Bio

Born on 2nd Nov 1989

Live and studio drummer currently living in Berlin

2009 - 2013 Berlin University of the Arts (Udk/Hanns Eisler)

Music Studies (Jazz) /w John Hollenbeck, Greg Cohen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jeff Ballard, Jim Black, Joey Baron, Dan Weiss, ..

2007 - 2011 Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzO) - drummer of the German Federal Big Band

2005 - 2009 Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media - Junior Music Studies

IFF – Institute for highly gifted young musicians

Official endorser for Yamaha Drums & Meinl Cymbals


Played with

played/recorded with: Ron Spielman Trio, The K Square, Andreas Kümmert, Elaiza, JoCo, Richie Beirach, Nils Wogram, Greg Cohen, Marko Lackner, John Hollenbeck, Udo Lindenberg (Hinterm Horizont Musical), Bundesjazzorchester (BuJazzO), Achim Seifert Project, Mike Herting, Steffen Schorn, David Friedman, Emil Mangelsdorff, T.A.S. Mani, Ramesh Shotham, Julia Hülsmann, Geir Lysne, Lars Møller, U3000, Judy Weiss, RTL Allstar Band, Torsten Goods, Nené Vásquez, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Tino Derado, ...

 

played at : MELT Festival, SWR New Pop Festival, Open Flair Festival, Göthe Institut Paris, Göthe Institut Tour Indien, ZDF, WDR, MDR NDR, A Trane Berlin, Unterfahrt München, Amsterdam Bimhuis, Leverkusener Jazztage, Jazzrally Düsseldorf, Berlin Jazz Festival, Viersen Jazzfestival, Hansa Studios Berlin, Peppermint Park Studios Hannover, Konzerthaus Berlin, Wartburg Eisenach, Halberg Open Air, ...


Awards

Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition 2012 (Washington D.C., Monk Institute)

WDR Jazzpreis 2010 (BuJazzO)

Future Sounds 2010 (Leverkusener Jazztage)

Drummer Of Tomorrow 2007 (Germany, Autria, Switzerland)

Skoda Jazzpreis 2007

Jugend Jazzt 2006

Winning Jazz 2005

Best Young European Musicians Competition 2002 (Los Angeles Music Academy)