Michel Schroeder

Born in Hamburg, the musician studied at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama (HfMT), earning a BA in Jazz Trumpet under Prof. Claus Stötter and an MA in Jazz Composition under Prof. Wolf Kerschek. Alongside his studies, he received instruction in trumpet, composition, and bandleading from Lars Seniuk.

He is a recipient of several awards, including the Skoda Jazz Award (2014), the Lübeck Jazz Prize (2018), the Katowice Composers Award (2019), and the Jazz Promotion Prize from the Cultural Forum SH (2021).

Schroeder founded his own quintet in 2018. In 2019, he also established the "Michel Schroeder Ensemble," a crossover group consisting of horns, strings, harp, and a rhythm section. With this ensemble, he produced his debut album, BUNT, released in 2020 on LAIKA Records.

Since 2018, Schroeder has been employed at HfMT Hamburg, where he directs the school music big band and teaches theory and arrangement courses. He is a co-founder of the "Birdland Bigband" and has collaborated with various renowned artists and ensembles, such as the NDR Bigband, Jazzkombinat Hamburg, and Lisa Wulff, among many others.

From 2018 to 2020, he was a scholarship holder of the "Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation", and since July 2022, he has been supported by the stART.up program of the "Claussen Simon Foundation."

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