Lars Dietrich is a Dutch saxophonist, composer

Composer

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 and electronic music

Electronic music

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ian residing in New York City

New York City

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Biography

Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Lars was introduced to the saxophone at the age of 10. After performing a duo TV show with famed Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

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, Dietrich decided to pursue a career in music. At the age of fifteen he got accepted to study saxophone at the Conservatory of Amsterdam. In 2005 after completing his Masters in Music degree in Amsterdam Lars received a full scholarship from Manhattan School of Music

Manhattan School of Music

The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...

, Dietrich moved to New York and studied under Dick Oatts

Dick Oatts

Richard "Dick" Oatts is a jazz saxophonist from Jefferson, Iowa. He became interested in saxophone due to his father Jack Oatts. To this day he still plays on the same Selmer Mark VI alto saxophone his father gave to him. He began his professional career in Minneapolis in 1972 and in 1977 he joined...

 and David Liebman.

As a leader Dietrich released his well reviewed 2009 debut album 'Breek de Grond' and his 2011 Solo album 'Stand Alone'.
Dietrich also co leads the band 'The Story', a collaborative group including Samir Zarif (tenor saxophone), John Escreet

John Escreet

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 (Piano), Zack Lober (bass) and Greg Ritchie (drums).

Venues and festivals Dietrich performed at as a leader and with The Story include. North Sea Jazz Festival

North Sea Jazz Festival

The North Sea Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival held each second weekend of July in the Netherlands at the Ahoy venue. It used to be in The Hague but since 2006 it has been held in Rotterdam...

, Town Hall

The Town Hall

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, Iridium

Iridium Jazz Club

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, The Jazz Gallery, Bimhuis

Bimhuis

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, The 55Bar, Smalls, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jazz at Lincoln Center

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' and Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

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As well as tours throughout Canada

Canada

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, Europe

Europe

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 and the United States

United States

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 and live radio broadcasts for CBC Radio

CBC Radio

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, VPRO

VPRO

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With ‘The Story’ Lars taught masterclasses at Queens College, University of New Orleans

University of New Orleans

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, McGill University

McGill University

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, Humber College

Humber College

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, York University

York University

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, Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans

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Next to his own band Lars also performed with Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

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, David Binney

David Binney

David Binney is an American alto saxophonist and composer living in New York City.-Biography:David was born in Miami, Florida and raised in Southern California. His parents were jazz fans, and introduced Binney to jazz musicians such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bobby Hutcherson and Wayne Shorter...

, Jason Marsalis

Jason Marsalis

-External links:* from Basin Street Records* from Jazzweekly.com...

, Billy Hart

Billy Hart

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, Ravi Coltrane

Ravi Coltrane

Ravi Coltrane is an American post-bop jazz saxophonist. Co-owner of the record label RKM Music, he has produced artists such as pianist Luis Perdomo , guitarist David Gilmore and trumpeter Ralph Alessi....

, Ben Monder

Ben Monder

-Biography:Monder attended the University of Miami. He has worked with a wide variety of musicians including Lee Konitz, Toots Thielmans, Paul Motian and Maria Schneider....

, Joe Lovano

Joe Lovano

Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...

, David Liebman.

For his achievements Lars Dietrich received the ‘Julian van Dijk’ award (granted only to the best student throughout The Netherlands), the ‘Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds’ Scholarship and the ‘FAPK’ Scholarship. May 2007 Lars won the ‘Downbeat College Soloist Award’.

As leader

Year	Album	Artist
2009	Breek de Grond	Lars Dietrich
2011	Stand Alone	Lars Dietrich

As sideman

Year	Album	Artist
2006	Crush	Tetzepi
2009	The Story	The story
2010	Deeper	Maria Neckam
2010	Perpetual	Gideon van Gelder
2011	Starting Point	Samir Zarif