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CD Release and tour with Gjertrud Lunde
An impression of the music can be found on Youtube.
The release was accompanied by a tour in Germany and Norway:
15.05.14 Karmøy / Torvastad Kirke
14.05.14 Jørpeland / Jørpeland Kirke
13.05.14 Nærbø / Nærbø Kirke
12.05.14 Oslo / Kulturkirken Jakob
11.05 14 Düsseldorf / Jazz-Schmiede
05.05.14 Köln / Loft
04.05.14 Dortmund / Paulus Kirche und Kultur
Besides Gjertrud Lunde (vocal) the group consists of Florian Zenker (guitar, baritone guitar, electronics), Wolfert Brederode (piano, rhodes) and Bodek Janke (percussion, drums), with guest Arve Henriksen on trumpet.
The album was recorded at LOFT (COlogne) and mixed at Rainbow Studios in Oslo by Jan Erik Kongshaug.
YOUTUBE PAGE
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Live CD Trio Bert Lochs feat. Lydia van Dam
The CD “Live”, recorded during the JazzImpuls - tour, was released on
Music under Construction
Concertvideos can be seen on Youtube
“Sunny” released by EPIX
The cinema movie by Emmy Award winner Thorsten Wettcke received the 1st price for the best screenplay at the Filmfestival Brooklyn. The film is now available on DVD and can be ordered e.g. at Amazon
Interview Project Germany
The videoportraits filmed by Austin lynch (son of director David Lynch) and his team in the autumn of 2010 in Germany are being published weekly on Spiegelonline and on the website of the project.
The music is by Florian Zenker, Alexander Maczewski and Christof May.
Duo-CONCERT WITH Kinan Azmeh IN BERLIN
Premiere for the duo-program with the Syrian, New York-based clarinet-player Kinan Azmeh.
Influences from jazz, Arabian music, classical and film music meet.
Now on Youtube: Manfred Leuchter with band and guests
„Between Bach and Bagdad. The XXL version!“ - a special concert of accordeon player Manfred Leuchter at Burg Wilhelmstein
with Dima Orsho, Kinan Azmeh (Syria/USA), Ian Melrose (Scotland) and many more
Jasper Somsen Group RELEASE
In 2013 the quintet of the Dutch bass player Jasper Somsen released its second album SARDEGNA on Challenge Records, followed by a CD-Release-Tour in The Netherlands.
DoCumentarY ABOUT THE Klitschko-BrOTHERS
The cinema-documentary Klitschko, with an original score composed by Stefan Ziethen, started showing in cinemas in the USA and the UK in the end of 2011 and has since been released on DVD and Bluray in Germany.
Florian Zenker is playing a number of stringed instruments on the soundtrack - mandolin, electric guitar, Nashville-tuned steel string and nylon string acoustic guitars, waldzither, cittern, autoharp, and music maker.
“Grasmücke und Pitbulls” ON GERMAN TV (3Sat)
The documentary about a project with juvenile delinquents (by Celia rothmund/ Sebastián Barahona/ Yetifilm in co-production with 3Sat, supported by Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen) had its premiere on the 33. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis 2012 and was later broadcast on 3Sat
Christof May Group feat. Nils Petter Molvær
The second recording of the quintet of Christof May - this time in a collaboration with guest Nils Petter Molvær - was mixed by Jan Erik Kongshaug in Rainbow Studios / Oslo.
The album consists of one uninterrupted, 62 minutes long piece of music, and will be released in 2015.
NeW Film musiC - Showreels online
A Showreel with soundtracks I wrote during the last years can now be watched on Youtube.
There is also a compilation of my personal favorites from David Lynch presents:Interview Project Germany
"Reisezeit Costa Rica"
Travel Documentary about Costa Rica
On 15. december 2013 the travel documentary by Claudia Pöchlauer and Walter Grössbauer was broadcast on Austrian television (ORF).
The film was be shown 3 more times on ORF and twice on 3Sat.
The music features a.o. the sound of the "Charandolin" - my grandfather´s old mandolin, set up with charango strings for the bright Southern American melody sound I needed for the film.
An extended DVD-version was published under the name “Bienvenido a Costa Rica” in 2014.
TV Documentary about ukrainE
In May 2014 a documentary about the situation in Ukraine was shown on German TV (ARD).
The film is a production of the WDR and was made by Eva Müller und Stephan Stuchlik, and I had the pleasure of making the music.
New CD by Christof May: "DEEPER GREEN"
feat. Nils Petter Molvær and Susanne Abbuehl
The album was released on 9.10.2015 on Challenge Records
Christof May - (bass)clarinet, saxophone & production
Florian Zenker - guitar, electronics & coproduction
Bob Wijnen - keyboards
Jens Loh - bass
Eric Hoeke - drums & electronics
featuring: Nils Petter Molvær (trompet) and Susanne Abbuehl (voice)
TV-documentary “Richter Gottes” (God´s Judges)
On 27.01.2016 the WDR showed the continuation of the documentary about the world of the German church courts, this time with an emphasis on the child abuse scandal from Hildesheim.
The first part of the documentary was broadcast on 30.11.2015 on First German Television.
The film is by Eva Müller, producer Jo Angerer, the music is by me.
Concert with Gjertrud Lunde HJEMKLANG, featuring Arve Henriksen
Performance on the Drammen Sacred Festival (Norway)
Gjertrud Lunde - voice
Arve Henriksen - trompet, electronics
Florian Zenker - guitar, baritone guitar, electronics
Wolfert Brederode – piano, rhodes
Jarle Vespestad – drums, percussion
Recordings for film music composer Stefan Ziethen
Stefan Ziethen composed the music for the cinema-documentaries NOWITZKI - The Perfect Shot (Sebastian Dehnhardt, 2014) und Nice Paces to Die (Bernd Schaarmann, 2015), and I recorded electric guitar, various acoustic guitars, ukulele, baritone guitar, dobro and banjo to the soundtrack.
Both films are also available as DVD, Bluray and soundtrack-album
(“Sendung mit dem Elefanten”)
I had the opportunity to make music for the WDR children TV, and scored the segment “How to Share” of the “Show with the Elephant” with ukulele, accordeon, guitar and children piano
GLOBAL WEEK FOR SYRIA Festival in Beirut
From 20. to 22.4. I played on the Global Week Festival in Beirut.
On 20. and 21.4. I performed together with Gjertrud Lunde, with Nareg Abajian, Khaled Omran and Dani Shukri.
On 22.4. I played with Salon Joussour / Tony Overwater and Steven Kampermann and different musicians from Syria and Lebanon
BENEFIT CONCERT Global Week for Syria
On 26.4. a World Music / Jazz-concert with profiled musicians from Canada, Syria, Norway, The Netherlands and Germany took place at LOFT / Köln.
This concert was Cologne´s contribution to the international festival GLOBAL WEEK FOR SYRIA. The profit of the concert was donated to JASMIN-HILFE, an organisation of humanitarian help for Syrian children.
TRIPle horizon World Jazz Trio
The trio is currently working on new repertoire and planning concerts for 2016/2017.
TRIPLE HORIZON is:
Florian Zenker (D) - guitar / electronics
Chris Jennings (CAN / F) – bass
Arie Den Boer (NL) - drums / percussion.
Concert preview on Youtube: 1 Minute 23 Sekunden