Christian Lillinger
Christian Lillinger (born 21 April 1984 in Lübben) is a German drummer, composer and percussionist. He has been living in Berlin since 2003, working as a musician and composer. Christian has performed in concerts and at festivals in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the USA. He has played with Joachim Kühn, Beat Furrer, Miroslav Vitous, David Liebmann, Wadada Leo Smith, William Parker, Evan Parker, Luis Sclavis, Joe Lovano, Tony Malaby, etc.
Biography
Christian Lillinger was born on April 21, 1984, in Lübben and grew up in the German village of Kuschkow.[1] [2] He started playing drums at the age of 13. Between 2000 and 2004, he studied with Günter Sommer at Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden.[1]
In 2000, he won the International Improvisation Contest in Leipzig.
From 2001 to 2003, he was a member of the Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzO), the German federal youth jazz orchestra, directed by Peter Herbholzheimer.[3]
Since 2002, he’s been collaborating intensively with HYPERACTIVE KID with Philipp Gropper and Ronny Graupe.[1]
In 2008, Lillinger formed his own band GRUND. The first release First Reason was released in September 2009, with Second Reason, the second release, following in 2013. Both appeared on Clean Feed. The third album Grund was released on Pirouet Records in 2015. The latest album COR was released in 2018 on his own Plaist label.[4] It was among the best-reviewed albums of Downbeat Magazine in 2018.[5]
In 2014, he co-founded the band AMOK AMOR with Peter Evans, Petter Eldh, and Wanja Slavin. Amok Amor released their self-titled debut in 2015 on Boomslang Records.[6] In 2017, they followed up with We know not what we do, which was released on Intakt Records. It received mainly positive reviews.[7] [8] [9] [10] In April 2017, Amok Amor played Cheltenham Festival, which was broadcast on the BBC.[11] [12] The band dissolved in 2017.[13]
Between August 2016 and March 2017, Lillinger was a scholar of the Bartels Foundation in Basel.[14]
In 2016, the German TV network 3sat produced a documentary about his life and musical passion.[15] [16]
In 2017, he founded his music label PLAIST-MUSIC, which releases contemporary genre-free avant-garde music. In the same year, Christian was awarded the SWR Jazzpreis 2017.[17] [18]
He plays in the trio PUNKT.VRT.PLASTIK with Swedish bassist Petter Elh and Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler, with whom he released a self-titled album in 2018. The album was released on Intakt.[19] [20]
Honors
2017: SWR Jazzpreis 2017[21]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Peter Margasak (October 2011). "Christian Lillinger: Berlin's Changing Face of Jazz". Downbeat. Frank Alkyer. 78 (10): 15. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ "Die Energiemaschine". www.tagesspiegel.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ↑ "BujazzO - 30 Jahre Bundesjazzorchester". Fono Forum (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Martin Schray (2018-01-30). "Christian Lillingers GRUND - COR (Plaist Music, 2018)". The Free Jazz Collective. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ "2018: The Year's Top-Rated Albums". Downbeat. 2018-12-28. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ Mike Collins (2015-11-13). "CD REVIEW: Amok Amor (Eldh/Lillinger/Slavin/Evans) - Amok Amor". London Jazz news. Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
- ↑ Glenn Astarita (2017-07-21). "Amok Amor: We Know Not What We Do". All About Jazz.
- ↑ "Amok Amor - We Know Not What We Do (Intakt, 2017)". The Free Jazz Collective. 2018-01-29.
- ↑ Broomer, Stuart (September 2017). "We Know Not What We Do - Amok Amor (Intakt)" (PDF) (185). p. 21. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ Rui Eduardo Paes (2017-08-24). "Amok Amor: "We Know Not What We Do" (Intakt)". jazz.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 March 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Jazz Now: Amok Amor". BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ "Soweto Meets Petter Eldh and Peter Evans Backstage at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, together they discuss the band 'Amok Amor'". BBC Radio 3. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ "Amok Amor Official Facebook Page". Facebook. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ "List of scholars at Im Kleinen Markgräflerhof". markgraeflerhof-basel.net. Archived from the original on 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ↑ "Gegen den Beat Christian Lillinger und die JazzBaltica". ARD HOME (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Gegen den Beat. Christian Lillinger und die JazzBaltica". IMDB.
- ↑ Martin Laurentius. "Jazz 2017 Taking a stand - Jazz Oddity". Goethe Institut. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ "SWR Jazzpreis 2017 für Christian Lillinger Deutschlands fiebrigster Schlagzeuger" (in German). SWR. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 19 March 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Robert Ham (February 2019). "Draksler/Eldh/Lillinger Punkt.Vrt.Plastik (Intakt)". Downbeat. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ↑ Yahvé M. de la Cavada (2018-12-25). "Mágica confluencia de voces jóvenes". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2019.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Schlagzeuger Christian Lillinger erhält SWR Jazzpreis 2017 | Musik | SWR2". swr.online (in Deutsch). 2017-10-09. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
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