Biography
Ralf Ehrlich, born in 1962, has worked for some 20 years as a professional musician. After his training in Münster and the Netherlands, he devoted himself to the bebop and free jazz. Constant evolution leads him to the composition of his own songs again and again to the tradition of jazz music from the 50s and 60s. At the same time, his interest in improvised music is where Ralf Ehrlich in this context the term Conceptual jazz instead of free jazz awareness needed. Especially in the development of the improvisations of the musicians, come out of his second profession benefit from the experience as an actor. Ralf Ehrlich worked from early 2002 until mid-2005, heavily in this area, both on stage and for television. This time, taught him what part of dealing with pictures of the imagination in the creation of a role, or just a piece of a successful musical improvisation may have. Since 2005 Ralf Ehrlich again mainly as a saxophonist and clarinetist. Besides his work as a bandleader, Ralf Ehrlich enjoys high reputation as a teacher for these two instruments, inter alia, to the Happy Music School in Berlin-Schöneberg. Since early 2009, Ralf Ehrlich is with his musical work also active in Paris.