As a peace activist, it is important to me to mention that music is the true Esperanto. Music is the connecting language. Everyone can do it, because everyone has music within them, regardless of origin, skin color, religion, language, gender and age. It is the obvious means of entering into a peaceful and positive dialogue with foreign people and cultures.
Music as a live performance is the art form that combines so many things. Music moves in the field of tension between composition and improvisation, between the well-known and those created from impulse. It depends on the composition of the musicians, their mood of the day, the location and the audience and thus gives an insight into the psychological state of a group of people who share and create a moment. It happens in real time: As soon as it’s there, it’s gone forever. It only happens in the here and now, like life anyway. That’s what makes it so exciting for me to devote myself to this art form.
Furthermore, music is a look into the past, because the musician’s entire past, both as a person with history and as a craft acquired through years of persistent practice, wants to be brought to life in a moment of the present based on an emotional impulse. Music is a sounding melange of biographies, places and emotions brought into present.
But the most important thing: It’s just fun to play music with different people!
Yehudi Menuhin e.V. scholarship holder in the “Live Music Now” program
2012
1st prize winner at European Jazz Contest with the band „Jazzpocalypse“ – Rome, Italy
2011
Initial founding of my band YOUPHORIC as a bandleader Study trip to Bangalore, India – five weeks of intense lessons with T.A.S. Mani at Karnattakan College of Percussion
2011/2010
One year studies of jazz drums at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Southern Denmark
2009
Musical direction and solo performance in the music theater project “Horror Vacui”, performances in “Zeisehallen” and “Deutsches Schauspielhaus”, Hamburg
2008
Drummer at the festival for contemporary music „Biennale München“, performances at “Prinzregententheater”, Munich
Yehudi Menuhin e.V. scholarship holder in the “Live Music Now” program
2012
1st prize winner at European Jazz Contest with the band „Jazzpocalypse“ – Rome, Italy
2011
Initial founding of my band YOUPHORIC as a bandleader & Study trip to Bangalore, India – five weeks of intense lessons with T.A.S. Mani at Karnattakan College of Percussion
2011/2010
One year studies of jazz drums at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Southern Denmark
2009
Musical direction and solo performance in the music theater project “Horror Vacui”, performances in “Zeisehallen” and “Deutsches Schauspielhaus”, Hamburg
2008
Drummer at the festival for contemporary music „Biennale München“, performances at “Prinzregententheater”, Munich
REFERENCES
IMPRESSED
„I am especially impressed by Pangritz whose play is very individual and additionally he composed or co-composed three pieces out of four on this album.“
„Changing Perceptions“ is another terrific modern jazz album from Germany, which once again shows that local musicians have long been on the TOP level of the international elite.“
Jazz Music Newsletter about Tomasz Kowalczyk Trio’s album „Changing Perceptions“
„All three musicians are excellent instrumentalists, each presenting very different personality and mannerisms, which work together quite miraculously.“
ADAM BARUCH about Tomasz Kowalczyk Trio’s album „Changing Perceptions“ – polish-jazz.blogspot.com
EXCELLENT
„The album is another example of the less familiar fact, where the drummer is also an excellent composer (…). These ten tunes are all truly excellent. Overall, this is a great debut by this ensemble, which offers a lot of superb music and excellent performances (…)“
ADAM BARUCH about Youphoric’s album „The Answer is Y“ – adambaruch.com
SCHILLERND
„Ein Jazzalbum mit schillernd modernen Stücken!“
BASTIAN KORFF, podcast „Jazzflow“ at ARD Audiothek about Youphoric’s album „The Answer is Y“ – ardaudiothek.de
REFERENCES
IMPRESSED
„I am especially impressed by Pangritz whose play is very individual and additionally he composed or co-composed three pieces out of four on this album.“
„Changing Perceptions“ is another terrific modern jazz album from Germany, which once again shows that local musicians have long been on the TOP level of the international elite.“
Jazz Music Newsletter about Tomasz Kowalczyk Trio’s album „Changing Perceptions“
„All three musicians are excellent instrumentalists, each presenting very different personality and mannerisms, which work together quite miraculously.„
ADAM BARUCH about Tomasz Kowalczyk Trio’s album „Changing Perceptions“ – polish-jazz.blogspot.com
