Paul Giger
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Paul Giger in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
), is a Swiss violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist and composer
Composer
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. He plays contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
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, jazz
Jazz
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, and free improvised music
Free improvisation
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, and specializes in extended techniques.
He has released six CDs on the ECM
ECM (record label)
ECM is a record label founded in Munich, Germany, in 1969 by Manfred Eicher. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a wide variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres...
label and collaborated with the Hilliard Ensemble
Hilliard Ensemble
The Hilliard Ensemble is a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. Founded in 1974, the group is named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard....
, Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the jazz, classical, and world music genres. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war Czesław Garbarek and a Norwegian farmer's daughter...
, Pierre Favre
Pierre Favre (musician)
Pierre Favre is a Swiss jazz drummer and percussionist born in Le Locle, Switzerland, perhaps most noteworthy for his work with Irene Schweizer....
and Marie-Louise Dähler.
Discography
- Chartres (ECM, 1989)
- AlpsteinAlpstein (album)Alpstein is the second album by Swiss violinist Paul Giger recorded in 1990 and 1991 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Mark W. B...
(ECM, 1991) - SchattenweltSchattenweltSchattenwelt is the third album by Swiss violinist Paul Giger recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Mark W. B...
(ECM, 1993) - IgnisIgnis (album)Ignis is the fourth album by Swiss violinist Paul Giger recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Mark W. B...
(ECM, 1998) - Vindonissa (ECM, 2003)
- Towards Silence (ECM, 2007)