Bildungs- und Seminarzentrum Schloss Kröchlendorff

Winterakademie Schloss Kröchlendorff

Guest Professor double bass

Prof. Michael B. Wolf

Michael Wolf is professor for doublebass at the Berlin University of the Arts. He was born in New Jersey, U.S.A., and began studying the doublebass at the age of nine. When he was thirteen years old, he made his first television appearance as a soloist. He completed his first degree with honours in the biological sciences at the University of Southern California, where he worked and published in the field of cancer research. Afterwards, he studied music at the California State University with Nathaniel Gangursky and became a member of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. He received a Fulbright/DAAD and a Rotary- International scholarship, which brought him to Germany. He was appointed a professorship for doublebass on the faculty of the University of Mainz before assuming his position in Berlin. His publications include a doublebass method. His radio and solo record-album recordings as well as his concert appearances and masterclasses both domestically and abroad have consistently received the highest critical acclaim.