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  • Comment: @User:CNMall41: Here you go: Special:Diff/1181066080. The subject could possibly be notable per WP:NMUSICOTHER#1 if he's frequently covered in publications devoted to Jazz, but the current sourcing doesn't (yet) support that interpretation I'd say. I am dissatisfied with the sourcing in general because it's fairly weak and there should be Swiss sources that discuss the subject in greater detail. Thus, I'd decline this draft (as of 20 October). Best regards, --Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 16:54, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: Requested assistance from anyone with more knowledge of the sources listed. CNMall41 (talk) 22:59, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Simon Petermann
Born1982 (age 41–42)
Bern, Switzerland
GenresContemporary jazz, free jazz, nu jazz
Occupations
InstrumentsTrombone, electronics
Years active2007–present
LabelsEnja Records, Unit Records, Morpheus Records
Member of
  • MoonMot
  • Fischermanns Orchestra
  • Inside the Baxter Building
  • WolfWolf & the Tuzemak Orchestra
Websitehttps://www.simonpetermann.ch/

Simon Petermann (born 1982 in Bern) is a Swiss jazz musician (trombone, electronics), composer, producer, soundpainter[1] and radio host. He is the leader of the band MoonMot, the co-leader of the Fischermanns Orchestra and Inside the Baxter Building jazz ensemble and creator of the Swiss jazz industry event Swiss Jazz Days in Bern.[2] His musical career is focused on the study of modern forms of improvisation and research in electronic sound processing.[3][4] Petermann is also known for his interdisciplinary works.[5]

Biography

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Simon Petermann was born in 1982 in Bern, Switzerland. After graduating from school, Simon Petermann went to the Swiss Jazz School. Afterwards, he studied jazz trombone and music at the University of the Arts Bern, at the Lucerne School of Music with Nils Wogram and at The Academy of Music and Drama with Anders Jormin in Gothenburg, Sweden. Simon Petermann also took courses with Slide Hampton, Michael Brecker and Wycliffe Gordon.[6][7]

Career

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Since 2007, Petermann has been touring with the eleven-member Fischermanns Orchestra.[6] The band performs in the streets, stages and festivals of Europe, Russia, Egypt, the UAE and South America.[8][9] The band's style combines composition with various forms of improvisation and electronic experimentation.[10] It was also with the Fischermanns Orchestra, where Petermann collaborated with Swiss jazz musician and one of the pioneers of electronic music, Bruno Spoerri, who participated in the creation of the band's album Live in Switzerland and in the tour to support it.[11][12]

In 2012, he began hosting the weekly jazz show Jazz am Sunntig on Radio RaBe.[13]

Simon Petermann began teaching at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern in 2013 and has been teaching at the University of the Arts in Bern since 2015.[14]

Starting in 2015, together with the group Inside the Baxter Building, Petermann has been creating a series of interdisciplinary installations called Serendipity - Three Experimental Sessions. The event includes visual and sound installations, as well as the screening of films about the creation of artworks.[5][15][16][17]

In 2017, the musical collective MoonMot was formed, which includes Simon Petermann, keyboardist Oli Kuster from the band Zuri West and musicians from Amy Winehouse's original band Amy Lives.[18][19][20] That same year MoonMot performed at the EFG Jazz Festival in London.[21][22] In 2019, MoonMot performed at the BeJazz Transnational Showcase festival.[4] In 2023, the band's second album 350 Million Herring was released, with Petterman being the author of one track titled Under Construction.[23]

For 15 years, Petermann has been touring with various bands, organizing concerts and producing music albums. As a member of MoonMot, Fischermanns Orchestra, Inside the Baxter Building and Traktorkestar he has toured the UK, Russia, Finland, Egypt, Colombia, Bolivia, Romania and other countries.[24] In February 2022, Petermann was one of the initiators of the music industry conference Swiss Jazz Days in Bern, Switzerland.[25] The event brings together representatives of the Swiss jazz scene and provides them with a forum for exchange and discussion on topics related to the Swiss jazz scene but also addresses pressing social issues within the jazz community. Petermann conceived the project in 2020 and, in his own words, aimed to unite all jazz musicians in Switzerland by holding annual meetings. In 2023, one of the central themes of the event was "Decolonization and anti-racism on the Swiss jazz scene".[26][27]

In November 2022, Petermann held the audio-visual installation WAKING the GIANTS together with the Egyptian artist Aya Tarek. The exhibition was devoted to the problem of global climate change.[28]

Awards

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  • 2018 - Selective Förderung Kanton Luzern, Fischermanns Orchestra
  • 2014 - Jazzpreis Luzern[29], Fischermanns Orchestra
  • 2011 - Adlerbertska Stipendium Göteborg[24]

Discography

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Fischermanns Orchestra

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  • Space Friction (ENJA Records, 2022)
  • Live In Switzerland (Unit Records, 2019)
  • Tiefenrausch (Unit Records, 2018)
  • Colombia (Unit Records, 2015)
  • Wildfang (Unit Records, 2013)
  • Spin (DVD) (2013)
  • Conducting Sessions (Unit Records, 2012)
  • Tokyo Filter (DVD) (2011)
  • Destination Unknown (2011)

MoonMot

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  • Going Down The Well (Unit Records, 2020)
  • 350 Million Herring (Enja Records, 2023)

Other projects

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  • Luumu – Elephant Song (Timezone, 2023)
  • WolfWolf & Tuzemak Orchestra – WolfWolf & Tuzemak Orchestra (LuxNoise, 2022)
  • Charlotte Keeffe – Right Here, Right Now (Discus, 2021)
  • London Improvisers Orchestra – Sustaining The Music (2020)
  • Caroline Kraabel, London Improvisers Orchestra - We Stay Apart Because We Love Each Other. Love Is Stronger Than Greed (2020)
  • London Improvisers Orchestra – Traces Of Bicarbonate (2020)
  • Inside the Baxter Building – Seldom Somber (Morpheus Records, 2016), with Fabian Gutscher, Samuel Würgler
  • Uptown Big Band – Changes (iMusician, 2015), with Mike Maurer, Christian Schütz, Andy Künzi
  • Maximizerz – No Regret (2014)
  • Grey Mole – No News From Iowa (2012)
  • Luigi Bozzolan & The New Impro Ensemble – Hem Ljus (2011)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Soundpainter Zertifizierung". soundpainting.com. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. ^ Kilkis, Isil (20 February 2023). "Interview with Swiss Jazz Days' Simon Petermann - Jazzfuel". Jazzfuel. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Simon Petermann". PAKT (in German). 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b Lawes, Howard. "MoonMot Going Down The Well". www.sandybrownjazz.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Inside The Baxter Building Serendipity". Dampfzentrale Bern (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  6. ^ a b Müller, Fabrice (November 2021). "Experimentierfreudige Echtzeitmusik" (PDF). Jazztime: 6. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. ^ Stojkova, Elena (27 May 2021). "«Das war der Traum, der mir früher unerreichbar schien» | Schaffhauser Nachrichten". www.shn.ch (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Fischermanns Orchestra Switzerland live at the Fridge Dubai". platinumlist.net. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  9. ^ "The FISCHERMANNS ORCHESTRA | Egypt Tour 2019". Pro Helvetia Cairo. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  10. ^ Moods, Jazzclub. "CD-Release". Jazzclub Moods. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Home - Unit Records". Home - Unit Records (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Fischermanns Orchestra feat. Bruno Spoerri (CH) im Porgy & Bess, 13. Dezember 2019". Porgy & Bess (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Konzertagenda Freitag, 9. Dezember 2022, 20.30 Uhr, . . . ♪ Uptown Big Band". www.uptownbigband.ch. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Simon Petermann: Research Trip in Alexandria, Egypt". Pro Helvetia Cairo. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Serendipity - Three Experimental Sessions - 2015". Andreas Wiesmann, Bildhauer (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Serendipity - Experimental Sessions". YouTube. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  17. ^ Künste, ZHdK-Zürcher Hochschule der. "Serendipity - Three Experimental Sessions | ZHdK.ch". ZHdK (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  18. ^ "MoonMot - RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Moonmot - 350 million herring". www.jazz-fun.de (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  20. ^ "MoonMot - Musik machen über nationale Grenzen hinweg". JAZZ'N'MORE (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  21. ^ Bossart, Pirmin (21 March 2019). "Züri-West-Keyboarder spielt im Neustahl Keller". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  22. ^ "OT301". www.ot301.nl. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  23. ^ Mann, Ian. "MoonMot - 350 Million Herring | Review | The Jazz Mann". www.thejazzmann.com. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  24. ^ a b "MoonMot Band". www.moonmot.com. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  25. ^ Gasser, Michael (16 March 2022). "Von der Jazzszene, für die Jazzszene". Schweizer Musikzeitung. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  26. ^ Spelinova, Katrin (15 March 2023). "Die Wurzeln des Jazz anerkennen". Schweizer Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  27. ^ Verlag Axel Stinshoff, Köln. "Jazz thing & Blue Rhythm: News, Rezensionen, Konzerte, Festivals, Jazz in Fernsehen und Radio". Jazz, Zeitschriften, Rezensionen, Nachrichten, Termine (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  28. ^ "'WAKING the GIANTS' Art Exhibit Encapsulates Climate Change With AI". SecneNow. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  29. ^ "Fischermanns Orchestra erhält Jazzpreis des Vereins Jazzschule Luzern". 3 November 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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