Stefanie Boltz - FEMALE
FEMALE
Music made by women – a journey through centuries
As muses, they have always been sought after. Creating art and music has been as unlikely for women over centuries as engaging in politics, playing football, or piloting airplanes. "Bringing into the world" is undoubtedly their domain: Despite all adversities, strong female musicians have followed their calling, creating music of individual beauty over the centuries. However, they have not been as visible as their presence suggests – even in times of quotas and gender acrobatics.
Hildegard von Bingen, Alma Mahler, Nina Simone, Kate Bush, Bessie Smith & Ma Rainey are just a few examples of women who have been partially celebrated, partially forgotten, and sometimes found late recognition. They have overcome hurdles and scaled unforeseen heights. In the program FEMALE, heroines from the Middle Ages and classical period, pioneers of blues, 'Women in Jazz,' as well as contemporary songwriters – together with Stefanie Boltz – take the stage.
Stefanie Boltz and her trio want to pursue their individual paths. Collage-like snapshots from the lives and times of the artists bring us as close to their lives, reflections, and longings as to their works.
Stefanie Boltz (vocals) Stefanie Boltz is an integral part of the German-speaking concert scene. For years, she explored the boundaries of the voice-bass duo 'Le Bang Bang' with Sven Faller and has been in the spotlight as a leader and songwriter under her own name for 8 years. Additionally, she runs a concert agency and curates her own festival formats, most recently as the artistic director of "Alpenrausch" at Gasteig HP8 in Munich. In 2021, she founded "JAZZBABY" with Christian Wegscheider, an ideology-free project bridging blues, chamber music, and song or chanson – with jazz as a large umbrella. Her music serves as a platform for 'brave music.' Courage not only for musically unusual or genre-defying pieces but also for feeling, breakthrough, and escapade.
Christian Wegscheider (piano) Christian Wegscheider begins his career as a self-taught musician on the family home organ with foot bass and rhythm device. He later studies jazz piano at the University of Arts Graz and receives the Austrian State Scholarship for Jazz in 1993. In the 1990s, he lives in NYC as a freelance musician and takes private lessons with Gary Dial. Back in Europe, he earns a reputation as a sought-after jazz pianist and participates in countless productions as a composer and arranger. Wegscheider works, among others, with the Jazz Orchestra of Tyrol, the Pepe Lienhard Big Band (Udo Jürgens), Willi Resetarits, John Arman, Leroy Emmanuel, Florian Bramböck, and releases numerous albums with his music. Wegscheider also engages intensively with composition for classical ensembles, including commissioned compositions for the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra, Instrumenti, the Central Saxony Philharmonic, and the Jazz Orchestra of Tyrol. Furthermore, he is a lecturer for jazz piano, theory, and jazz history at the Mozarteum Salzburg. He provides training events and youth workshops. For his teaching booklet "JazzClub," he received the "Best Edition" award from German music publishers in 2012.
Flo Riedl (saxophone, bass clarinet) Florian Riedl, a saxophonist and composer based in Munich, is known for his versatile and successful career in music. With a portfolio that covers a broad range of styles, he has released records with his projects (Hi-Fly Orchestra, Sonic Drei, Liquid Loop) both nationally and internationally and collaborated with numerous bands of various genres. He is a permanent member of the band Dreiviertelblut, which tours successfully in German-speaking regions. A live album has been released in collaboration with the Munich Symphonists. Florian's talent across a wide range of instruments, including saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and flute, underscores his versatility both as a soloist and as a sought-after sideman.
Doors open one hour before the start.