Dominik Blum biografy
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Dominik Blum studied piano with Hans Rudolf Boller (Winterthur) and Urs Peter Schneider (Bern). Assistant Conductor of Karl Scheuber (choir, ensemble), 1984 - 1990. Interpretation courses with Gjörgy Kurtag and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Orchestral conducting courses with Kirk Trevor and Tsung Yeh in Zlin (Czechia) and in Zürich. Teaches piano at the Kantonsschule Küsnacht and is projectleader at the Musikhochschule Zürich. Numerous (first) performances of new music, productions with DRS radio, soloist with the basel sinfonietta and Serenata Basel. Guest performer with Opera Nova Zürich, ensemble für neue musik zürich, GNOM Baden, opus novum Luzern, Neue Horizonte and others.

Board member of ISCM Zürich. Also involved with improvised music. With his group “Steamboat Switzerland” he combines Avantgarde, Rock/Techno and free improvisation. Concert tours to Europe, Argentina, Russia, North America. City of Winterthur grant 1998. First perfomances and recordings of solo piano works written by the swiss composer Hermann Meier.

 

november 2002: The Steamboat Switzerland Extended Ensemble was created doing the first performance of David Dramm's "Orang Slice" (www.daviddramm.com) at the three coubtry festival "November Music" in BE, NL, BRD , CH-premiere in january and june 2002 (Expo Biel)

 

january 2002: foundation of the experimental concert serie "Paralleluniversum" at the Kulturzentrum Gaswerk Winterthur (www.gaswerk.ch)

 

april 2002: tour through Macedonia and Kosovo with the flute player Boris Previsic, masterclass for improvised music in Skopje.

 

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discography:

Hermann Meier: «works for piano solo», 2001 Edition Wandelweiser, Berlin; EWR 0001

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Steamboat Switzerland:

- «live» , 1999 Unit Records; UTR 4104

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- «AC/dB (Hayden)», 2001 GROB, Köln

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- «Budapest», 2001 GROB, Köln

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- «Unknown Song/Zone», 2001 GROB und
   Moon Records, Zürich

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The Carillo 1/16 Tone Piano (Werke für Sechzehnteltonklavier), 2003, Edition Zeitklang, Berlin; ez14016

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Raving Song System:

- «Vol. 1» , 2005

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