# Simin Tander
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{{short description|German musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Simin Tander
| image = Simin Tander (215014).jpg
| caption = Tander in 2016
| image_upright = 1.1
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Cologne](/source/Cologne), West Germany
| occupation = Musician, composer
| genre = [Vocal jazz](/source/Vocal_jazz)
| label = [ECM Records](/source/ECM_Records)
| website = {{URL|simintander.com}}
}}
'''Simin Tander''' (born 19 October 1980) is a German [jazz](/source/jazz) musician (vocals and piano) and composer.
== Biography ==
[[File:Tord Gustavsen (215741).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Tander with [Tord Gustavsen](/source/Tord_Gustavsen)
at Vinterjazz 2016]]
thumb|upright=1.1|Tander with Gustavsen at Vinterjazz 2016
[[File:Gustavsen-Tander-Vespestad-Vossajazz2016.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Tander with Gustavsen and Vespestad
at [Vossajazz](/source/Vossajazz) 2016]]
Born in [Cologne](/source/Cologne), Tander is the daughter of an [Afghan](/source/Afghanistan) journalist father, who died when she was a child, and a German teacher mother. She was raised in Cologne and her older sister [Mina Tander](/source/Mina_Tander) became an actress. As Tander finished high school, she was very close to getting a board contract as pop singer. During her vocal training with an opera singer, she realized that she was more into vocal improvisation than the Classical singing. She attended piano lessons and founded her own band. From 2002, she studied [jazz singing](/source/jazz_singing) at the Conservatory [ArtEZ](/source/ArtEZ) in the Netherlands.[{{cite web | url=http://www.badische-zeitung.de/rock-pop/simin-tander-kommt-zum-jazz-festival-freiburg--63802988.html | title=Simin Tander kommt zum Jazz-Festival Freiburg | language=German | first=Stefan | last=Franzen | publisher=[Badische Zeitung](/source/Badische_Zeitung) | date=17 September 2012 | accessdate=21 March 2016}}] There she graduated with a Master of Music in 2008. In the following years she played in the Netherlands with trumpeter [Eric Vloeimans](/source/Eric_Vloeimans)[{{cite web | url=http://nasjonaljazzscene.no/arrangement/tord-gustavsen-med-simin-tander | title=Tord Gustavsen med Simin Tander – Kun få bill! | publisher=NasjonalJazzScene.no | accessdate=21 March 2016}}] and with Bo van de Graaf's I Compani, where she made contributions for the albums ''Fellini'' (2004),[{{cite web | url=https://www.song365.co/artist/biography/simin-tander-51850.html | title=Biography of Simin Tander | publisher=Song365.co | accessdate=21 March 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150705080415/https://www.song365.co/artist/biography/simin-tander-51850.html | archivedate=5 July 2015 }}] ''Garbo'' and ''Extended 2013''. In Germany she can be heard on soundtracks of the [Tatort](/source/Tatort) series and two episodes of the ZDF film ''[Der Kriminalist](/source/Der_Kriminalist)''.
She led her own Quartet to contributions on the Jeroen van Vliet (winners of the 2014 Boy-Edgar-Preis), Etienne Nillesen and Cord Heineking. With her Quartet she has released two albums and performed on international stages, such as the [North Sea Jazz Festival](/source/North_Sea_Jazz_Festival), the Bohemia Jazz Festival (Czechia), the Catania Jazz Festival (Italy), the Madrid International Jazz Festival (Spain), the OCT LOFT Festival (China), the Hong Kong Jazz Festival and the Jarasum Jazzfestival (South Korea). Simin was also invited several times from [UN Women](/source/UN_Women) Committee to represent Germany for international events and in June 2015 interpreted the UN Women-Song ''One Woman'' during the 20'th Beijing Conference.
She has collaborated with the Norwegian pianist [Tord Gustavsen](/source/Tord_Gustavsen) and drummer [Jarle Vespestad](/source/Jarle_Vespestad) since 2014, releasing the album ''What Was Said'' (2016). They performed at the 2016 [Vossajazz](/source/Vossajazz) in Norway. In addition, she contributes regularly to other projects, such as in 2015 to the [TFF Rudolstadt](/source/TFF_Rudolstadt) with the 'Ruth ausgezeichnete Ensemble' ''Eurasians Unity'' under the direction of Caroline Thon, or Heiner Schmitz' ''Sins & Blessings''. Since 2012, she has been a lecturer in jazz singing at Institut für Musik Osnabrück.[{{cite web | url=https://www.ifm.hs-osnabrueck.de/19716.html | title=DozentInnen Jazz Osnabrück | publisher=IFM.hs-Osnabrueck.de | accessdate=21 March 2016}}] She lives in Cologne.
== Discography ==
=== Solo albums ===
*2011: ''Wagma'' (Neuklang)
*2014: ''Where Water Travels Home'' (Jazzhaus Records)
*2020: ''Unfading'' (Jazzhaus Records)
=== Collaborations ===
'''With David Golek'''
*2011: ''Folk Tales from Another Land'' (Kululush Records)
'''With Hazel Leach's PLoTS'''
*2012: ''Songs from the Edge'' (JazzHausMusik), with Tessa Zoutendijk, Esmée Olthuis, Laia Genc
'''With [Tord Gustavsen](/source/Tord_Gustavsen) and [Jarle Vespestad](/source/Jarle_Vespestad)'''
*2016: ''[What Was Said](/source/What_Was_Said)'' ([ECM Records](/source/ECM_Records))
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Portal|Germany|Jazz}}
{{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Official website|simintander.com}}
* [https://www.welt.de/regionales/koeln/article126051035/Sie-singt-in-vielen-Sprachen-auch-in-Fantastisch.html Sie singt in vielen Sprachen – auch in Fantastisch], [Die Welt](/source/Die_Welt), 23. März 2014 {{in lang|de}}
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Category:German jazz singers
Category:German women jazz singers
Category:21st-century German jazz composers
Category:German women jazz composers
Category:ECM Records artists
Category:1980 births
Category:Living people
Category:German people of Afghan descent
Category:German women singer-songwriters
Category:German singer-songwriters
Category:Musicians from Cologne
Category:21st-century German women singers
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