ENGLISH
Career
Gregor Sperzel is one of the versatile tromboneplayers, based in the moment in Amsterdam, enjoying a multi-faceted career as a performer, educator, composer, arranger and teamplayer.
Born in 1994 in Schlüchtern, he had his first trombone lesson with Johannes Goltz at the age of 9. His first experience playing in an ensemble was with the UvH Big Band in Schlüchtern. Later, he joined the Caravan Big Band and the Youth Jazz Orchestra of state Hessen in Germany (Kicks & Sticks).
He won first prizes in solo, combo and big band categories at the national competition “Jugend Jazzt“ in Germany and subsequently he was awarded the soloist prize of the NDR Big Band in 2016, with whom he subsequently performed as part of the competition.
Since 2016 he has been studying jazz trombone at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Among the key teachers who have influenced him are Erik van Lier, Felix Fromm, Martijn Sohier, Bert Boeren, Ilja Reinhoud, Jilt Jansma and Bart van Lier.
He is an active member of various ensembles such as the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Germany (BuJazzO), the National Jazz Orchestra of the Netherlands (NJJO), the Millennium Jazz Orchestra, The Dutch Jazz Collective, Kicks & Sticks (LJJO Hessen), Jong Metropole Orchestra, Valvetronic Brassband, Ally Pickering Fusion Band and The New Arrangements Nonett.
Collaboration
He had the the chance to collaborate or to act in concert with well-known musicians/ ensembles like Christian Elsässer, Chris Byars, Randy Brecker, Vince Mendoza, John Clayton, Gerald Clayton, Michael Abene, Justin DiCioccio, Michael Philip Mossman, Erik van Lier, Conrad Herwig, Seamus Blake, Ludwig Nuss, Joe Gallardo, Wolter Wierbos, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diane Schuur, Anton Goudsmit, Ben van Gelder, Reinier Baas, Aaron Parks, Franky Rousseau, Madeline Bell, Marjorie Barnes, Jasper Blom, Dick Oatts, Simon Righter, Humpfrey Campbell, Fay Claassen, Wolfgang Niedecken, Django Bates, Jan Wessels, José Cortijo, Lasse Lindgren, Nelson Faria, Jameszoo, The Dutch Concert Big Band, Liptease Big Band, ZDF Fernsehgarten, Millennium Jazz Orchestra, Metropole Academy Orchestra, The Real Group, Billy Walton Band, Peter Herbolzheimer European Jazz Academy, Umbra Falstrwti.
Tours:
Lithuania, France (Cote d’azur), Poland (Jarocin), USA (New York City, Rochester, Chicago), South Africa, Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa) Belgium, Netherlands, China (Shanghai, Wuhan, Changsha, Peking, Tianjin), Israel (Tel Aviv)
Festivals:
Siauliai Big Band Festival, Jazzfestival Groningen, So Whats Next, North Sea Round Town, InJazz Festival Rotterdam, Rochester Jazzfestival, Ottawa Jazzfestival, Toronto Jazzfestival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Montreal Classic Festival, North Sea Jazz Festvial, Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, Amersfoort Jazzfestival, Bonn Jazzfest
Venues:
Bimhuis (Amsterdam), Radio Kootwijk, LantarenVenster (Rotterdam), Kölner Philharmonie (Cologne), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Shapeshifter Club (NYC), Flushing Town Hall (NYC), Kodak Hall (Rochester), Danning Theatre (Shanghai), Forbidden City Concert Hall (Peking)
Masterclasses:
Adrian Mears, Bart van Lier, Wycliffe Gordon, Ambrose Akinmusire, Nils Wogram, Jiggs Whigham, Alex Sipiagin, Aaron Parks, John Clayton, Michael Philipp Mossman, Bill Dobbins, John Ruocco, Erik van Lier, Justin Di Cioccio, Tyrell Stafford, Bert Boeren & Ilja Reinhoud
GERMAN
Werdegang
1994 in Schlüchtern geboren, erhielt er mit 9 Jahren seinen ersten Posaunenunterricht bei Johannes Goltz, später bei Arno Classen. Seine ersten Erfahrungen in einem Ensemble zu spielen, sammelte er in der UvH Big Band Schlüchtern. Später erfolgte der Eintritt in die Caravan Big Band und in das Landes-Jugend-Jazz-Orchester Hessen (Kicks & Sticks).
Beim hessischen Landeswettbewerb „Jugend Jazzt“ konnte er erste Preise in Solo-, Combo- und Big Bandwertung erzielen. Auf Bundesebene wurde er 2016 mit dem Solistenpreis der NDR Big Band ausgezeichnet, mit der er anschließend im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs konzertieren durfte.
Seit 2016 studiert er im Hauptfach Jazzposaune am Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Zu den maßgeblichen Lehrern, die ihn bisher beeinflusst haben, zählen Erik van Lier, Felix Fromm, Martijn Sohier, Bert Boeren, Ilja Reinhoud, Jilt Jansma und Bart van Lier.
Er ist aktives Mitglied in unterschiedlichen Ensembles wie z.B. dem Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzO), National Jazz Orchestra of the Netherlands (NJJO), Millennium Jazz Orchestra, The Dutch Jazz Collective, Kicks & Sticks (LJJO Hessen), Jong Metropole Orchestra, Valvetronic Brassband, Ally Pickering Fusion Band und The New Arrangements Nonett.
Zusammenarbeit
Zusammenarbeiten oder auf der Bühne stehen konnte er schon mit namenhaften Musikern bzw. Ensembles wie Christian Elsässer, Chris Byars, Randy Brecker, Vince Mendoza, John Clayton, Gerald Clayton, Michael Abene, Justin DiCioccio, Michael Philip Mossman, Erik van Lier, Conrad Herwig, Seamus Blake, Ludwig Nuss, Joe Gallardo, Wolter Wierbos, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diane Schuur, Anton Goudsmit, Jesse van Ruller, Ben van Gelder, Reinier Baas, Aaron Parks, Franky Rousseau, Madeline Bell, Marjorie Barnes, Dick Oatts, Jasper Blom, Simon Righter, Humpfrey Campbell, Fay Claassen, Wolfgang Niedecken, Django Bates, Jan Wessels, José Cortijo, Lasse Lindgren, Nelson Faria, Jameszoo, The Dutch Concert Big Band, Liptease Big Band, ZDF Fernsehgarten, Millennium Jazz Orchestra, Metropole Academy Orchestra, The Real Group, Billy Walton Band, Peter Herbolzheimer European Jazz Academy, Umbra Falstrwti.
Contact
Contact/ Unterricht
Email: gregorbonejazz@icloud.com