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	~~Country: Bingen, Germany <br />~~

	~~Studies: California Institute of the Arts (B.F.A., M.F.A.)~~

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	The German composer and multiinstrumentalist '''Gernot Blume''' fascinates with his exorbitant musical creativity: through the expressive breadth of his instrument array, including piano, harp, nyckelharpa, accordion, contrabass, sitar, surbahar, vibraphone, marimba, violin, guitar, mandolin, recorders, frame drums, tabla, gamelan, percussion, and voice, he combines improvisatory techniques of many cultures and his own compositions in a transcendental aesthetic with a global reach. Music of great complexity and beauty.

	“Music that comes from the soul is not superfluous luxury, but a deeply rooted human need. Music points us toward the most basic questions of our existence: it comforts us, celebrates, prays, and breathes, music sings and cries, jubilates and gives thanks for the wonders of the world. Music, so understood, transcends boundaries. It searches for the most diverse timbres, influences, inspirations, styles, and instruments; it knows the traditions of the cultures of this world. This is the kind of chant I join in with my music.”
	~~Gernot Blume<ref>”http://www.spencer-blume.com/gernot-blume-105.html”</ref>~~
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	The German composer and multiinstrumentalist Gernot Blume fascinates with his exorbitant musical creativity: through the expressive breadth of his instrument array, including piano, harp, nyckelharpa, accordion, contrabass, sitar, surbahar, vibraphone, marimba, violin, guitar, mandolin, recorders, frame drums, tabla, gamelan, percussion, and voice, he combines improvisatory techniques of many cultures and his own compositions in a transcendental aesthetic with a global reach. Music of great complexity and beauty.		The German composer and multiinstrumentalist '''Gernot Blume''' fascinates with his exorbitant musical creativity: through the expressive breadth of his instrument array, including piano, harp, nyckelharpa, accordion, contrabass, sitar, surbahar, vibraphone, marimba, violin, guitar, mandolin, recorders, frame drums, tabla, gamelan, percussion, and voice, he combines improvisatory techniques of many cultures and his own compositions in a transcendental aesthetic with a global reach. Music of great complexity and beauty.

	“Music that comes from the soul is not superfluous luxury, but a deeply rooted human need. Music points us toward the most basic questions of our existence: it comforts us, celebrates, prays, and breathes, music sings and cries, jubilates and gives thanks for the wonders of the world. Music, so understood, transcends boundaries. It searches for the most diverse timbres, influences, inspirations, styles, and instruments; it knows the traditions of the cultures of this world. This is the kind of chant I join in with my music.”		“Music that comes from the soul is not superfluous luxury, but a deeply rooted human need. Music points us toward the most basic questions of our existence: it comforts us, celebrates, prays, and breathes, music sings and cries, jubilates and gives thanks for the wonders of the world. Music, so understood, transcends boundaries. It searches for the most diverse timbres, influences, inspirations, styles, and instruments; it knows the traditions of the cultures of this world. This is the kind of chant I join in with my music.”

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	~~Born in Bingen on the Rhine,~~ composer~~, pianist,~~ and ~~multi-instrumentalist~~ Gernot Blume ~~grew up~~ with ~~classical~~ piano ~~music as well as Irish~~, ~~Yiddish and Eastern European folk music.~~		The German composer and multiinstrumentalist Gernot Blume fascinates with his exorbitant musical creativity: through the expressive breadth of his instrument array, including piano, harp, nyckelharpa, accordion, contrabass, sitar, surbahar, vibraphone, marimba, violin, guitar, mandolin, recorders, frame drums, tabla, gamelan, percussion, and voice, he combines improvisatory techniques of many cultures and his own compositions in a transcendental aesthetic with a global reach. Music of great complexity and beauty.
	~~He learned~~ guitar, mandolin, percussion, ~~flutes~~ and ~~harp. 1988~~ he ~~moved to Los Angeles, California~~ in ~~order to srudy world music at CalArts~~. ~~There he studied Indian classical music~~ and ~~thereafter ethnomusicology at~~ the ~~University of Michigan~~, ~~where he earned~~ a ~~doctorate with a dissertation on~~ the ~~American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. For five years he taught as Assistant Prof.~~ of ~~Music at Lewis & Clark College in Portland~~, ~~Oregon.~~
	~~In 2003 he returned to Germany where he lives with his wife~~, ~~[[Julie Spencer]]~~ and ~~their children~~, and ~~works as a freelance musician~~, ~~composer~~ and ~~lecturer~~. ~~Under his name~~, and in ~~collaboration~~ with ~~his wife, he has released many CDs~~.<ref>”http://www.~~norsk~~-~~percussion~~.no/”</ref>:		“Music that comes from the soul is not superfluous luxury, but a deeply rooted human need. Music points us toward the most basic questions of our existence: it comforts us, celebrates, prays, and breathes, music sings and cries, jubilates and gives thanks for the wonders of the world. Music, so understood, transcends boundaries. It searches for the most diverse timbres, influences, inspirations, styles, and instruments; it knows the traditions of the cultures of this world. This is the kind of chant I join in with my music.”
			Gernot Blume<ref>”http://www.spencer-blume.com/gernot-blume-105.html”</ref>
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			Born in Bingen on the Rhine, composer, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist Gernot Blume grew up with classical piano music as well as Irish, Yiddish and Eastern European folk music.
			He learned guitar, mandolin, percussion, flutes and harp. 1988 he moved to Los Angeles, California in order to srudy world music at CalArts. There he studied Indian classical music and thereafter ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan, where he earned a doctorate with a dissertation on the American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. For five years he taught as Assistant Prof. of Music at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
			In 2003 he returned to Germany where he lives with his wife, [[Julie Spencer]] and their children, and works as a freelance musician, composer and lecturer. Under his name, and in collaboration with his wife, he has released many CDs.<ref>”http://www.norsk-percussion.no/”</ref>:
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