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Double Bass
Born in Winterthur, Switzerland, to a musical family, Jonas Tauber studied classical piano and cello, completing a Bachelor of Music in Performance and Literature in Cello at the Eastman School of Music.
His career as a cellist included performing as soloist and chamber musician in North and South America, Europe, and the Middle East with Itzhak Perlman, the Apple Hill Chamber Players, North/South Consonance Ensemble (NYC), Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra (Brazil/USA), Manhattan Orchesis (Brazil), Emmanuelle Somer and the Tone Poets (Europe), as well as performing the Elgar, Schumann, and Bloch's Kol Nidrei concertos in Poland and New York.
For the last year, Jonas has toured the United States, Europe, and the Middle East as the bassist for the band Pink Martini, based in Portland, OR. where he lived and played double bass in ensembles covering styles from classical to free improvised music, including the Oregon Symphony, Linfield Chamber Orchestra, Freeplex, as well as performing solo upright bass concerts at the Snake & Weasel, the Tugboat, and the Tiki Room at the Jasmine Tree restaurant. Jonas has recorded with four different ensembles of his own creation, released in 2002, involving small ensemble work in duo or trio format that stresses freely improvised music.
He has recently returned to Switzerland, where he is performing with modern music classical ensembles as well as period and open free improvised music. He also tours with the Vlatkovich Tritet.
Discography
- Emmanuelle Somer, Search For Peace
- John Hollenbeck, Quartet Lucy
- Myriade, Kartoum
- Vinny Golia, strings quintett project (not yet released)
- Pat Metheny, Soundtrack (Map of the World)
Contact details and further information
Management:
Musika
Pierre-Andre Kranz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
E-mail musika@visualnet.com.br
Jonas Tauber
Nelkenstr. 26
CH-8006 Zürich
Schweiz
+41 76 404 0867 tel.
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