Wolfgang Ellenberger, the author of this web site has studied also piano diploma and concert exam besides music therapy. 1987-1989 he worked at the ballet of the Scala of Milano as pianist. 1994 debut as conductor with the Sibirian State orchestra Kemerovo. In the nineties he conducted three choirs and in the opera project Magic Flute. He has lived three years of his life in a camper on camping sites. He invented several things: piano-lift-hydraulics, piano fingering system and he introduced cinema therapy to a psychosomatic hospital. Since 1982 he manages an event service (see clients list). In his youth he played a pneumatic organ in a church in Hamburg Altona for 12 years. Since his workshop with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross he studied spirituality intensively and finally wrote a film script about the communication with the spiritual world according to the book of Johannes Greber. He produced many hundreds of films for his youtube account and other places. In 2011 he moved to Switzerland (with two interruptions in Germany) where he likes to hike in the mountains.
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Ellenberger worked as a waiter fully employed @ maritim hotel Würzburg for some months.
Very surprising Kei Oide is medical doctor in Japan and he managed to make a piano diploma in his country. After this he studied piano in the ICOM Hamburg/Germany and I had the occasion to work with him a bit on his Liszt Ballade which is shown below. We met in Berlin some time ago. Bravo Kei!!
Frédéric Fasel is a pianist from the French part of Switzerland who performs his own compositions, see the CD and samples on his web site. He practises as psychiatrist.
hi wolfgang info about me may be seen at www.myspace.com/kathymbrown and allaboutjazz.com-do musicians search for kathy brown. my cd is just coming out and i just had a cd and performance debut in toronto, canada on august 5 2007. so i will let you know when i can send my cd and of course i would love a copy of yours. and sure you may go ahead and present me at doctorstalents.com. i refer to myself as a part time doctor and a full time musician!
Kathy Brown began playing the piano before the age of 5 years. Initially self taught in reading and playing ‘by ear’ -” I somehow just heard music and started playing it”-, she eventually did classical piano up to grade 6(Royal School of Music,England). She then had intermittent classes in jazz piano after completing her university studies in medicine (U.W.I.,Jamaica). Today, the medical doctor is an accomplished pianist/keyboard player in a wide variety of musical styles. Kathy Brown and Friends band (formed in 2002) performs refreshingly creative arrangements of songs while exploring many different musical rhythms including latin, jazz, funk/pop, reggae, mento and other indigenous/alternative forms. The band usually presents instumental music (originals and covers) with optional vocals. Kathy Brown is also the toast of a number of special event occasions including banquets, weddings, and corporate functions where she often performs solo. ‘Kathy Brown and Friends’ has performed on a wide variety of stages in Jamaica including: -the Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival(Jan.2004-2007) -the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival(2005,2007) -the Pegasus Jazz in the Gardens series(2003,2004,2006,2007) -the Jazz on the Green series(2004-2007) -the Barbados Jazz Festival Launch(2003) -Emancipation Park Concert series(2003-2006) -the Red Bones Blues Cafe(2002-2004), the Rib Kage Restaurant(2002-2004), and Christopher’s Jazz Cafe(the Quad)(2005-present). Kathy has performed with internationally renowned jazz guitarist Dr. Ernest Ranglin, pop/reggae music recording star Ritchie Stephens, and has composed/arranged music for many choral groups with whom she has performed/toured. The band is in the process of completing it’s debut album-date tba.
Biography Dr. Kathy Brown – pianist, composor, bandleader, recording artist
Jamaican jazz pianist, medical doctor, Kathy Brown, habitually captivates audiences with pleasing jazz arrangements and delightful piano riffs
The Aries born musician always plays with verve or, as the French says, joie de vivre, with energy and love of life, performances that are highly thought of by the Jamaican press.
American Christopher Porter writing in the Jazz Times described the pianist’s 20-minutes performance at Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2005 thus, “ The multitalented Dr. Kathy Brown, a jazz and reggae pianist, played a really fun but too-short set, mostly consisting of standards such as Caravan” and “Afro Blue”.
On the same international show, but two years later, on a night headlined by American contemporary jazz star Roy Ayers, Gleaner newspaper writer Adrian Frater noted, “Although not attracting top billing, it was the charismatic and musically charged Dr. Kathy Brown who stole the spotlight as the 2007 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival ended its two-night stopover at the Half Moon Shopping Centre in Montego Bay.
