Instructors

The instructors at the Hamburg School of Music are renowned and active live and studio musicians, producers, composers and arrangers from the rock, pop and jazz scenes.

Application

Vocals Department

Dr. Julie Silvera

Vocals, Vocal Essentials, Jazz Vocal Repertoire

Michiel Janssens

Stage Performance, Vocal Essentials

Alex Avenell

Stage Performance, Interpretation, School Director

Anna Thorén

Interpretation, Vocal Essentials

John Lehman

Interpretation, Vocal Essentials

Drums Department

Helge Zumdieck

CEO, Rhythm & Groove, Read & Sing

Tobias Held

Band Fundamentals, Soul/Funk Repertoire

Wanja Hasselmann

Rhythm & Groove, Read & Sing

 

Burkard Ruppaner

Rhythm & Groove, Read & Sing

Stefan Dahm

Drums

Marcio Doctor

Percussion

Heinz Lichius

Drums

Guitar Department

Matthias Pogoda

Guitar, Piano, Dissertation

Ruben Roeh

Guitar, Metal Repertoire, Harmony & Aural Training

 

Bernard Fichtner

Guitar

Florian Kiehn

Guitar, Jazz Repertoire

Keyboard / Bass / Wind Instruments Department

Lorenz Boesche

Piano, Harmony & Aural Training

Giorgi Kiknadze

Bass, Piano/Keyboard, Jazz Repertoire

Susanne Vogel

Bass, Harmony & Aural Training

Lars Knoblauch

Bass, Bandtraining

 

Edgar Herzog

Arrangement, Jazz History, Saxophon

Claas Ueberschär

Trumpet

Samantha Wright

Clarinet

Further Departments

Ingo Hassenstein

Head of Pedagogy

Celina Carstens

Early Music Education / Pedagogy

Malte Müller

Rock-Pop History

Klemens Kaatz

History of Classical Music, Practical Aural Training

Mathias Riediger

Recording & Production

Sam Reich

Recording & Production

Felix Gerlach

Songwriting, Guitar, Production

Henning Sommer

Songwriting, Composition, Production

Stine Ebbersmeyer

Vocals, Songwriting

Dr. Kirsten König

Music and Business

Jana Hansmann

Social Media, Design

Niels-Henrik Heinsohn

M. SC. Psychology, Graduate Music Teacher