About me

As an instrumentalist and ensemble director I enjoy working with my ensembles as well as a guest musician with exciting projects of musical colleagues. You can find some musicians I've played with on stage or in studio sessions here: Links.... For information about my ensembles and projects use the navigation above.

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I compose for my own projects and for theatre productions: References.... I write for small and big ensembles (orchestra, big band, string big band, cello big band). Some works have been performed by Markus Stockhausen, Rio Cello Ensemble Rio de Janeiro, Cologne String Big Band, Cello-Orchester Baden-Württemberg, Jena Philharmonic Orchestra. Compositions and arrangements have been published by Breitkopf & Härtel: Noten.... I arranged for movie score productions. YouTube-Playlist Theatre Music...
This is a list of my compositions:

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Since 2007 I have a lectureship at the music university Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (string big band, Pop chamer music, ensemble coaching, song comping for string players etc.). Information about my string big band projects are available here: Cologne String Big Band...

I offered Workshops about Jazz-Rock-Pop-Cello, string big band, Pop chamber music, arrangement etc. for universities, academies, public schools and music schools - in Europe, USA, Brasil and West Africa. You can find a list of the invitations here: References...

In addition to my own workshops I do workshops with my Jazz string quartet STRING THING: www.stringthing.de

Informationen about CELLOVERSUM are available here...
Since 2016 I'm the director of Cello-Orchester Baden-Württemberg at Cello Akademie Rutesheim: YouTube-Playlist...

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Compositions and arrangements for cello ensemble and string ensemble have been published by Breitkopf & Härtel:

"The Groove Cello ConneXion" (KM 2299) - "The Groove String ConneXion" (KM 2300) - Information...

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This is a list (in German) of articles I wrote for several publications:

Artikel "Celloversum" in: "Erbe und Auftrag 2.0 - 175 Jahre Rheinische Musikschule", Verlag Dohr, Köln 2020 - www.dohr.de.

Artikel "Unterrichtsentwicklung für (nicht nur) tiefe Streicher unter Berücksichtigung von Niedrigschwelligkeit, Ensemblearbeit und Vielfalt" in: Verband deutscher Musikschulen (Hg.): Arbeitshilfe "Spektrum Inklusion", Bonn 2017 - www.musikschulen.de.

Artikel "Groove-Streicher und Streicher-Grooves - Streichinstrumente in der Populären Musik" in: Ortwin Nimczik/Jürgen Terhag (Hg.), Musikunterricht (Bd. 1) Bildung • Musik • Kultur - Zukunft gemeinsam gestalten, Kassel/Mainz 2013

Die Hörbeispiele zum Artikel und die Linksammlung zum Thema Streicher und Populäre Musik gibt es hier...

Artikel "Wann brennt Kolophonium? - Populäre Musik mit Streichinstrumenten" inkl. Tipps/Anregungen auf DVD in der Zeitschrift Musik & Bildung 3.12 (Schott) - Inhalt...

Artikel "Populäre Musik mit 'klassischen' Instrumenten" im Kongressmagazin des Bundeskongress Musikunterricht Weimar 2012 (AfS/VDS)

Buch-Rezension über Michael Gustorff: "Practising without problems - mental training for (jazz)musicians" (Music Design, Arnhem 2004) in der Jazzzeitung - September 2005 - lesen...

Rezension von 8 Neuerscheinungen (Ed. Gabricelli, Musikverlag Chr. Varner) für Jazz-Rock-Pop-Cello in der neuen musikzeitung - nmz - April 2005 - lesen...

Artikel "Jazz und Populäre Musik im Streicherbereich" in der neuen musikzeitung - nmz - Juni 2004

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I worked as a producer for the CD productions of my ensembles: Shop...

For the album "Couleurs Musicales" by Trio Farrenc with music by Farrenc, Gaubert and Debussy I worked as a producer and recording engineer.

I can record cello tracks in my studio with this equipment:

Microphones: 2 Neumann KM 184, 2 Oktava MK-101, 1 Studio Projects LSD2 Stereomikrofon, 1 DPA 4061
Interface/Preamp: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20
External Preamp: MindPrint En-Voice
Software: Apple Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, Magix Samplitude

I recorded cello tracks in my studio for:

Teletunes | Robert Brustmeier | The Black Sheep: "Fireless" (movie "Kleine Morde") | movie scores by Biber Gullatz, Andreas Schäfer, Carsten Rocker |

as well as for my own projects and for theatre productions.

Information about my work as a studio musician are available here: References...
If you are interested in further information please contact me.

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