Henriette Müller

Berlin composer, saxophonist and medical doctor Henriette Müller writes contemporary music influenced by jazz for small groups and works for large ensembles and choirs. She has been developing a unique musical style of her own, beyond categories such as "classical", "new music" or "jazz".

Born in Ulm, Southern Germany, she trained and worked as a physician in Germany, Zimbabwe and Britain before embarking on a career in music. In 1994, she received a master´s degree from Manhattan School of Music after studying composition with Rich de Rosa and Ludmila Ulehla as well as saxophone with Bob Mintzer, Dick Oatts and others. She also participated as a guest in Hartmut Fladt´s musicology courses at the Universität der Künste in Berlin for several years.

She ran her own band in New York (with Jeff Brillinger, Peter Herbert, Ben Allison, Rez Abassi and others) and performed in clubs like the Five Spot and the Knitting Factory. In May 1996 she was featured in the World Beat Series at the Guggenheim Museum in four concerts with Jim Black and Tony Scherr during the show "Abstraction in the 20th Century".

In Europe Henriette has performed with, among others, John Tchicai (Århus International Jazz Festival 1991), with drummer Ed Ware (1994) and in different trios with Ray Kaczynski, Bill Elgart, Carlos Bica, with Czech guitarist/singer Dagmar Andrtovà at St. Rochus Church in Prague in July 1997 and in September 1998 and with Johannes Bockholt and Simon Pauli since 1999.

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