En route to Jamaica’s biggest festivals, including the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival, Brown has stopped at smaller shows and venues such as the Jamaica Pegasus’ Jazz in the Gardens series, Jazz on the Green series, Red Bones Blues Café, Christopher’s Jazz Cafe and many more twice.
The journey continues through record studios and post production blues that finally ended in the arduously labour-intensive debut CD, Mission: A Musical Journey. The 9-track album contents a deft arrangement of Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up”, her own composition “Mission” and “Latin Groove”.
From the outset Kathy Brown set sight on doing live performances well beyond her island shores. “I am more about performing [and] for this reason I want to take my music outside of Jamaica to places like New York, Canada, Europe, Japan and Africa”.
Kathy Brown who formed her jazz band, Kathy Brown & Friends, in March 2002, considers her style of music World [Beat] music that people anywhere can appreciate.
“ It is not just jazz, reggae or pure anything, it is true crossover and it reaches out to different music style, and people around the world will most certainly appreciate it”.
At age 5, little Katherine Brown, the daughter of two University lecturers, was relentlessly deluged with classical and folk music at home in mid-island Jamaica. Then, she was already singing and whistling before those tiny fingers pattered on the unignorable family piano.
“I grew up in a home where the sound of music was ever-present, on tapes, on LPs and you hear your father playing [piano] downstairs, and older sisters who were also playing”. Almost naturally, she sidled to the piano and, at such tender age, began to play by ear before being signed up for lessons in classical piano.
An insatiable drive to master the instrument led Brown to pursue music as elective in High School (Jamaica) Ivy League College (USA) and during her tenure as a medical student at University of the West Indies.
A family doctor by day and a jazz player some nights, the accomplished pianist has definitively defined her music and sound.
“ My music is definitively a crossover between jazz and indigenous forms of music whether it be reggae, Latin and afro-Brazilian styles”.
Yet, it is as a consummate jazz pianist with or without her band that she shines brightest, evidence by the response of the Jamaican audiences and the rave reviews by the press.
Kathy Brown, who has played with Jamaica’s great guitarist Ernest Ranglin, famed trumpeter Mickey Hanson and Japanese multi-reedist Hiroaki Honshuku, is an excellent performer, a consummate jazz pianist, composer, arranger who is ready for stages outside of homeland Jamaica.
Education
Initially self-taught in reading and playing ‘by ear’, Kathy studied classical piano up to grade 6 (Royal School of Music, England). Later taking intermittent classes in jazz piano after completing her medical degree.
Press Quotes Good songs in the Garden by Michael ‘Jazzofonik’ Edwards Sunday, May 06, 2007 Save for a characteristically energetic opening stint by Kathy Brown and an all-star band (including Desi Jones and Seretse Small, more on him later), the first half of last Sunday’s Jazz in the Garden was all about the singers and the ‘big man’ Michael Harris shone brightest with a polished yet relaxed set that did a lot in a limited period of time. Dr Kathy Brown, pianist keyboardist extraordinnaire, thrilled Christopher’s Café last Tuesday. Dr Kathy Brown, a fixture on the jazz scene, did not disappoint either, showing poise and ease in her delivery, stirring the audience with the sounds of Summertime, Marley’s Get Up Stand Up, Mission and Afro Blue and leaving them fully satisfied.- Jamaica Observer
(Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival 2007 But this night surely belonged to backing band Kathy Brown and friends (Brown on keyboards, Seretse Small on guitar, Desi Jones on drums, Denver Smith on percussion and Aeon Hoilett on bass) for keeping a lively tempo throughout. Interestingly, their exquisite backing of the Barbadian (Rosemary)Phillips belied the fact that the artiste arrived the same day and rehearsal time must have been extremely limited.- Jamaica Pegasus’ Jazz in the garden Jazz fest gets medical treatment published: Friday | January 26, 2007 Adrian Frater, News Editor GLEANER WESTERN BUREAU: Although not attracting top billing, it was the charismatic and musically charged Dr. Kathy Brown who stole the spotlight on Wednesday night as the 2007 Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival ended its two-night stopover in the scenic theatre at the Half Moon Shopping Centre, Montego Bay. With brilliant support coming from famed drummer Desi Jones, top-flight bassist Ian Hoilett and master percussionist Denver Smith, who also played congo drums; Dr. Brown was almost therapeutic in her delivery as she drew prolonged applause from the small but appreciative audience. It was like delivering a much-needed prescription to an ailing patient in need of his medicine as Dr. Brown