Uwe Köller (born 1964 in
Neuss
Neuss (; spelled ''Neuß'' until 1968; li, Nüss ; la, Novaesium) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district. It ...
,
West Germany
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) is a German
trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
er. His career began as a solo trumpeter in the
Berlin Symphony Orchestra; after 1991 he was at the
Deutsche Oper Berlin
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Since 2004, the De ...
.
[Dreissig Jahre Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1961-1991: Spielzeit 1990/9]
link
/ref> Beginning in 1995, he has been a permanent member of the group "German Brass". Beginning in 1997, Köller taught as a visiting professor to the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz
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. In 1999, he then left the German Opera Berlin to become a professor of trumpet at Graz.
References
External links
German Brass
Uwe Köller homepage
1964 births
German music educators
German trumpeters
German male trumpeters
Living people
21st-century trumpeters
21st-century German male musicians
Academic staff of the Folkwang University of the Arts
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