Schorn resigns from Zurich Jazz Orchestra
For the 2019/2020 season, Daniel Schenker, trumpeter and lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts, is once again taking over as interim director of the Zurich Jazz Orchestra after six years.
Steffen Schorn, musical director of the ensemble since 2014, is relinquishing his leadership role to become composer in residence. After five years, during which Schorn has significantly and audibly shaped the sound of the band, and a joint CD production, the orchestra is now looking for a successor.
There will be candidate concerts for the search in the coming season: Ed Partyka has worked with the ensemble several times and should therefore not be missing from the shortlist. David Grottschreiber has made a name for himself as the competent leader of the Lucerne Orchestra, which was founded in 2007 by young up-and-coming jazz musicians. The Danish saxophonist Lars Møller combines jazz with influences from Indian music, among other things, and has been leading various big bands for a good ten years. Tim Hagans is quite rightly regarded as the doyen of the quartet and can look back on an extremely successful international career since the mid-1970s.
