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THOMAS WALLISCH (guitar,
composition)
born 1973 in Klagenfurt/Austria
studies: Landeskonservatorium Klagenfurt (Jazzdiplom mit Auszeichnung),
Berklee College of Music, Boston/USA (summa cum laude)
festivals: IAJE-Jazz Festival (Atlanta/USA '96), Festival Junge Kultur
(Düsseldorf/D '97), Jazz Festival (Kempten/D '97/'98), Theater Sala Verdi
(Montevideo/Uruguay '98), Hypo Jazz Festival/A ('98)
played and/or recorded with: Manolo Badrena, John Benitez, Gustavo
Casenave, Bret Willmott, Mark White, Hal Crook, Jim Hobbs, Gebhard Ullmann, Heinrich von
Kalnein, Laura Andel & Oli Bott Jazz Orchestra etc.
CD's: BICHOZWEI, A BRIGTHER DAY, KOSCHAT BALLADEN, UP
awards: Förderungspreis des Landes Kärnten (Sparte Musik, Austria '99),
winner of Belgian Artistic Promotion Prize (21. Europ' Jazz Contest, Belgium '99), Club
Carinthia Musikpreis (2. Platz, Austria '99)
awards at Berklee College/USA: Jimi Hendrix Award (best guitar award of
'96)
Berklee 50th Anniversary Medaillon ('96), Professional Music Endowed Scholarship ('96),
Berklee Achievement Scholarship ('94/'95/'96) |