SVEN POLLKÖTTER

ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΑ ΚΡΟΥΣΤΑ - DRUM SET

Sven Pollkötter, born in 1978, studied at both the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold and the Conservatoire de la Musique in Luxembourg. He has been working as a freelance orchestral and ensemble player since 1999 with orchestras such as the Radio Kamer Orkest Hilversum, HR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie Südwestfalen, Nordwestdetusche Philharmonie (temporary contract 2002-2004) and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. He has also toured extensively in Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Holland, England and China. In 2004, he won a scholarship with the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt (supported by the Northrhein Westphalia Arts Foundation) and he is still regularly invited to participate in many diverse projects with this world renowned ensemble. Sven Pollkötter won first prize at the 8th International Music Competition for Young Culture, Düsseldorf, with the Ensemble Cliquetis Creux.
In 2006 he and the pianist Marc Awolin were awarded the second prize in the German Economic Cultural Circle’s competition for “Percussion with Dialogue Partner”. In May 2007 he was the musical director for the dance theatre production of Steve Reich”s Drumming at the Theater Bielefeld. He has worked with his duo partner Marc Awolin as a stage musician for the Dance Theatre Bielefeld, Deutsche Theater Berlin and the Zimmertheater Tübingen. Sven Pollkötter has been teaching at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold from 2003-2014. Since 2014 he is teaching at Musikakademie Kassel Louis Spohr.