Gabriele Hasler

1957

born in Wiesbaden, lives in Bremen

1977 -1983

teacher studies at the University Bremen (German/Music), education among others at Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA

since 1983

singer/composer/lyrician in the field of jazz

1986

foundation of the record label Foolish Music

1992 - 2006

cooperation with the poet Oskar Pastior

1993 -1996

member of the Mutare Musiktheater Frankfurt am Main

1994 - 2009 Duo Hasler Hanschel
1999 - 2002 Gabriele Haslers Personal News

Grants and Awards

1985

SWF-Jazzpreis (jazz award)

 

Projekte

2013 concert series „Vokale Unikate“ for the Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen

autumn 2012 order composition of the Gamelanorchestra „Arum Sih“ (Überseemuseum Bremen)

in september 2012 Gabriele Hasler founded the Improchor Bremen
(www.improchor -bremen.de)

whitsun 2012 "pro vocale"
multi-day concert series for the church St. Johann in Bremen Oberneuland
cooperation with Katja Zerbst (organ), among others

march 2012 „Walden oder Das Gurren der Tauben“
A sensual sound performance based on texts by Henry D. Thoreau
by and with Gabriele Hasler
contributors: Reinhard Schimmelpfeng (overtone vocals, various instruments), 1st Ukulelenorchester Bremen (Ltg. Olaf Emig)
Bremen Overtone Choir (Ltg. Reinhard Schimmelpfeng)
project choir Klangbad (Ltg. Gabriele Hasler)
performance in the Kulturkirche St. Stephani Bremen, recording Radio Bremen
CD release planned for 2013

since 2012 With "Vocal Interplay" Gabriele Hasler brings vocal group improvisation to institutions and companies. (www.vocal-interplay.de)

2010/11 Series "G.sänge"
solo performances in different galleries in Bremen, among others in the  GAK

in june 2010 as soloist with Arthur Honegger's "King David",
performance at St. Petri Cathedral, Bremen, direction Tobias Gravenhorst

Gabriele Hasler has been conducting "Klangbäder" since 2009.
A "Klangbad 100" is a large-scale vocal performance with project choir, sound generators and solo voice.
(Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Kassel, Bremen, Nuremberg, Kleve, Bremerhaven)

november 2009 opening of the portrait film "Drei Mantren für Pi und Pi" (Three mantras for pi and pi)
by Monika B. Beyer in the Kulturkirche St. Stephani, Bremen

since 2007 collaboration with the Cologne choir "Les Saxosythes".
(Head Dietmar Bonnen)

since 2007 "G.bete 365"
solo performance for solo voice, acoustic and various sound objects.
"G.bete 365" was a guest for the Goethe Institute at the LEM Festival Barcelona () and at the Festival for New Music, Museo Vostell, Caceres (E).
publication "G.bete 365" Foolish Music 211 107 (co-production with Radio Bremen)

2004 - 2006 "frogs and tea bags"
Oskar Pastior, reading / Gabriele Hasler, voice, composition / Roger Hanschel, alto saxophone
events at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben, literature houses, etc.
CH - Zurich, CH - Bern, Frankfurt, Bonn and Hamburg
in February 2007 world premiere of "frösche und teebeutel" for mixed choir, solo voice and alto saxophone (with the Darmstädter Konzertchor, Ltg. Wolfgang Seeliger)
publication "frogs and tea bags" Foolish Music 211006

since 2002 "Flow"
Gabriele Hasler solo acoustic in the east crypt of the St. Petri Cathedral, Bremen

2001 “Bremer Stadtbespielung”
4 duos in 4 different Bremer acoustics
with Uli Sobotta, Jörn Schipper, Mauretta Heinzelmann and Christof Thewes

1994 - 2011 Duo Hasler Hanschel
Gabriele Hasler voc, comp / Roger Hanschel as, comp.
tours, festival appearances, productions (SFB, jazz festival Roth, BR, jazz festival F-Mulhouse, jazz festival Jazz d´Or Strasbourg, France, Festival Bimhuis Amsterdam, Netherlands, etc.)
publication:
"Go In Green" JazzHausMusik (1995)
"Pigeon" JHM 120 (2002)
"Lovesongs" Foolish Music (2003)
prizewinner at the JazzArt Competition NRW 2004
"Canta Rhei" Foolish Music 211 007
"Styr" Foolish Music 211 008
(with Dietmar Bonnen, piano, voice, various sound generators)

1988 co-founder of "the project
Gabriele Hasler voc, comp, lyrics / Hugo Read as, comp / Andreas Willers git, comp / Thomas Heidepriem b, comp / Jörn Schipper dr/ comp
numerous tours and festival appearances in Germany and abroad (e.g. jazz festival Würzburg, jazz festival Stuttgart, jazz festival F-Mulhouse, France, jazz festival Strasbourg, France)
radio and television productions (e.g. for 3-SAT, Bayerisches Fernsehen; HR, BR, WDR)
publication: "dAs prOjekT" Foolish Music (1988)

1981 – 1989 “Gabriele Hasler & Foolish Heart”Quartet, piano trio plus vocals, compositions/texts: Gabriele Hasler and others with Frank Wunsch, Bob Degen (p), Gunnar Plümer, Sigi Busch, Manfred Bründl, Dieter Manderscheid (b), Jörn Schipper (dr)
numerous tours and festival appearances at home and abroad
(e.g. German Jazz Festival Frankfurt, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, jazz festival Würzburg, jazz festival Lucerne, Switzerland, jazz festival Graz, Austria, Jazzfest Mulhouse, France, for the Goetheinstitut concerts in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria)
numerous radio and television productions
(including ZDF aspects; WDR, SDR, HR, BR, NDR)
publications: "Crazy" Thein (1984)
"God Is A She" Foolish Music (1986) German Record Critics' Award