Rotraut Jäger & Sonambique
Biography Rotraut Jäger & Sonambique
Rotraut Jäger
is a flautist, composer, and educator living in Zurich, trained in classical and jazz music.
She studied flute at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz (state-certified music teacher in 2000, performance in 2002), at the Zurich University of the Arts (diploma in 2006 with Philippe Racine, jazz studies 2003-2006 with Günter Wehinger and Christoph Grab), and at the Manhattan School of Music (jazz studies 2006-2007 with Dick Oatts and Steve Wilson). During her studies, Rotraut Jäger participated in workshops and masterclasses with Peter Lukas Graf, Robert Dick, Michel Debost, and Moshe Epstein, among others. She also participated in a Música Popular Brasileira workshop in Brazil and received private lessons from, among others, She has studied with Ali Ryerson, Frank Wess, and Dave Liebman in New York.
As a freelance musician, she works with her own projects and as a guest musician both in Switzerland and abroad.
She has performed with Miles Griffith (vocals, USA), Earle Davis (trumpet, USA), Roland Gebhard (guitar, Germany), Vicente Cortes (guitar, Switzerland/Spain), Karime Amaya (flamenco dance, Spain), and The Skatalites (JAM), among others.
She also works as a private flute teacher and leads various ensembles and workshops.
In March 2020, she released her first album, Sonafari, with her band project Rotraut Jäger SONAMBIQUE. Her second album, Dynamite, was released in October 2023, in co-production with the Swiss radio station SRF2 Kultur.
"... she spreads her telepathic songs far beyond jazz." (Citizen Jazz)
"... coaxes passages from the flute that could point the way to a new direction in the instrument's role in jazz." (Jazzpodium)
"... lively rhythms and joyful chants..." (Latins de Jazz)
