ARTISTDetail

"I love variety in music and SONOR's huge selection of great sounding drums and percussion instruments gives me the freedom to fully express my musical ideas and be creative as a drummer as well as a percussionist. Their cajon, bongos, chimes and shakers are always part of my setup." Stephan Emig

Born in 1976 – living in Hannover, Germany – working professional musician since 1997.

Education:

1990 – 1996: lessons with Uwe Kramer (KS), Dickie Frost (KS) and Dirk Rosenbaum (GI)

1996 – 1997: studied at Los Angeles Music Academy (a.o. with Mike Shapiro, Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey, Mike Packer, Aaron Serfaty, Mark Schulman, Emil Richards, Jerry Steinholtz…)

workshops and masterclasses with: Udo Dahmen, Wolfgang Haffner, Rene Creemers, Steve Smith, Gregg Bissonette, Ed Thigpen, Michael Küttner, a.o.

private lessons with: Mike Packer, Aaron Serfaty, Alfonso Garrido, Mingo Lewis, Jost Nickel, Benny Greb, Tony Inzalaco, Dirk Erchinger, Hilko Schomerus, Hardy Fischötter, a.o.

advanced training: Internationaler Arbeitskreis f. Musik (IAM / Bayr. Musikakademie Hammelburg), Internationale Gesellschaft z. musikpädagogischen Fortbildung (IGMF), Bundesbegegnung Jugend Jazzt Workshop, Drum Circle Workshop Arthur Hull, Modern Drum School Camps, TaKeTiNa with R. Flatischler, Kulturmanagement Universität Hannover

has worked with (live and/or studio):

Hamid Baroudi, Triosence, Triosence ft. Sara Gazarek, Vitaliy Zolotov, Frank Haunschild, Ritmo Del Mundo, Christina Lux, Reentko Dirks, Edgar Knecht Trio & Quartett, Marquess, Jazzkantine, Jimmy Dillon (Robert Cray), Joy Basu (Jeniffer Lopez), Oliver Dommaschk (No Angels), Elli Erl & Mark Medlock (DSDS), Rolf Zacher, Q-Bic, chillgmbh (feat. Tayfun, El Houssaine Kili, Christian Weidner, Felix Wahnschaffe), ELOY, Drumconnection, D-Phunk, Omid Bahadori, Cuba Libre, Marten Andersson (Lizzy Borden), Stolle & Band, Jean-Marc Belkadi, Hilko Schomerus (DJ Bobo), Andreas Gundlach, Christoph Busse Trio, Mingo Lewis (Santana), Nene Vasquez (Shakira), Farouk Gomati, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowski, Till Brönner, Gunter Hampel, Mohammed Mounir, Frank Haunschild, Danny Müller (Guildo Horn), Marius Goldhammer, Christian Decker (Fury i.t. Slaughterhouse), Gospelworkshops des Jazzclubs Hannover, Semino Rossi, Hannover Bigband, Landesjugendjazzorchester Hessen…

on location – toured the following countries:

South Africa, Australia, Canada, USA, Singapore, China, Japan, Egypt, Spain, Taiwan, Italy, Romania, Albania, England, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Czech-Republic, Norway, Turkey, Lebanon and Germany

concert-highlights: Montreal Jazzfest, Winnipeg Folkfest, Detroit World Music Festival, W.O.M.A.D-festivals in Adelaide, Singapore, Cacerres, Reading and Charlton Park, UN against racism – South Africa, EXPOs Lisboa 1998, Hannover 2000 und Shanghai 2010, Goethe-Institut-Concert in Alexandria, Egypt, tour for the German embassy in Albania, Music-festival in Sibiu, Romania, a week at Cotton Club Tokyo, Blue Balls Festival Luzern and many more.