Prof. Stephan Petzold
- Born in Meißen, Germany
- Attended Berlin Special School for Music from 1976
- From 1979 to 1984, double bass studies with Heinz Zimmer at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin and as an exchange student at Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with Lev Rakow
- Internship with German State Opera at age 19
- Subsequently solo bassist with Berlin Symphony Orchestra (now Konzerthausorchestra Berlin), tours through Asia, America and Europe
- Collaboration with ensembles concertare Berlin, Bachakademie and Bachcollegium Berlin
- Research focus on optimization of strings and instruments including cooperation with innovative string manufacturers such as SONORES
- Artistic Director at the International Double Bass Convention “BASS2010” and committee member with BASSEUROPE
- President of PAKINO (Educational Consortium for Double Bass) and member of the European String Teachers Association (music promotion for children and youth)
- Coauthor of Berlin Music Council’s new teaching plan for double bass
- 2010, appointed Ambassador for Double Bass by Berlin Music Council
- Leading master courses in Germany and abroad as well as with various youth orchestras (including Junge Deutsche Philharmonie), jury member at international competitions
- CD recordings of productions for Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and Radio Moscow
- Finalist at the International Double Bass Competition Markneukirchen 1983
- 1987, teacher at “Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach” Music College Berlin and Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
- Since 1998, Professor for Double Bass at this university and affiliated Berlin Jazz Institute