzburg.
Since 2001 he is teaching at Hochschule für Musik, Würzburg ( www.hfm-
wuerzburg.de ).
Also, over the years Arlt did a number of jazz workshops, among them
workshops at music colleges and universitys in Bremen, Duisburg or at
Berklee College of Music, Boston.
His students and private students ... passed entrance exams in jazz guitar
or e.g. film music composition at music universities in Munic,
Leipzig, Amsterdam, Berlin, Arnheim, Weimar, Cologne..