Volker Schlott

  • Born in Vogtland
  • Completed studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
  • Has worked in highly diverse genres, and is perpetually on the lookout for new creative and innovative projects
  • Active as a musician, composer, instructor, and producer
  • Performs with various bands, including the Volker Schlott-Quartett, FUN HORNS, “PAmagieRA“, FAVO, and Holly Schlott “2 spirits” + Band
  • Regular appearance as a guest soloist, among others on tours with Pierre Dorge’s “New Jungle-Orchestra,” Billy Jenkins, “Talam 8” G. Ullmann, and the R.v. Nordenskjöld Orchestra
  • Concerts and WS bands, with among others Joachim Kühn, Cecil Taylor, Rei Harakami, Toni Oxley, S. Nabatov, J.Tchicai, H. Beckett
  • Participation as a soloist/composer/arranger on more than 100 CD productions
  • Has worked since 2006 as a producer for various musicians
  • Authored the sheet music publication SAXOFUN (AMA-Verlag)
  • Collaboration with Mikis Theodorakis/Maria Farantouri, and J.B.Smith, and increasingly over the past two years, with younger musicians, including bands such as “OPEN RANGE,” and as a workshop instructor
  • Instructor at the Jazz Institute Berlin and the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
  • Has lived openly as a transgender person since 2018, (1st transgender jazz saxophonist in Germany), and has chosen the name Holly Schlott as a new identity and for the newest project “2 spirits” + Band
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