nils wogram

born november 7th 1972 in braunschweig, germany

music-lessons at the municipal conservatory of braunschweig, principal instrument trombone, with reinhard feldmann (member of the braunschweig symphony orchestra) as well as helmut seifert (member of ndr (northern german broadcasting company) symphony orchestra at hannover) and martin göß (member of the «bamberger symphoniker»); minor subjects: piano and music theory

admission into the youth-jazzorchestra of the state of niedersachsen

prize-winner in the category solo trombone in the federal competition «jugend musiziert»

admission into the federal jazzorchestra of germany under the conduction of peter herbolzheimer, lessons with bobby burges, bart van lier among others prize-winner in the «jazzpodium niedersachsen»

prize-winner in the category solo trombone in the federal competition «jugend musiziert» prize of the city of erlangen for new music with the piece «basta» (f. rabe) bayreuth scholarship of the richard wagner association

federal prize in the category trombone quartet (4 equal instruments)

scholarship to the «new school» of new york city, study of the subjects trombone and composition/music arrangement with reginald workman, buster williams, steve turre, jimmy knepper, conrad herwig, slide hampton, kenny werner, maria schneider

publication of first cd to appear under his name: «new york conversations» (mons records), nils wogram quintet, recorded in new york
studies at the conservatory of the university of cologne with prof. jiggs whigham

nominated for the swr (southern german broadcasting company) jazzprize
recording of second cd «round trip» (october 95) subservience of these recordings by the charitable organisation «art and culture of the state of northrhine westphalia»

publication of second cd «round trip» with his quartet at the renowned music label enja records
winner of the «international frank rosolino scholarship», usa

soloist in the area of new music for the krahnenbaum company
nominated for the swr (southern german broadcasting company) jazzprize
various compositions and trombone-workshops at the conservatory of hannover
1997 culture-prize of the «münchner abendzeitung» (munich newspaper) in the area of jazz
soloist for the krahnenbaum company

prize for composition of the «international julius hemphill competition», usa

concert on the 25th anniversity festival of enja records, new york
concert for the goethe institut of zagreb with the florian ross quintet

publication of third cd «speedlife» (enja records) with his quartet (may 98)
winner of the culture-prize of the state of northrhine westphalia
winner of the jazz-prize of the city of nürnberg and the festival jazz east-west

winner of the swr (southern german broadcasting company) jazzprize

cologne artists scholarship
cd release with the duos simon nabatov (konnex) und conny bauer (cimp)
introducing his new band root 70

cd release sextet / octet «odd and awkward» (enja)
cd release «root 70» (2nd floor)
compositions commissioned by ndr bigband
latin-america tour for the german goethe-institut with his quartet

cd release «starting a story» (act) duo with simon nabatov

russia tour with root 70

important festivals: moers, saalfelden, willisau, north sea ua.

since september: nils wogram teaches at lucerne music conservatory

nils wogram counts as one of the most important musicians of the younger generation in europe. he appears on many important festivals and tours europe and other continents extensively.

nils wogram records his own music every year and realeses it on labels like enja records.

his current working bands are:

• [duo with simon nabatov]
• [duo with conny bauer]
• [root 70]
• [ndr bigband]
• [nostalgia trio]
• [lush]
• [nils wogram septet]