Dominique Starck

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Dominique Starck (born 1956) is a Swiss guitarist, composer and music teacher.

Biography[]

Dominique Starck was born in 1956 to a family of musicians originally from Strassburg, in which their musical heritage was passed on from generation to generation. In his youth he played in various rock bands. He studied guitar at Zurich Conservatory of Music with Gertrud Brun and Walter Feybli and gained a concert diploma with distinction in 1978. He studied composition with Josef Haselbach and went on to study Oriental, Far-Eastern and African music. His music was also influenced by his studies of Alexander technique and Chi-Gong with L. Jeng-Chun Chen (Taiwan) and African music with Cheikh Tidiane Niane (Senegal).

Early in his career, Dominique Starck was a member of the Johannes Kobelt Quartett and various other formations (jazz and classical) which saw him giving concerts throughout Europe and the US. His music has been recorded in numerous CD, Radio and TV recordings.

2010 marked the release of Dominique Starck's Anniversary CD "Remastered Guitar Works 1990–2010. In 2010 Dominique Starck played in Dechen Shak Dagsay's new album "Jewel" (Universal Music) 2015 saw the release of a new CD "The Two Cosmic Octaves" with Harda Müller on monochord.

In 2016 Dominique Starck founded a Duo together with percussionist Marco Käppeli, as well as forming the ensemble Mono Soma (Sound-Meditation) with Silvan Winkler (monochord, koto, pads) und Eva Luna Benedetti (voice).

Over the past 20 years, Dominique Starck has developed his own chanting method, named Chakra-Chant-Move (breathing, sound, visualisation and movement), a holistic integral way of self-development.

Works[]

Recordings[]

  • Barocksonaten. (with Claude Starck, Cello), DNDS 1031
  • Diamond. (with Daniel Neukom, Flute), DNDS 1223-2
  • Chalice. Works by Frescobaldi, Bach, Albeniz, Starck and others, DNDS 1224
  • Inner Movements. Claves 50-9216
  • Journey Within. DNDS 1028-2
  • Remastered Guitar Works 1990–2010. DNDS Records
  • Die Sphäre der Poesie. (mit Louis Jeng-Chun Chen, Flöte), DNDS 1061
  • Tune In. DNDS Records 21023
  • Winds. DNDS 3112-2
  • The Two Cosmic Octaves. mit Harda Müller, Monochord.

Books

  • Alchemie der Oktave. Arbor, Freiamt 1997, ISBN 3-924195-30-7.
  • Heilendes Chanting. Book and CD AT, Aarau 2011, ISBN 978-3-03800-534-6

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