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Pascal Schumacher has been described as a “Goldsmith” in his art, a boundary-pushing musician, a resourceful improviser and an imaginative composer. Keen to explore the links that exist between many musical genres, it is difficult to pigeon–hole his talent, his taste or his musical influences.

One thing is certain: he is a Vibraphone player with a unique aptitude and sensitivity who manages to inject panache and flamboyance into every performance. His flair for improvisation is married to a lucid inventiveness which together create an original sound as visionary as it is melodic. As a physical performer, he is skilful, far-reaching and theatrical without being pretentious, making his performances inclusive and interesting to watch.

Since he gave birth to his first serious musical project in 1995, his musical partnerships and projects resemble his eclectic nature.
His duo with Jef Neve produces a hybrid that has been described as somewhere between pop-infused contemporary music and classic-infused jazz.
The Pascal Schumacher Quartet has a potent, hook-laden feel that creatively destroys all notions of the polite, dinner jazz associations of the past and produces a contemporary sound that is beautiful, melodic and effortlessly articulated.

As a composer he writes not only for the quartet and chamber music ensembles, but has also been involved in film, theatre and dance projects. In 2009 he was involved in a ground- breaking Multi-Media project “CTRL variations”, a trans-disciplinary theatre project entitled "LUXTIME – Jacques Tati revisited" and is currently writing a soundtrack for a silent movie starring Marlene Dietrich.

He is a laureate of no less than three of Europe’s most notable Conservatories from his home town of Luxembourg as well as those in the Hague, Strasbourg and Brussels. He now teaches in the Luxembourg Conservatory and in the Hochschule für Musik in Saarbrücken, Germany.
A laureate of the Luxembourg Conservatory, he has now come full circle and teaches there.

In may 2011 Pascal Schumacher releases “Bang My Can” his 5th PSQ album and his 3rd project for Enja Records since signing with them in 2008.

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  • Genre: Acoustic / Classical / Jazz

    Location Brussels, Belgium, Lu

    Profile Views: 61099

    Last Login: 10/30/2011

    Member Since 8/24/2006

    Website www.pascalschumacher.com

    Record Label ENJA records - IGLOO records

    Type of Label Indie

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    ..Pascal Schumacher – A Profile...... Pascal, born in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and currently living and working in Luxembourg and Brussels, is a established representative of the new generation of jazz musicians and held's master's degrees in musicology of the University "Marc Bloch" of Strasbourg (F) and in jazz music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium of The Hague (NL). .... He is a composer, vibraphone player and band leader of his own ..Quartet... He surrounds himself with the strongly talented German piano player ..Franz von Chossy.. (living and working in Amsterdam) and with the excellent rhythm section composed of the Belgian double bass player ..Christophe Devisscher.. and the German drummer ..Jens Düppe... Up to now the band was playing on 5 continents. The 4tet released three albums for IGLOO Records: Change Of The Moon (2004), Personal Legend (2005), and Silbergrau (2007). In April 2009 the fourth album ..Here we Gong.. will be released on the prestigious ENJA Records from Munich. .... .... Photo by Boris Breuer.... Pascal is further co-leading a ..Duo.. with Jef Neve (Universal Music Artist) a real acrobatic poet on the grand piano. Jef was, until June 2008, as well a member of the Pascal Schumacher 4tet and contributed largely to the success of the 4tet. .... Since 2003, Pascal orientates himself more and more towards composition and writes for film, theater, dance, chamber music, children, big band and percussion ensembles. .... In August 2004 the Pascal Schumacher Quartet wins the First Prize as well as the Public Prize at the famous Tremplin Jazz Avignon (F) and in November 2005, Pascal Schumacher wins the Belgian Django d'Or Award in the category "New Talent". .... In February 2006, Pascal Schumacher Quartet's Personal Legend was selected "Disque du jour" on the French jazz radio station TSF 89,9. .... Album "Silbergrau" is chosen Best Belgian Jazz Record of the year 2007 by cultural magazine Knack. .... Beginning of 2008 Pascal becomes a ..Yamaha.. artist. .... In July 2008 Pascal signed a exclusive recording agreement with ..ENJA Records... Two albums in preparation. .... In summer 2008 Pascal has been selected for the 2009-2010 "Rising Stars" program organized by the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO) grouping together the most famous concert halls all over Europe. .... Pascal Schumacher is further an appointed teacher at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg and gave clinics and workshops for example in the conservatories of Sydney, Canberra (AUS), Hanoi (VIE), Antwerp (B) and Echternach (L). .... Pascal Schumacher endorses Yamaha instruments and plays on :.. • Yamaha Vibraphone YV 3710 .. • Yamaha Glockenspiel YG 250D .... ...... ......PSQ albums.. now available on .. iTunes Music Store..!.. >www.apple.com/itunes/.. ...... .. .. .. ..........

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