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Nikolaj Hess is a Danish jazz pianist,〔(UP & DOWN BEATS: New resonance in jazz )〕 composer, producer and arranger. ==Biography== Nikolaj Hess won the gold prize in the ''"Berlingske Tidendes"'' competition of non-classical music in Copenhagen and won the category for best European jazz piano player under 25, in the RAI competition in Rome (1991). Having graduated from The Rhythmic Conservatory at 22, he was the first to get the top grade for his concert performance in piano, his main subject. Nikolaj Hess has composed and arranged for solo pianists, small groups, large string ensemble, big band, choirs and saxophone quartets. He has also written music for the Danish film company Zentropa for Lars Von Trier's "Melancholia" (2011),〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/〕 Tju Bang Film and German "Meeres Stille" (2013)〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2494820/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1〕 as well as for radio: DR, NKR, Hungarian Radio, Den Kongelige Ballet, Det Kongelige Teater, Dance companies, installations in collaborations with visual artists. He has numerous recordings as a composer, bandleader, co-composer: * '"Spacelab",〔http://www.spacelabmusic.dk〕 "Nikolaj Hess Global Motion +"'', ''"Nikolaj Hess Trio"'', ''"Sissel Vera Pettersen / Nikolaj Hess"'', 3xHess, Hessismore,〔("Hessismore" ), hessismore.com〕 * collaborations with Caroline Henderson,〔("Caroline Henderson" )〕 Marc Mommaas, Hess/Lund/Waidtløew/McBride, Ulla Henningsen. Awards: He has been awarded many grants from the Danish government, as well as from private foundations, which has twice included the Bikuben Foundation artist-in-residence in New York and has been nominated for best jazz album of the year at the Danish Music Awards in 2013 and 2014〔http://jazznyt.blogspot.com/2014/10/dma-jazz-2014-de-nominerede.html〕 Teaching: Nikolaj Hess is Associate Professor at the Rhythmic Conservatory in Copenhagen as well as the Art Director of Summersession, an educational program for professional musicians organized by JazzDanmark. Hess has also taught at New School University in New York, The Royal Danish Conservatory of Music, Conservatoire National Superieur de Music de Paris, Funda College, South Africa; Shuttle 2002 South Africa; IASJ 10th annual congress in Köln, and Conservatory of Non classical Music in Århus, William Paterson University New Jersey among many other places. Among the list of artists Nikolaj Hess has worked with include: Marc Mommaas, Tony Moreno, John Hebert, Jay Andersen, Christian McBride, Kenny Wollesen, Jeff Ballard, Lee Konitz, Benny Golson, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Hal Willner, James Genus, Ambrose Akinmusire, Rez Abassi, Ben Monder, Satoshi Takeishi, Ben Street, Francois Moutin, Marylin Mazur, Greg Hutchinson, Essiet Okon Essiet, Donny McCaslin, Jochen Rueckert, Jesper Lundgaard, Mads Vinding, Alex Riel, Lars Danielsson, Jacob Fisher, Johannes Weidenmuller, Tom Rainey, Cameron Brown, Sissel Vera Petersen, Hans Ulrik, Chris Minh Doky. Ulla Henningsen, Julee Cruise, Jamey Haddad, Ed Neumeister, Danny Gottlieb, James Genus, David Liebman, Hal Crook, Harwie Swartz, Jean Luc Ponty, Marcello Pelletiri, Andrea Marcelli, Michael Blair, Kysia Bostic, Ed Howard, Youron Israels, Dennis Charles, Doug Raney, Cæcilie Norby, Debbie Cameron, Lars Hug, Bob Rockwell, Jukka Perko, Severy Pyssalo, Ed Thigpen, Kenneth Bager, Peter Poulsen, Copenhagen Art Ensemble, Annisette Koppel, Ane Trolle, among many others. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikolaj Hess」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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