Stefan Dill

Email: stefan@norumba.com

Home page: http://www.norumba.com

Stefan Dill is primarily a guitarist/composer/improvisor based in the New
Mexico/Texas/Oklahoma frontier.He is also an essayist and poet, and recently began work on a novel.

He received a Masters in compsition at New
England Conservatory, studying with Joe Maneri. Returning to his native New
Mexico, he developed the unique solo acoustic vocabulary for which he is
best known, exploring bridges between free improvisation and traditional
early flamenco. He has performed solo concerts at such venues
and festivals as the FMP Total Music Meeting ( Berlin 1994), Zuid Nederlands
Jazz Festival (Eindhoven 1995), Nickelsdorf concert season (1995, 1998),
International Guitar Festival of Great Britain ( Wirral 1997), Paderborn
Gitarrenfest ( Paderborn 1998), V Festival Hispanoamericano de
Guitarra (Tijuana, 1998) and many others.
He has also released two solo CDs:"Warning Clothed in Bright Robes of Dawn"
(Centaur 2222) in 1994, recorded live at The Outpost, followed by "Sangre
Del Rio" in early 1998, reflecting a deeper
flamenco involvement. In 2000, Zerx records released "Flower and SONG", a
collection of improvised duos with various partners, with Dill on electric
and acoustic guitars.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Dill's current focus is a return to the electric guitar. He has launched the
high energy purely improvising "post-fusion/freejazz/metal" STEFAN DILL
TRIO with Dave Wayne (drums) and Dave Nielsen (bass),
with a debut CD scheduled for release fall 2001 on the Falcata-Galia label.
Also slated for fall 2001 is the development of a second trio project
with Peter Broetzmann and Michael Wertmueller. This project as well as
ongoing Stefan Dill Trio material will be released through 2002 on
Falcata -Galia. He is also an active and enthusiastic participant in the
post-country explorations of Mark Weber's Bubbadinos, and Deane's remarkable
collective, Out Of Context.Long range projects are the score for
"Dunkelstof", a multimedia post-opera by Steve Monroe, and reconnecting with
dance aspects he explored while in Boston.

Stefan Dill maintains a website at www.norumba.com, and is currently working
on a
pyschosexual espionage thriller novel (excerpts are at the website listed).

Interests: music, erotica, psychology, spirituality, film, history, literature

Published writer: No

Freelance: Yes