>> Thomas Siffling
bio: - 1972 Born in Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1992 - 1995 Member of the Youth Jazz Orchestra Baden-Württemberg (direction: Bernd Konrad)
Studies
· 1994 1998 Studies of Jazz trumpet at the "State College for Music" in Heidelberg-Mannheim
· 1998 2001 Artistic postgraduate studies at the "State College for Music", Stuttgart
· 1996 Member of the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra (direction: Peter Herbolzheimer)
Career and Productions
· 1998 Production for the "Hessische Rundfunk" with Maria Schneider
· 1999 CD Production with the Thomas Siffling Quartett (Soft Wind SDP 1030-1)
· Since midyear 2000 Director of the SAP Big Band
· Oktober 2000 Successful performance with the Martin´s Horns at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt
· May 2001 Tour with the Thomas Siffling Group; subsequently broadcast recording for the "Bayerische Rundfunk" in the Studio Franken
· Midyear 2001 Grand Europe- and Canada Tour with the Mardi Gras Brass Band
· November 2001 Tour of the Thomas Siffling Group through Germany in order to present the latest CD "Stories" (Jazz4ever Records) · 2002 CD recordings with Joachim Kühn
· Beginning 2003 Grand Thailand Tour with the Rhythm Boiler Street Band
· Beginning 2004 Recording of the latest Thomas Siffling CD "change" (JAZZ´n´ARTS 2504), which was released in October 2004
· October 2004 Recording of the "Söhne Mannheims" Single "Babylon System" and common concert
· concerts in Thessaloniki /Greece Numerous concerts with the Thomas Siffling Trio in order to present the current CD
· Participation of the Thomas Siffling Trio at the movie "mein perfektes Leben" (My Perfect Life)
· Release of the current CD "Human Impressions" of Thomas Siffling & The Public Sound Office² (Phazzadelic/Soulfood) at the Enjoy Jazz Festival
· May 2006 Greece Tour - 1972 Born in Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1992 - 1995 Member of the Youth Jazz Orchestra Baden-Württemberg (direction: Bernd Konrad)
Studies
· 1994 1998 Studies of Jazz trumpet at the "State College for Music" in Heidelberg-Mannheim
· 1998 2001 Artistic postgraduate studies at the "State College for Music", Stuttgart
· 1996 Member of the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra (direction: Peter Herbolzheimer)
Career and Productions
· 1998 Production for the "Hessische Rundfunk" with Maria Schneider
· 1999 CD Production with the Thomas Siffling Quartett (Soft Wind SDP 1030-1)
· Since midyear 2000 Director of the SAP Big Band
· Oktober 2000 Successful performance with the Martin´s Horns at the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt
· May 2001 Tour with the Thomas Siffling Group; subsequently broadcast recording for the "Bayerische Rundfunk" in the Studio Franken
· Midyear 2001 Grand Europe- and Canada Tour with the Mardi Gras Brass Band
· November 2001 Tour of the Thomas Siffling Group through Germany in order to present the latest CD "Stories" (Jazz4ever Records)
· 2002 CD recordings with Joachim Kühn
· Beginning 2003 Grand Thailand Tour with the Rhythm Boiler Street Band
· Beginning 2004 Recording of the latest Thomas Siffling CD "change" (JAZZ´n´ARTS 2504), which was released in October 2004
· October 2004 Recording of the "Söhne Mannheims" Single "Babylon System" and common concert
· concerts in Thessaloniki /Greece
· Numerous concerts with the Thomas Siffling Trio in order to present the current CD
· Participation of the Thomas Siffling Trio at the movie "mein perfektes Leben" (My Perfect Life)
· Release of the current CD "Human Impressions" of Thomas Siffling & The Public Sound Office² (Phazzadelic/Soulfood) at the Enjoy Jazz Festival
· May 2006 Greece Tour
· Collaboration with Pit Baumgartner / De Phazz
· Recording of the latest Trio CD (to be released in January 2007)
- July 2006 Romania Tour with the Thomas Siffling Trio
-Oktober 2006 Thomas Siffling Trio tours Toronto/Canada and Oslo/Norway
Prizes and awards
· March 1999 Award of the City of Mannheim for young artists
· August 2000 Highest Award at the Daimler-Chrysler-Talent-Contest in the category Jazz · 2002
Second-best at the Jazz Prize Baden-Württemberg · 2005
First Prize at the Jazz Prize Baden-Württemberg
Tours
South America, Canada, Malta, Spain, Poland, Ukraina, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Lebanon, Thailand, Greece, Romania