Uwe lives a little Village in the area of Leipzig in Germany. He was one of the first digital accordion users in Germany, because he has already started his digital expieriences 1998 with the Cavagnolo Odyssee and presented many models of the Roland series for the first time at the Frankfurt Music Fair.

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Uwe studied music at the music academy in Berlin with the German-Russian lecturer Eduard Wall.
Versed in many musical styles his repertoire reaches from classical music and original works to jazz, folk and pop.

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Besides Solo Performances on both digital and acoustic accordion Uwe works as arranger, studio - and theater musician. He is lecturer at the college of music Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig since 2010.

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He played in numerous Bands and Orchestras, Schnaftl Ufftschik, Rachelina and the Maccheronies, Klaus Hoffmann, Ina Deter, Montserat Caballee, Maria Bill, Ute Lemper, Leschenko Orchestra, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester and almost all other Berlin-Orchestras. Berliner Ensemble, Deutsches Theater, Kudamm Theater, Gewandhaus Leipzig are some of his workplaces. Currently, he plays at Theater Rudolstadt and in duo with his wife Heidi and with the soprano Teresa Hoerl. In German TV shows you could see him playing with Shakin Stevens, Ross Anthony, Stefanie Hertel and others.

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Uwe has also  won some competitions like "Deutscher Akkordeon Musikpreis" or national Competition Klingenthal, second price at Roland V-Accordion Festival, and was Finalist at the Moscow Bayan Festival. He was a scholarship holder of the foundation of Yehudi Menuhin.

 

Programming and practice go hand in hand in Uwe's quest for expression. For that, taste and creativity is the most important thing. Some works are composed for him, recently a cycle „4 Seasons“ by Rene Moeckel from which Uwe will perform the 2. movement Summer at Gr8 Idea Symposium Concert. Let him entertain you :-)