Henning Sieverts Profile

Posted by Admin | Posted in Profile | Posted on 19-02-2012

henning-sieverts3Henning Sieverts was born in Berlin, 6th in 1966 and began playing the cello instruments at the age of 5 years. Learning improvisation with Prof. Eckle who read a story and illustrate a group of students through free improvisation when he was 8 years old.

He won a scholarship at the Berlin Conservatory from 1977 until 1984 and studied cello, piano, harmony, Counterpoint, and ear training. In 1983 and 1984 Henning won the First Prize in National Competition “Students Compose”.

He also studied journalism while continuing to play and create songs. One was collaboration with actress and singer, composed the music for the lyrics of Tucholsky, Mühsam, Scheerbart, and others to radio and theater production.

Members of the “Bundesjazzorchester” (National Jazz Orchestra) under the direct Peter Herbolzheimer also often won numerous awards such as the Music Award of the City of Munich (1990), Jazz Competition at the convention of the “International Society of Bassists” (1991), Music Award of Bavaria (1994), and the last New Germany Jazz Award and the New Germany Jazz Soloist Award (2007). Read the rest of this entry »

Painting The Blue Rider in Sieverts Password Encryption

Posted by Admin | Posted in Band Group, Jazz News | Posted on 05-02-2011

henning-sievertsIn the realistic to the abstract transition, a group of painters in Munich joined “Der Blaue Reiter” (The Blue Rider) as a reaction to the work of Wassily Kadinsky refusal of an exhibition. Work that is not natural, not real, ahead of its time, automatic visits of foreign and strange. Kadinsky sympathizers are taking a risk by generating the things that are not visible when looking from a real object, by showing exactly what the reality behind the object in person by the emotions the artist. So, the cow can be yellow (“Die gelbe Kuh”) as described Franz Marc; and in 1911, the yellow cow is “madness”.

“Mad cow jumping here and there”, according to Henning Sieverts, bassist-celloist Munich who works closely group “Der Blaue Reiter” almost 100 years later by then appreciate the casting composition. Sieverts reaction to mad cow-Marc is to translate BSE (medical abbreviation for mad cow disease) as the main melody of a 12 bar blues. BSE is considered as a code notation: B, Eb (E moll or read Es), and E are the chromosomes of this blues. Not stop at his bar 12 alone, there were 12 barrel (half-tones) is also a melodic B-Eb-E go in pitch different to build a whole series of this song. Code is repeatedly by mad cow (BSE) hidden neatly in a step slow blues. Sieverts was fond encrypted. Contrary to see “behind the reality”, the encoding of reality to hide behind something tangible. Read the rest of this entry »