May 19 at 10:00 p.m.
Diese Onze
4115, rue Saint-Denis
Montreal
May 22 at 7:00 p.m.
National Arts Centre
1 Elgin Street
Ottawa
May 24 at 7:30 p.m.
D.F. Cook Hall
7 Phelan Road
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Subtone is a rare phenomenon in today’s jazz world. Founded in 2005 in Berlin, Germany the quintet has been playing together for 13 years with an almost unchanged line-up. And that despite the fact that its members are now separated by vast geographic distances with part of them living in North America and part of them in Germany. The pianist of the band is St. John’s, NL based Florian Hoefner who is known to Canadian audiences through his solo work and the work with his quartet. The other ensemble members are Magnus Schriefl on trumpet, Peter Gall on drums (both from Berlin, Germany), Malte Duerrschnabel on woodwinds (Cologne, Germany) and Matthias Pichler on bass (NYC).
Subtone live
| © Gerhard Richter
With early invitations to prestigious festivals like the Bohemia Jazz Fest in the Czech Republic and Jazz Baltica in Salzau, Germany Subtone quickly established themselves as one of the most sought-after jazz ensembles from Germany. Today the five can look back on 4 record releases on labels including ENJA Records and Laika Records and concerts on 4 continents including dates in the US, Colombia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Turkey and of course many European countries. This tour will mark their first visit to Canada.
The individual members are all accomplished performers. Collectively, they have won prestigious awards like the US National Trumpet Competition (Magnus Schriefl), the Bass Competition of the International Bass Convention (Matthias Pichler) and the Stingray Rising Star Award (Florian Hoefner) and have collaborated with artists and groups like the Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio, Seamus Blake, Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman and Randy Brecker. As a group, Subtone is also the winner of the Jury and Audience Award of the International Jazz Competition “Tremplin Jazz d’Avignon” in France.
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