Hugo Helfenstein
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. . . . to 2000

As trombonist diversified activities in Jazz, Rock, Pop and classical music. Freelance engagements in various orchestras, bands and studios such as Opera House Zurich, Stadttheater and Konzertverein St.Gallen, Camerata Zurich, Winterthurer Stadtorchester, Schauspielhaus Zurich, Theater for the Canton of Zurich, Opera Factory, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Swiss Horns, DRS-Big-Band, Pepe Lienhard Band, Zirkus Knie Orchestra, Nuevo Sabor, Omnibus, Tanto Pressanto, Polo Hofer und die Schmetterband, Andreas Vollenweider and many more.
Worked with: Cissi Houston, Franco Ambrosetti, Matthieu Michel, Dusko Gojkovic, Lennart Axelson, Al Porcino, Horst Fischer, Hazy Osterwald, Jiggs Whigham, Joe Gallardo, Ornette Colemann, John Mc Laughlin, Marianne Mendt, Art Lande, Runo Eriksson, Urs Blöchlinger, Bibi Jones, Bruno Spörri, Pierre Favre, Volker Lechtenbrink, Caterina Valente, Michel Legrand, Peter Herbolzheimer, Christoph Marthaler, Ruedi Häusermann, Hardy Hepp, Mario Feurer, Beny Rehmann and many more.

Jazz Festivals: Willisau, Cologne, Jazzwoche Burghausen, Leverkusener Jazztage.
Musicals: Cats, Cabaret, Rent, La Cage Aux Folles, Chicago, West Side Story, Rollschuhpalast, Edith Piaf.
Filmmusic: Leo Sonnyboy (director: Rolf Lyssy)

Guest professor at the Konservatorium Biel. Teacher, director, sound engineer, webdesigner and webmaster, department- and teacher representative, head of the electronic music department at the Musikschule der Stadt Zug.

from 2000 . . . .

Cessation of all activities up to that point.
Change from trombone to trumpet; from then on jazz trumpeter in various small formations and arranging and composing for a variety of ensembles. Degree in multimedia production at the SAE Institute Zürich. Interactive programming for the internet, production of multimedia- and audio-CDs.

Born in 1953 in Münchenstein (BL) raised and living in Zug. A levels in Zug, main direction Latin. Unfinished degrees in natural sciences and musicology at Zurich University. Instruction in trombone at the conservatories Berne and Zurich. Studies abroad (Germany and America). Instruction in keyboards in the specialized field of MIDI and sequencing technique at the Konservatorium Biel/Bienne. Member of SUISA and SWISSPERFORM.

discography:

1976 Original Swingtaler vol. 1
1976 Original Swingtaler vol. 2
1976 Original Swingtaler vol. 3
1976 Toni Vescoli (So gedacht...)
1977 Original Swingtaler
1980 Peace Again (Swiss Horns)
1980 Crazy Boogie (Che&ray)
1980 Martin Beeler
1981 Second Sight (Swiss Horns)
1981 Change Your Live (Swiss Horns)
1981 Ric Bogart Orchestra
1981 Ric Bogart Orchestra (Just Music)
1981 Ric Bogart Orchestra
1984 Der Mikado (Schauspielhaus Zürich)
1987 Haller/Haselbach: Cellokonzerte
1987 Notspielplatz Zürich
1987 Radio-24-Band (Just a Radio)
1987 Modern Art Septett (Secret Cosmos)
1987 Volks-Swing-Band (S'Glück isch da)
1988 Hardy Hepp (Born in The Forest)
1989 Daniel Schnyder
1998 Polo Hofer 10 Jahre Radio 24
1989 No Problem (Rock Your Soul)
1990 Mod On
1991 Daniel Schnyder Winds

1991 Andreas Vollenweider (Book Of Roses)
1992 Polo Hofer (Travailler c’est trop dur)
1994 Aladin und die Wunderlampe
1994 Zürcher Kammerorchester Suppé-Requiem
1994 Gatti
1994 Rambazamba (Marianne Racine)
1994 Tributary Orchestra
1995 Beny Rehmann (Aus Leidenschaft)
1995 ZKB Jubiläumskonzerte Tonhalle Zürich
1997 Call The Rag
1997 Tanto Pressanto (La-La-Lache)
1998 Beny Rehmann (Welhits & Trompetenplausch)
2004 René Twerenbold Big Band
2005 I.N.I.T.I.A.L.S. (John Wolf Brennan)
2007 Polo Hofer (Duette 1977-2007)
Trio 1538
Trio 1539
Trio 1540
Image U-760-008
K-tel TCH 105
Phonogram 636701
EMI 13C 062-76124
K-tel
Polygram 6367021
Single
Atom 500039
MCS 420.001
MCS 220.001
Jecklin 1010
Jecklin 619
ex libris EL 12516m
Polygram 888 828-7
Enja CD 5055-32
K-TEL 215 TCH
Hand in Hand Records CD 888·H1
ex libris CD 4015
Sound Service R 2489
Mistral Sound CD
OSCD 9001
Koch-Schwann 310121
Colombia CD 891-01
Sound Service SCD 18
Ara MC 4119
Novalis 150 112-2
Daehler CD7311
MC
Rovo-Records
KOCH international 223 518
Tonhalle Zürich
Ryffel
Zyt 4968
READER'S DIGEST
Stadt- und Kantonsbibliothek Zug
CW 1046/1047
SOUND SERVICE SCD 27