Jens Lindemann
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Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
soloist now based in Los Angeles. As a trumpet player in the Canadian Brass
Canadian Brass
The Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs...
from 1996 to 2001 he played at major concert venues all over the world. He continues to play internationally as an orchestral soloist, with chamber groups and jazz bands, and also as a recitalist and masterclinician.
Lindemann is currently a professor with high distinction at UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
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and was a Distinguished Visiting Artist at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. He has also taught at the Banff Centre
Banff Centre
The Banff Centre, formerly known as The Banff Centre for Continuing Education, is an arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference complex located in Banff, Alberta...
in Banff, Alberta
Banff, Alberta
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Named "2008 International Brass Personality of the Year" by the British magazine The Brass Herald, Lindemann also hosted the 33rd International Trumpet Guild
International Trumpet Guild
The International Trumpet Guild is a group of about 6000 trumpet players from around the world. Four journals are sent out every year to all members along with occasional instructional and practice items . The ITG hosts many competitions and conferences for trumpet players of all levels and...
conference at the Banff Centre in June 2008. He has given numerous world premières with orchestras including the North American première of Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Bernd Alois Zimmermann was a post-WWII West German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera Die Soldaten which is regarded as one of the most important operas of the 20th century...
's concerto Nobody Knows with the Toronto Symphony.
Lindemann studied at the Juilliard School of Music, McGill University and received an honorary doctorate from McMaster University. Among numerous distinctions, he has been named as a nominee for a Grammy award, Juno Award and received the Echo Klassik Award. He has also given a Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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. Jens Lindemann was also the first prize winner of two major international solo contests in 1992, the Prague Spring Festival competition and the Ellsworth Smith (Florida), both by unanimous juries.
Discography
With Canadian Brass:- Canadian Brass Plays Bernstein (1996)
- Canadian Brass Christmas Experiment (1997)
- Canadian Brass All You Need is Love (1998)
- Canadian Brass A Christmas Gloria (1999)
- Canadian Brass Take the "A" Train (1999)
- Canadian Brass Celebration (1999)
- Canadian Brass Bach - Goldberg Variations (2001)
Solo:
- Flying Solo (2003)
- Rising Sun (2005)
- The Classic Trumpet (2008)
- All Star Brass Live 2009
- All Star Brass Live 2010
- All Star Brass Live 2011
- Pines of Rome with Italian Wonderbrass (2011)
- Dreaming of the Masters (2011)