Michael Griener


Michael Griener is a German jazz percussion player.

Life and Works

Griener, who was already well known as an improviser and interpreter of contemporary music, moved to Berlin in 1994. In Berlin, he appeared on the scenes with many musicians such as Tal Farlow, Herb Ellis, Barry Guy, Axel Dörner, Mal Waldron, Paul Lovens, Zeena Parkins, Keith Tippett, Butch Morris, Ulrich Gumpert, Evan Parker, Aki Takase, Mats Gustafsson, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Joëlle Léandre, David Liebman, Conny Bauer, Johannes Bauer, Andrea Neumann, Chris Dahlgren, Frank Gratkowski, Phil Minton and Tony Buck.
He cooperated with Günther Christmann in Vario-Projekte for a long time. With the duet Kimmo Elomaa and with the Live-Elektroniker Jayrope, he was awarded the prize Senate of Berlin in 2001. Besides, he worked with dancers like Anzu Furukawa and David Zambrano and with actors and writers. He collaborated also with Oskar Ansull in the Paul Celan project. At present, he plays in Ulrich Gumpert's quartet, Baby Bonk, and his own trio Themore 3, TGW, in Lacy Pool and in a duet with Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky.
Griener made tours in many European countries and also in Turkey, Israel, Morocco and the USA. He teaches jazz and Rhythm at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber and at the Jazz School Berlin.

Awards and honours

In March 2006, he won the prize the most creative soloist at the Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis. In November 2008, he was appointed honorary professor of the Hochschule für Music Carl Maria von Weber.

Discography

1993
1994
1997
1998
1999
2003
2004
2005
2007
2008