Ulrich Krieger, was born in 1962 in Freiburg, Germany and now lives in Berlin. Krieger studied classical/contemporary saxophone, composition, and electronic music at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin and the Manhattan School of Music, New York. In 1988 he began independent didjeridu studies and research in Australian Aboriginal music and culture. Since 1990, Krieger has worked as a freelance interpreter, improviser, composer, and rock musician. His works have been performed by: oh-ton ensemble, Ensemble United Berlin, zeitkratzer, Ensemble Klangwerkstatt, Seth Josel, Matias de Oliveira Pinto, Soldier String Quartet, Reinhold Friedl, and many others. He worked with artists LaMonte Young, Phill Niblock, David First, Lee Ranaldo, Elliott Sharp, Witold Szalonek, Mario Bertoncini, Miriam Marbe, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Merzbow, Dietmar Diesner, Wolfgang Fuchs, and many others. He has given numerous concerts, radio and television broadcasts of his works and as performer, soloist, with his own ensembles, various chamber music groups and orchestras (including the Ensemble Modern and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) in Europe, USA, Canada, Asia and Australia. He has received various grants, awards and prizes as composer and performer, including long-term residencies in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Venice, Bologna, and Norwich. He has made various recordings as saxophonist and didjeridu player, interpreter and improviser; with several of his original compositions available on CD.
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