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mic
oechsner - biography
 born
in 1956 in Munich, Bavaria
Secondary
Music School in Freising and Munich. At the age of 14 he heard
"Minor Swing" (Reinhardt and Grappelli) for the first
time. Final secondary-school examinations in 1978 und first musical
contact with German "Sinti" musicians
Actually
Mic wanted to be a music teacher. He studied classical violin with
W.Gieron, a member of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, composition
with I.Gambarde (a student of G.Bialas), 2 years double bass, 2
years guitar and 2 years piano.
In 1980 Mic was nominated for the music scholarship of the
city of Munich and studied at Berklee School of Music, Boston,
USA. Afterwards he stayed in New York for some time, playing in
jam sessions and listening in Jazz clubs.
In
1982 he did his first recording with his MUKHARA JAZZ QUARTETT.
The band started to play gigs all over Europe. At the same time
he worked as a jazz violin teacher at the Jazz School Munich und
the Freies Musikzentrum München
In
autumn 1982 he sat in with the famous German folk band ZUPFGEIGENHANSEL.
in the following three years he did large concert tours, 4 records,
TV und radio productions (e.g."Einer wird gewinnen"
with Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff). He founded the MIC OECHSNER QUARTET
(with Paul Grabowsky) und worked as a musician in Munich Theaters.
He composed ballett music for children, music for theater plays,
songs for the cabaret "Frust Recycling", Modern Jazz tunes.
5 years he played with the cabaret FRUST RECYCLING, 2 years
with "Jürgen Wuchner's String Project". He toured
with the famous Austrian saxophonist Hans Koller, with Karl Berger
and Janusz Stefanski.
In
1990 Mic started a journalist career: He wrote a the report "Jazz
in München" for the magazine PRINZ. In the same year he
organized the Jazzfest München with Hannes Beckmann
and founded the MÜNCHNER VIOLIN SUMMIT with Jörg
Widmoser and Hannes Beckmann.
In
1992 the French governement charged him to write a sinfonic composition
for string orchestra "Le crie de la renarde". In the same
year Mic founded his own record label MUKHARA MUSIC and did a duo
cd with bass player Alex Haas.
In
1993 Mic founded - together with singer Willie Jakob, guitar player
Uli Graner, trombone player Leo Gmelch, percussionist Marika Falk
and bass player Uwe Schwidewski - the famous Klezmer band NUNU! and formed the OECHSNER WEISS ENSEMBLES with the German Sintis
Traubeli and Pizza Weiss.
In
1994/95 he organized concerts for the culture club "Bürgertreff
Laim e.V."
In
1995 he bought an old village school house in Idolsberg, Lower Austria.
He started to renovate, rebuild an reopen the house as a "Culture
Hotel", organized concerts and seminars.
In 1996/97
he toured in Germany and Austria, composed music for theater and
film, did radio and TV productions. He founded the open air festival IDOLSBERGER MUSIKSOMMER in Lower Austria, installed an "international
Jazz strings seminar" to take place every year.
In
1998 concerts in Germany, Hungary (EBU-Festival) and Israel (Intern.
Klezmer Festival Zefat)
In
1999/2000 concerts in Germany, Austria and France with his own bands
In
2001 again journalist works for the Süddeutsche
Zeitung, München
In
2002 composition for Shakespeares play "The Storm", manager
of the Munich Jazzclub Unterfahrt and journalist works for the Süddeutsche
Zeitung
In
2003 Mic recorded and produced his fourth CD, „Mon ami le gitan“
with his son Gidon, toured in Austria and Germany, wrote for SZ
and music magazines, moved to Austria and started new projects with
Austrian musicians. He was invited to the festival of Ole-Bull-Akademie,
Voß, Norway. Additionally he started to work as a narrator in the "Waldviertler Geisterwerkstatt"
. In
2004 Mic installed a "Jazz Training For String" in Vienna,
founded the quartet GRAPPELLISSIMO! with the Viennese Sinti
musicians Joschi Schneeberger and Striglo Stöger, played in
clubs and festivals. Invitation
to the "Süddeutsches Harfentreffen"
. In
2005 he did concerts with Gipsy guitarist Harri Stojka, and with GRAPPELLISSIMO!.Togehter with guitar player Uli Graner he
re-formed NUNU! and moved to Vienna.
In
2006
Mic was invited by the Landesmusikdirektion Oberösterreich
and by Musikschule Melk for Jazz string seminars. He started to
develop the teaching system alternative strings (opening
May 2006). His first record with MUKHARA JAZZ QUARTETT was released
on CD (reunion tour in October) and he played concerts with GRAPPELLISSIMO
und NUNU!
2005
Recording: " Live at Jazzland Vienna", Konzerte mit Harri
Stojka und Band (z.B. Staatsvertrags-Festakt Belvedere am 15.05.05),
Gastspiele mit GRAPPELLISSIMO! in österreichischen Clubs.
Neuformierung von NUNU! Übersiedelung nach Wien.
2006
Invitation of Landesmusikdirektion Oberösterreich, Steiermark and
Musikschule Melk for Jazz string seminars. Develloping the teaching concept alternative strings, Mic founded his institute in Mai 2006. His very first recording of MUKHARA JAZZ QUARTET came out on CD and he toured in Europe with GRAPPELLISSIMO!, ESC, NUNU! and Tribute To Stephane.
He bilt up the MUKHARA WORLD SOUND studio and composed for film and theater plays.
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