Christoph Hillmann
Christoph Hillmann (* 1964 ) is a German jazz drummer and percussionist .
Live and act
Hillmann studied at the Arnhem Conservatory with Joop van Erven and René Creemers . Since 1993 he has lived in Cologne as a drummer and percussionist. In addition to the classic drums, everyday objects are also used as instruments. He uses live electronics and plays instruments such as the Persian tombak , the Indian dholak , frame drums, and the occasional kalimba and darbuka .
He works in numerous groups and projects: With André Nendza in the groups A-Tronic (with Oliver Leicht and Stephan Meinberg ), The Invention of Rooms (with Claudius Valk and Hendrik Soll ) and in the trio Lemke- Nendza-Hillmann , with Angelika Niescier in the groups Sublim (with Hans Lüdemann and Sebastian Räther ) and the tap dance project Summit Talks , with Norbert Steins Patamasters and the Frank Speer Acoustic Quartet (with Nils Wogram and Sebastian Räther). He has also worked as a musician and composer in numerous dance projects since the early 1990s and recorded music for films and radio plays. The International Building Exhibition Lausitz commissioned him with a musical district project as part of "Paradies 2", which in 2011 received the BKM Prize for Cultural Education .
He has been teaching drums as a major since 2008 at the Osnabrück University of Music and gives seminars on a wide variety of rhythmic specialties. Since 2012 he has been on the board of the Union of German Jazz Musicians .
Prizes and awards
As a drummer, Hillmann received advancement awards at the Leipzig Jazz Days , Eurojazz Brussels, the Münster Jazz Festival and the Leverkusener Jazz Days . The productions Sublim III and Rooms Restored each received the ECHO Jazz . The Tria Lingvo (Lemke - Nendza - Hillmann) shared the New German Jazz Prize in 2014 with the duo Claudius Valk / Sebastian Sternal .
Discographic notes
- Lutz Potthoff : Personal View (with Andreas Wahl ), 1994
- De 8-Baan: 8 × g (with Peter Less and Eric Vloeimans ), 1995
- Stephan-Max Wirth Quartet: Myth
- Lutz Potthoff Quartet: Windrush (with Uli Beckerhoff ), 1997
- André Nendza Septet: Songs from a Red Notebook , 1997
- Mark Joggerst and Eda Zari : The Art Of Time , 1998
- Norbert Stein's Pata Masters: Pata Maroc (with Michael Rüsenberg ), 1999
- André Nendza Quartet: The Invention of Rooms , 2000
- Frank Speer - Acoustic Quartet: Mind Move , 2000
- Angelika Niescier - Sublim: Sublim , 2002
- A.Tronic: Lichtblau (with Dave Liebman and Céline Rudolph ), 2002
- Claudia Anthes : Hellweg Suite , 2002–03
- Norbert Stein Pata Masters: Pata Java , 2004
- Francesca Simone : Ad Alta Voce , 2005
- Lemke - Nendza - Hillmann: El Arte , 2005
- Andreas Wahl : Experimental Band , 2005
- Philipp van Endert Trio: Khilebor , 2006
- Christina Fuchs Quartet: No Tango , 2007
- A.Tronic: Spectacles (with Dave Liebman, Céline Rudolph and Inga Lühning ), 2008
- Caroline Thon - Patchwork: Inner Voice (with Julia Hülsmann , Junia Vent , Matthias Nowak ), 2008
- Angelika Niescier - Sublim: Sublim III , 2009 ( ECHO Jazz )
- André Nendza Quartet: Rooms Restored , 2011 (ECHO Jazz)
- Tria Lingvo (Lemke - Nendza - Hillmann) At Its Purest 2012
- Feinkost Decker Second Crack : (with Sven Decker , Katrin Scherer and Stefan Scheib), 2013
Web links
- Christoph Hillmann's website
- Christoph Hillmann at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hillmann, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz drummer and percussionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |