Daniel Schnyder

Daniel Schnyder (b. 1961) is a Swiss jazz reedits and composer of both jazz and classical music. Born in Zürich, he learned to play cello before saxophone. Schnyder attended Berklee College of Music and the Conservatory of Winterthur. He has recorded for Enja Records and composes pieces, which meld jazz and classical music. His work has been published by Hal Leonard, Universal Edition, and Edition Kunzelmann. Among his credits as a composer are commissions to write new works for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in New York, the Tonkuenstler Orchestra in Vienna, the Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berlin, The Norrlands Operan in Sweden, the Chicago Sinfonietta, the Vienna Art Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Opera of Bern, the NDR Orchestra in Hannover, the NDR Big Band in Germany, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the New York based new music group Absolute Ensemble under the direction of Kristjan Jaervi, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, the American Composers Orchestra, the Postclassical Ensemble in Washington, DC, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and Opera Philadelphia besides many others. The Album Absolution (Enja Nova) featuring Daniel Schnyder's Trombone Concerto received a Grammy nomination for "Best Classical Small Ensemble Recording" in 2002.