Band - Jochen Roß

Jochen Roß was born in 1976 in Kassel, Germany. He studied classical mandolin and piano in Hamburg with Steffen Trekel and Prof. Hans-Georg Lotz. Following his Degree in Music he obtained a Post-graduate Degree in Early Music with the lute-specialist and Echo prize winner Joachim Held. He was honoured with several international prizes and won the renowned competition for mandolin solo in Schweinfurt in 1999. In 2003 he lived in Scotland for 6 months, working with Scottish mandolin teachers and tutoring on a variety of courses. Since autumn 2003 he has been teaching at the New Music School in Buxtehude near Hamburg. He is also a member of Malte Vief's HeavyClassic Band.