Björn Diehl
trumpet player & music teacher
concerts and events
vita
Björn Diehl, born in 1972, started his musical career by taking piano
lessons from Bärbel May and by playing trumpet in the trombone band of
his home town Oberaula. In subsequent years he took trumpet lessons
with Joachim von Haebler, Heinrich Heckmann, Frank Severin (State
Theatre Kassel) and Jürgen Hahn (Berlin).
After studying to become a teacher, he refined his trumpet skills in a
diploma course with Heiner Wellnitz at the University of Mainz. He
participated in jazz workshops with Andy Haderer, Bobby Shew and James
Morrison and took part in a week-long course of the German Brass
Academy.
He has participated in several CD and DVD recordings as well as in
television appearances. He has played at festivals in Le Mans, Tienen,
Montreux, Bern, Salzburg, Bansko, Rome and Ausschwitz and played on
tours in Europe, India, Australia, Mexico, Namibia and on Hawaii.
He collected orchestra experience at the theatres in Mainz, Wiesbaden,
Mannheim, Darmstadt and Kassel. In the classical genre he specializes in
the piccolo trumpet (for example Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.2), and
he plays the lead trumpet in musicals.
As a member of the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, which has established
its reputation as a "crossover orchestra" blending classical music and rock,
he has accompanied among others Robin Gibb, Bobby McFerrin, Chris de
Burgh, José Carreras, as well as David Garrett, Deep Purple and Peter
Gabriel on their Tours of Germany and Europe.
lessons from Bärbel May and by playing trumpet in the trombone band of
his home town Oberaula. In subsequent years he took trumpet lessons
with Joachim von Haebler, Heinrich Heckmann, Frank Severin (State
Theatre Kassel) and Jürgen Hahn (Berlin).
After studying to become a teacher, he refined his trumpet skills in a
diploma course with Heiner Wellnitz at the University of Mainz. He
participated in jazz workshops with Andy Haderer, Bobby Shew and James
Morrison and took part in a week-long course of the German Brass
Academy.
He has participated in several CD and DVD recordings as well as in
television appearances. He has played at festivals in Le Mans, Tienen,
Montreux, Bern, Salzburg, Bansko, Rome and Ausschwitz and played on
tours in Europe, India, Australia, Mexico, Namibia and on Hawaii.
He collected orchestra experience at the theatres in Mainz, Wiesbaden,
Mannheim, Darmstadt and Kassel. In the classical genre he specializes in
the piccolo trumpet (for example Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.2), and
he plays the lead trumpet in musicals.
As a member of the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, which has established
its reputation as a "crossover orchestra" blending classical music and rock,
he has accompanied among others Robin Gibb, Bobby McFerrin, Chris de
Burgh, José Carreras, as well as David Garrett, Deep Purple and Peter
Gabriel on their Tours of Germany and Europe.