commanded maximum attention, caressing the keyboard with her dancing fingers as she unleashed classic instrumental selections such as Summertime, Flintstones, a rollicking cover of the Bob Marley & the Wailers’ Get Up Stand Up, Take It Easy and Mission in a blazing opening salvo. The ‘Doctors’ delight UWI VALENTINE’S SHOW Michael A Edwards, Observer writer Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Two doctors, one honorary the other medical, along with their respective combos, provided much of the highlights in a thoroughly delightful evening of entertainment at the Old Still House (part of the Visitor’s Lodge compound) at the UWI campus on Valentine’s night. With repertoires encompassing jazz standards to contemporary pop, guitarist Dr Ernest Ranglin and keyboardist Dr Kathy Brown proved enjoyable to couples and singles alike. Jamaica
(EN:) Dean Sophokles was born and raised in the Philadelphia suburbs, the son of a professional violinist mother and a dentist father. He is dentist by day and musician by night. Dean began studying both piano and violin at the age of five, and by the age of twelve, he was traveling throughout the US with a young chamber group called the Young Concerto Soloists, led by a veteran Philadelphia Orchestra member, Jerome Wigler. He studied classical and jazz piano with various well known Philadelphia based teachers, as well as briefly with Bruce Hornsby, in a master class setting at the Omega institute in Rhinebeck, New York. Dean is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and practices cosmetic and implant dentistry in Media, PA.
Dean has established himself as a session player, a solo jazz pianist, as well as an ensemble keyboardist in both the rock and jazz genres. His solo piano performance schedule can be found at his homepage.
Denny Zeitlin (born April 10, 1938)[1] is an American jazz pianist, composer, and clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco. Since 1963, he has recorded more than 100 compositions and was a first-place winner in the DownBeat International Jazz Critics’ Poll in 1965 and 1974. He composed the soundtrack for the 1978 science-fiction horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers.[2]
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1968 Abitur at the Music HIgh School Marktoberdorf with main subject piano. 1968-1976 piano studies at Richard Strauß Conservatory Munich with Hilde Findeisen.
Dear Mr. Ellenberger! Thank you for your activity to bring together the right people. TO support your work and simplify it herewith you get my permission to use any material from my homepage ( www.desch-musicproduction.de ). I feel you have the right touch to present colleagues at www.DoctorsTalents.com .
There is little to say about my professional career. Music, piano and composition studies were runing parallel with the medical studies….. [remark from Wolfgang Ellenberger: Right, Otmar, nothing easier than that!] After my medical exam I was working at the theatre in Münster/Germany for 15 years (my parents were frightened), then I went to Berlin to have an own office as a general practitioner (and NOT give up to compose and give recitals in the Berlin area). As I had planned I sold the office at age 60 and from end of 2001 I am musical director, pianist and composer at the theatre in Stendal/Germany.
Focus of my composition style (just besides the oratorium and many many stage music pieces exposed n my homepage) is concert music between twelve tone music and jazz, as it can be found in my two concerts for piano and orchestra (a sample will be sent…). Since 2007 I finally have the time to concentrate on marketing of these products since I make only contracts with the theatre about single productions. By the way I am looking for prominent editors … see what happens…. this much for today! Desch
Born in 1942 Composer, pianist, specialist in general medicine (Focus: psychosomatics) Pianistic training: most recently with Prof. Klaus Hellwig (Münster / Berlin, University of the Arts) Composition studies with Prof. Harry Höfer (Münster) Composition courses with Mauricio Kagel (Cologne / WDR)
In 1960, at the age of 18, he began coaching ballet at the Münster Municipal Theater and, after completing his studies, was permanently employed as a solo accompanist (opera, operetta, and musical). In parallel with his coaching, he composed numerous stage scores and, after two more years, took over as director of incidental music at the municipal theaters and at the Münster Zimmertheater (Wolfgang Borchert Theater).
This was followed by guest engagements at various German stages (including the Landesbühne Niedersachsen / Wilhelmshaven) with commissions for further stage music, arrangements and musical direction of musicals, stage music and revues (including Hallo Dolly, Kiss Me Kate, Irma-La-Douce, Happy End, Threepenny Opera, Dance on the Volcano, Black Fair, The Romantics, Charly’s Aunt, Wirtshaus im Spessart, Puntila and his servant Matti, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, At the White Horse Inn, Secretaries, Men).
