Education

Workshop with Kadri Gopalnath , Berlin

Workshop on Gregorian chant, Plankstetten monastery

Second 3-month study period in India at the Kala Academy in Penjim, lessons in classical Indian music with Maruti Kurdekar

First 3-month study period in India at the Maharaja Sayajiro University in Baroda, lessons in classical Indian music with Pradeep Marjani and Harish S. Gangani

Lessons with Gene Coleman , Chicago (USA)

Saxophone studies with Bernd Dallmann , Andreas Kaufmann and Horst König

Prizes, Grants, Bursaries and Residencies

Study grant from the Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten (the German society which protects the rights of musicians) for studies in India
Project grant from the Berlin Schöneberg cultural centre for "ensemble nu:n "

Studiopreis (cd recording grant) from the Berlin Senate for "Musik aus Luft und Wasser "
Project development grant from the Berlin Schöneberg cultural centre for" Lichtspiel"

Composition stipend from the Berlin Senate for "Berlin-Shanghai, Dialog der Klänge"
Project development grant from the Berlin Schöneberg cultural centre for "Berlin-Shanghai "

"Special Award“ at the Festival MEDIALE in Nürnberg for the performance of "Lichtspiel "

Travel grant from German American Arts Foundation for travel to the USA to study with Gene Coleman

Two month cultural exchange in Chicago supported by the city of Berlin and the Goethe Institute in Chicago

One month cultural exchange in Tanzania with the "Middle German Saxophone Quartet "supported by a grant from the government of Saxony Anhalt

Artist exchange stipend from the Kulturfonds Foundation

Ensembles

member of "ensemble nun" , German-Canadian quartet for jazz improvisation on medieval music; toured with the ensemble in Germany in 2003 and 2004

Beginning of long-time collaboration with performance artist Beate Gatscha , on multi-media projects combining dance, slide projection, self-designed water and other musical instruments; the duo has toured extensively in Germany and throughout Europe, India and Southern Africa as a duo and with other international (German, Indian, Chinese, Tanzanian, South African and Persian) musicians and dancers with such projects as "Lichtspiel" , "Musik aus Luft und Wasser "(water and air music), "Berlin-Shanghai, Dialog der Klänge "(dialogue of sounds) and "Gärten des Orient "(gardens of the Orient)

Joined the world-renowned jazz ensemble, the "Manfred Schulze Bläserquintett" , and has since toured extensively in Germany and France, giving many concerts at important jazz festivals

Musician with the pantomime ensemble of the Deutschen Theaters

Important Concerts

World Water Day in Pyrmont, "Musik aus Luft und Wasser "
Castillo del Mar, Cultural Platform of the Canary Islands, La Gomera, "Musik aus Luft und Wasser "
Hofkonzerte Potsdam, "Gardens of the Orient "

(also in 2004) Jazz Festival Thuringia, "ensemble nun "
Sound Of Frankfurt, "Musik aus Luft und Wasser "
Ecumenical Church Day, mass and concert in front of the Reichstag the German Parliament in Berlin),
"Musik aus Luft und Wasser"

World Music Festival Perleberg, "Musik aus Luft und Wasser"
Concert for the Dresdner Bank in Potsdam, "Musik aus Luft und Wasser"

International Centre of Goa, "Musik aus Luft und Wasser "

Expo Hannover, "Musik aus Luft und Wasser ", "Berlin-Shanghai ", and solo concerts
Jazz Focus Festival (Berlin), "Berlin-Shanghai "

National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa, musical compositions for the theatre production "Dark Continent" , directed by Chris Pretorius
Jazzfest Berlin, 10 Jahre nach der Maueröffnung (10 years after the opening of the wall), Gert Anklam solo

Total Music Meeting (Berlin), solo concert and concert with the" Manfred Schulze Bläserquintett"

Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Leipzig), solo concert

Jazzfest Berlin," Manfred Schulze Bläserquintett "
Experimental Theatre Festival, Chicago
Sound art Festival " In the Eye of the Ear" , Chicago, solo concert
Art Institute of Chicago, solo concert and lectures
Tanzania, concerts with the "Mitteldeutsche Saxophonquartett" and the" National Ensemble of Tanzania"

Jazzfestival Focus , Wabe, Berlin

Guest musician at the World Fair in Seville (Spain)

Other concerts together with: Johannes Bauer, Manfred Hering, Joelle Leandre, Matthias Schubert, Fred van Hove, Tatsu Aoki, Gene Coleman, Guillermo Gregorio, Lou Mallozzi, Wu Wei in Germany and abroad

Music for radio dramas

Die dunkle Stunde der Serinissima WDR (West German Radio) (also released on cd)

Es Ist die gestundete Zeit SWR (South West Radio)
Die wunderbare Welt des Jean_Henri Fabre Deutschlandradio (also released on cd)

Wer Zählt Die Opfer; Kennt Die Namen SFB (Berlin)
Ich bin so gierig nach Leben NDR (Northern German Radio) (also released on cd)

Die Wiedergeburt des Claquers SWR

Kata by Andrew Vachss NDR
Das Tote Haus NDR
Unendliches Türenschlagen NDR

Cd recordings

(projected release) ensemble nun Raumklang

Hörreise (sound trip) to.be.ohr Konnex

Musik aus Luft und Wasser liquid soul Raumer Records

konzert für b . baritone saxophone solo, Harp Edition Labium

Slowtimes, Freicore Ecocentric Records

Konzertino Manfred Schulze Bläserquintett Free Music Production