Marcus Weiss


Marcus Weiss is a saxophonist and teacher. His repertoire includes all epochs, from the beginnings in impressionistic France to the present.
As a soloist, Weiss worked with many European orchestras and ensembles of contemporary music. He has been invited to major festivals in Europe, the US and Asia. As a chamber musician, Weiss is primarily working with his two ensembles, Trio Accanto and :fr:Quatuor Xasax|Quatuor Xasax in Paris. Weiss is a regular teacher at the "Darmstaedter Ferienkurse fuer neue Musik“ as well as at IMPULS in Graz, Austria.
He studied saxophone with :de:Iwan Roth|Iwan Roth at the Hochschule für Musik Basel and Frederick L. Hemke at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. In 1989, he was awarded the soloist’s prize of the Swiss Tonkuenstlerverein.
Weiss is a d'Addario artist

Selection of First Performances

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