INSTRUMENTS:
alto & sopano saxophone
duduk (armenian reed- instrument)
TEACHERS:
Saxophone Leo Wright, Manfred Balasch, Herwig Gradischnig
Jazz theorie: Uli Scherer
Duduk: Gevorg Dabaghian (Komitas Conservatory Yerewan)
Thanks to all the musicians from all over the world, whom I have played with. Thanks for your inspiration and for all I learned trough working with you.
BANDS:
freemotion- jazz & more www.edith-lettner.net
African Jazz Spirit ( Senegal/ Austria) new music creation with Mansour Seck, Papis N´Daye, Cheikh Ndao,
Birahim N´Daye
phone 3 phone- worldmusic, jazz, www.phone3phone.com
Icarus- jazz with Uli Scherer-p, Wolfgang Heinrich-b, Stepahn Brodsky- dr
Stefan Wagner Group- jazz, www.stefanwagnergroup.at
Jenny Bell & Band- Uganda/ Austria
afro mandeng- music from westafrica (Guinea, Senegal, Gambia, Brasil, Austria), www.afrobeat.at/afromandeng.html
Maghreb Vibration- music from maghreb; gnawa,ray (Maroc, Tunisia,Algeria, Austria)
Trio Armenia- music from Armeni, www.armenia-music.com
weltenmusik trio- music from all over the world, with Ursula Schwarz- piano, akkordeon, Karin Bindu- percussion www.rhythmuse.at
Saxess- saxophone duo, jazz standards, worldmusic, with Martina Cizek- saxophone, www.martina.cizek.at
Keba Cissokho & Edith Lettner- Kora & Saxophone, traditional griot-music from Senega
afro mandeng
Trio Armenia
Edith Lettner has also been playing with:
Magou Samb (Senegal), Souleyman Feye (Senegal), Ekankan (Senegal), Celia Mara (Brasil), Jana Koubková (Czech Rep.), Nariman Hodjaty (Iran), Mandana Alavi Kia, Zohreh Jooya (Iran) and many others
Edith Lettner´s compositions have been published on several CDs, and she has also composed music for films and theater.
SOUNDTRACKS:
” Bock for President” documentary by Houchang and Tom- Dariusch Allahyari (2009), www.bockforpresident.at
“Ene mene muh” by Houchang and Tom- Dariusch Allahyari, 1999
MUSIC FOR THEATER & PERFORMANCE
“Fremde Monologe“ Regie Hakan Yavas 2002/2003
“Katharsis” by Edith Lettner 2005
“Die Tiger von Eschnapur” by Patrick Huber, Regie: Hubsi Kramar
2008/ 2009