Grew up in Thailand, Uganda and Germany. Started playing the flute at seventeen - ended up studying both, Jazz and Classical Music at the School of Arts, Amsterdam. Private tuition in the US. Now student of the Bansuri (Indian Bamboo Flute) at the Rotterdam Conservatory.
Interviews, articles, reviews published by Jazz and/or World magazines and newspapers in the USA, UK, Italy, Turkey, Russia, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, France, etc.
Toured Festivals in the United States Of America, Canada, all over Europe, Russia, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Ukraine, Suriname, Egypt, Cuba and Turkey.
Released Cd's for German, Dutch, French and US Record Companies.
Music was chosen as editor pick, special feature, tipsheet in many international publications, featured on several compilation CD’s, and rated no’s. 1 - 10 at play charts of radio stations all over the globe, etc.
Collaborated in projects with Theater play, video artists, Art (sculpturers and painters) and dance.
Part of the World Music concert series: Music: World Series and the ol' school free improv concert series: u-ex(perimental).
Within ‘Lotz Of Music’ builds a bridge between jazz and classical contemporary music - often crossing boundaries with other musics of the world. Most recent project is the CD 'A Dutch View On Fish!' A collaboration with Dutch composers and a VJ.
Mark Lotz is more than just a big voice in the European jazz scene. He is at the forefront of jazz, classical and World Music and is obviously enjoying every minute of it!
Article at Latinjazz Net
A fresh, global and oddly beautyful sound! (Random Chance Records, US)
Flutist Mark Alban Lotz has produced one of the more oddly gorgeous recordings I've listened to this year. (Jazz Series Review, USA)
Taking the past as a starting point Lotz opens a view into the jazz of the future. (Nieuwsblad v/h Noorden, NL)
... can't say enough good about this one either. Lotz, as ever, wields an estimable selection of flutes and melodic hooks (first time out of the mailing envelope, I played the opening, highly Stravinsky-esque 'Cowboy Game' eleven times in a row before I went on to the next track). (Jazz Now, US)
A big voice in the European Jazz scene. (La Traversiere, FR)
Masculine, exciting, superb. (Pan Magazine, UK)
Errant Jazzman. (Global Rhythm Magazine, US)
... they're going to make some real noise. (CMJ New Music Report, US)
Combining smart and funky contempo jazz with Afro-Cuban ritual music is always a good idea but it doesn't always work. No one is better at it then Mark Lotz! It's a mix he's gotten good at, like the person designated to make the fresh squeeze lemonade because they make it best. (www.jazzbuffalo.com)
Blues for Yemayá should be looked at as the most successful multicultural project of the nineties. (Music and Show, NL)
The CDs by Mark Alban Lotz are the best examples I've heard of successfully blending bata drums with non-Latin music. I highly recommend them. (batadrums.com, US)
Miles away from convivial Cuban dance music but hitting the essence of Origin. (Rootstown Music, Belgium)
Record Label
loplop, random chance, laika, edition collage, via
Welcome at my myspace page. I play the flute and often do this within lotz of exciting settings. Music takes me places and I love it ;-)
Through the years worked/recorded with a lot of musicians through out the globe. Literally from A(rmenia) to Z(ambia): a.o. Miguel Anga Diaz, Petar Ralchev, Nayma Akthar, Namgyal Llhamo, Solists of the Conjunto Folklorico National de Cuba, Clave y Guaguanco, Molla Syla, Wolter Wiebos, David Tronzo, David Haney, Luc Houtkamp, Ernst Reijsegger, Mathew Ostrowski, Michael Vatcher, Joost Buis, Luigi Archetti, Zuco 103, Giovanca, Denise Janah, Wouter Hamel, Eddy Martinez, Eric Boeren, Ramon Valle, Wahid Bayar, Easy Aloha's, etc.
Mark Alban Lotz: we love your music, playing and overlaping improvisation, what distance covered inspiration sign of a great artist and spirit! , greeting and thank you with heart
thanks for the add and the note! great tracks you're doing as well, really interesting array of material, fantastic stuff... we should do something together someday!
nice to see you connecting with John Dikeman, give him hugs from me, he was a former student of mine!
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