Michael Hornstein

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Michael Hornstein (born 1962) is a Munich-based saxophonist, composer and music producer who has worked internationally.

[edit] Biography

He was born of a German father and an Italian mother in 1962. He started playing the piano at the age of 10 and later saxophone at the age of 14. He began as a self-taught musician working under the influence of listening to Charlie Parker. After this he studied music at the University for music and interpretative arts in Graz from 1979 to 1982. In 1983 he received a scholarship to study at the Berklee College of Music. He has collaborated with musicians like Sunny Murray (CD: 13 Steps On Glass), Al Porcino, Albert Mangelsdorf, Udo Lindenberg, Hector Martignon, Blank & Jones, Bob Dorough, Billy Hart, Fred Braceful, Gary Peacock, Joe Madrid among many others. In his recorded works one finds jazz, drum and bass, trip hop, electronic music as well as a series of commissions for silent movies, shortcuts and artvideos. He has participated in festivals and productions all over the world, as well in collaboration with the Goethe Institutes: Georgia, Serbia, Bosnia, Spain, Mexico, Cuba, USA, Colombia, Greece, Italy, China, etc. His longer stays away from Germany include time in New York, Sevilla, Bogotá. Professor at the University Javeriana in Colombia in 2003. Since 2004 he works as a producer for international folklore, emphased on Latin America in countries like: Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua. He is featured on the compilation Cafe Del Mar Vol.14 with the track Carma.