With the “Otmar Desch Jazz Trio” (now “1-stein Jazz Trio”), he performed nationwide, composed and accompanied (at concerts in Hamburg, Munich, Bremen, Detmold, Münster, and Marburg) chanson programs by singer and actor Thomas Kylau (with live performances on WDR/NDR and participation in the North German Chanson Festival in Hamburg), and produced the chanson record “Lieder statt Kakteen” (German Progressive / (Kraut-) Rock – Record Price Guide).
As a pianist with the North German rock-jazz group “Humus,” he also performed nationwide and recorded his first record, “Offshore,” with the Planungs-Verlag Dortmund publishing house in 1976 (The JAZZ Discography – by Tom Lord).
He can be counted among the first German composers to combine “serious” music with “pop” music and to introduce it into symphony concert programs (composition and spectacular premiere of his “Requiem For Elvis Presley” with the rock jazz group “Humus” and members of the Münster Municipal Symphony Orchestra, among others).
He taught as a pianist at the Westphalia-Lippe University of Education for several semesters.
At the Westphalian School of Music (Münster, under the direction of Prof. Vetter), he led the jazz department of what is now the University of Music. He also served for several years as the responsible director of national jazz and pop music courses within the Westphalia-Lippe State Association for Music.
He directed several regional choirs (mixed choirs, men’s choirs, and women’s choirs) and successfully performed the first “choir shows” in the Westphalia region.
He composed numerous “ecumenical songs” for Protestant and Catholic congregations in the Westphalia region and played various jazz masses of his own in the ecumenical arena (performing with “Pit” Janssens, among others).
His artistic collaborators include well-known artists such as actor Mario Adorf and mime artist Prof. Sammy Molcho (Vienna), as well as actresses Anja Kruse, Ute Lemper, and Marie-Luise Marjan, as well as Udo Lindenberg (drums / “modern jazz”) and TV presenter Götz Alsmann. He has also performed as a pianist on talk shows with Alfred Biolek, among others.
In 1980, parallel to his artistic activities, he opened a general practice in Berlin-Lichtenrade and continued his studies as a hypnotherapist at the I.H. Schultz Institute in Berlin (directed by Dr. Dr. med. Thomas).
He caused a sensation in 1976 with the premiere of his orchestral suite (“Pick-Up Suite”): “Such a powerhouse! Otmar Desch blasts his self-composed musical into the keys, tearing the audience from their seats…” – Berliner Zeitung
As a result of his medical and hypnotherapeutic experiences, he composed the full-length oratorio “Fried’, üßer Vogel” (Fried, sweet bird) for organ, soloists, and small orchestra (premiered in 1999 in Berlin-Britz).
With his wife Ines Desch (née Irmer) – formerly principal oboist of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra – he began establishing “INESSA Music Production” in 2001 and now primarily produces various CDs, in addition to music for therapeutic use.
Current Position: Since 2001, he has been employed as Musical Director of the Dramatic Music Department at the Theater der Altmark (TdA), Stendal.
Andor Schmidt is PianoDoc and organises beneficiary piano recitals in his little concert hall in Offenbach (Main).
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Dear colleague Ellenberger,
it is amazing how my modest musical activities are getting known. I play the piano from age 7 on though non-professional but for fun. In the last years I did not really have enough time to practise…. 5 years ago I have added a little concert hall to my house about 50 sq meters up to 60 seats with a new Steinway D concert grand and thus fulfilled a dream. In this private setting I manage 6 to 8 house recitals per year, mainly for piano solo. For this purpose I have founded the Andor Schmidt foundation for promotion of young musicians” since I have no commercial interests. I am recruiting my young pianists are mostly coming from the class of Lev Natochenny (Mani Ejiri, Evgenia Rubinova, Guoda Gedvilaite and others) from the Frankfurt music academy. We also have chamber music events with singing as well as Jazz recitals (Adomas Rekasius, Maggy Scott and others). I am sorry not to have a web page yet to give information. So far we have managed 36 concerts, and I hope for your interest to get our e-mail newsletter. Would be nice to find more interested listeners to our concerts via your web page!
