Monika Roscher
Monika Roscher is a German jazz- and independent guitarist, composer, singer and big band director. As part of her graduation project at the Musikhochschule München she formed the Monika Roscher Bigband in 2012. The band caused a countrywide stir due to it's mixture of big band brass music, elements of rock, pop and electro and almost cinematic sound compositions. Their debut album Failure in Wonderland was released in 2012 on Enja. Following this the band went on tour and performed at a series of festivals.
Roscher was also part of several theater productions, including Ulrich Rasche's production Die Räuber at Münchner Residenztheater and Das große Heft(2018) at Staatsschauspiel Dresden. As a singer she can be heard on Gerd Bauman's soundtracks for the movies Beste Chance by Marcus H. Rosenmüller and Spieltrieb by Gregor Schnitzler, as well as the second album of Munich band Moop Mama (Das rote Album) and other projects.
Roscher has received numerous awards, including the Bayerischen Kunstfürderpreis 2014 and the ECHO Jazz for best newcomer of the year.
About Monika Roscher
Monika Roscher is a German jazz- and independent guitarist, composer, singer and big band director. As part of her graduation project at the Musikhochschule München she formed the Monika Roscher Bigband in 2012. The band caused a countrywide stir due to it's mixture of big band brass music, elements of rock, pop and electro and almost cinematic sound compositions. Their debut album Failure in Wonderland was released in 2012 on Enja. Following this the band went on tour and performed at a series of festivals.
Roscher was also part of several theater productions, including Ulrich Rasche's production Die Räuber at Münchner Residenztheater and Das große Heft(2018) at Staatsschauspiel Dresden. As a singer she can be heard on Gerd Bauman's soundtracks for the movies Beste Chance by Marcus H. Rosenmüller and Spieltrieb by Gregor Schnitzler, as well as the second album of Munich band Moop Mama (Das rote Album) and other projects.
Roscher has received numerous awards, including the Bayerischen Kunstfürderpreis 2014 and the ECHO Jazz for best newcomer of the year.