Vortragsabend Professor William Forman

Professor William Forman

Born 1959 in New York City, USA

Trumpet studies at Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut

Member of symphony and opera orchestras in Nuremburg, Kassel, Saarbrucken and Antwerp until 1989, subsequently with Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt until 2001

Performances as soloist with renowned orchestras including Berliner Philharmoniker, Czech Philharmonic and Austrian Rundfunk Orchestra as well as at international festivals and concert series in Berlin, Salzburg and Paris

Collaboration with renowned composers of the 20th century including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helmut Lachenmann, Luciano Berio, Frank Zappa, Wolfgang Rihm and Olga Neuwirth

Founder and Artistic Director of the Totally Trumpet festival for new trumpet music in Berlin

Numerous CD and radio recordings with Ensemble Modern as trumpet soloist

Prizewinner and jury member at international competitions in Markneukirchen and Prague

Lecturer at the International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt and Graz as well as master courses for trumpet throughout Europe

Since 1994, Professor for Trumpet at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin