David Kuckhermann
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David was born in Muenster, Germany in 1979. He played different instruments in various formations before he discovered the world of hand- and fingerdrumming. Soon he became a regular teacher in the percussion school "rhythmuswelt" in Muenster. Later he decided to move to the netherlands to intensify his studies and to become a student in the worldmusic department of the rotterdam conservatory
Articles by David on Drumdojo Frame Drumming The Neo-Bodhran
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In
2001 David got into live looping, started to work with impro-dance
classes in the rotterdam danceacademy and to compose music for dance
performances. He became a member of the "Al Farabi" Ensemble,
which was founded by ethnomusicologist Wouter Swets in 1969. In
2002 he founded the Duo "ZwischenRaum" with sax- and keys-player
Holger Raddatz. Since 2003, David lives in Berlin and teaches and
performs with the ensemble "EST" for old music.
Some
of his teachers where Ustad Fayaz khan and Ted de Jong (indian tabla),
Glen Velez (frame drums), Siavach Yazdanifar (tonbak, daf), Ramesh
Shotham (south indian percussion), Nils Fischer (latin percussion),
Martin Drewer (brasilian percussion) and Wouter Swets (balkan rhythms).
