David helmet

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David Helm (2017 in the Marek Johnson group at the KLAENG Summer Concert in Odonien, Cologne)

David Helm (* 1990 in Weilburg ) is a German jazz musician ( double bass , also bass guitar, synthesizer, composition).

Live and act

At the age of nine, Helm became a long-term member of the Limburg Cathedral Boys' Choir . After graduating from high school, he studied classical piano at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts from 2009 to 2011 . In 2011 he moved to Cologne to study double bass at the Musikhochschule with Dieter Manderscheid until 2015 . In 2012/13 he was a member of the Federal Jazz Orchestra . He is a founding member of the band Pollon. He also plays with MAKKRO, Klonk and the Zoom Trio , with whom he also released albums. Furthermore he belongs to the bands of Jürgen Friedrich and Shannon Barnett as well as toSubway Jazz Orchestra . Together with Fabian Arends he curated the First Meetings series in the Cologne Loft , where he performed with Jacob Anderskov , John Ruocco , Nicolas Masson and Sven Kerschek ; with Arends and Matthew Halpin he formed the Last Chance Dance project . He also worked with Philip Zoubek , Kurt Elling , Niels Klein , Florian Ross , Jonas Burgwinkel , Pablo Held , Matthias Nadolny , Sebastian Sternal and the bass crowd around Sebastian Gramss .

Prizes and awards

In 2019 David Helm received the Horst und Gretl-Will grant from the city of Cologne.

Discographic notes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography (European Jazzacademy) ( Memento from June 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ First Meetings (Loft)
  3. ↑ Horst and Gretl Will Scholarship 2019. Accessed October 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Meeting (Michael Rüsenberg)
  5. ↑ Meeting of NRWjazz
personal data
SURNAME Helmet, david
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician (double bass)
DATE OF BIRTH 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Weilburg