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Founder and Artistic Director of the World Symphony. After years in Vienna and as a musical supervisor, Adrian founded an orchestra at Stuttgart's Nordbahnhof in 2010 with a clear vision: to unite cultures through music. With a passion for bringing together musicians from around the world, he has built the World Symphony into Germany's only professional intercultural orchestra. The ensemble now performs at prestigious venues including the Liederhalle Stuttgart, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, and concert halls across the German-speaking countries, captivating audiences with a unique blend of classical symphonic music, ethnic instruments, and world traditions.

Trained singer and percussionist with experience in classical music and cajón. She has collaborated with international artists such as Susana Baca and the Japanese band Boredoms, and is active as a singer, drummer, and performer in various art projects.

Kandara has been with us from day one, captivating audiences not only with his kora playing but also with his singing. He comes from a renowned Griot family of Senegal. His father Boubakar made a name for himself in West Africa and North America. In his memory, Kandara produced the CD "Memoirs a Boubakar" in 2018.

Since the grand open-air concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of Pforzheim, Sonja Priehn has been a regular guest with our orchestra.

Her expressive power and stylistic versatility make it always a pleasure to work with her.

Particularly noteworthy is her collaboration with the renowned Lumberjack Big Band, where she also shares the stage with stars like Max Mutzke and Tom Gaebel.

In 2017, her performance at the "Jazzwerkstatt Graz" festival was recorded live by Austrian broadcaster ORF. The repertoire, specially assembled for this festival concert, consisted of traditional Turkish songs and pop songs authentically arranged and performed as a jazz crossover. Cemre was invited for an interview on the radio show "Jazz at its Best," and the live recording of the concert was broadcast together with her interview on Radio Steiermark. In 2019, she received the "Deutschlandstipendium" and was also awarded first prize in the Jazz/Pop Song Competition of the Stuttgart Lions Club.

His music unites Oriental, Anatolian, and Western sounds. At a very young age, he became acquainted with the baglama (long-necked lute) and soon realized that his calling was to bring this instrument into contact with other cultures. He has performed as a singer and instrumentalist with many bands in various musical genres. Over the years, this has shaped his style. He has been with the World Symphony as an instrumentalist and singer since 2012.

As a representative of the West African Griot tradition, Moussa brings rich cultural storytelling in several languages to his music. This tradition, devoted to preserving the history of a society without a written language, shapes the song structures while embracing the freedom and poetry passed down through generations.

Orchestra member at the Apollo and Palladium Theatre in Stuttgart's SI-Zentrum from 1996 to 2004, appearing in productions such as "Miss Saigon", "The Phantom of the Opera", "Elisabeth", "Rebecca" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Violist at the Mainz State Theatre from 2004 to 2006, violist with the Stuttgart Philharmonic since 2007 and principal of the violas at the Wuerttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen from 2008 to 2011. Artistic director of the Filderstadt Salon Orchestra and solo violist with the Heilbronn Symphony Orchestra. Head of the strings department at the Filderstadt FILUM music school since 2011.

Born and raised in Iran, he studied the santur with the celebrated master Faramarz Payvar. He earned a bachelor's degree in instrumental music at Tehran University of Art and completed a master's degree in world music at the University of Hildesheim. Since 2011 he has composed and performed in Germany with musicians from Europe, India, Africa and East Asia as well as with various international groups. Since 2017 he has played with the World Symphony, the only orchestra featuring instruments from around the world.

Born in Bruchsal, he first studied orchestral music at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory in Augsburg before moving to the Stuttgart University of Music. There he earned his orchestral diploma, additionally completed chamber music studies and finished with an artistic final examination. He took part in master classes with renowned cellists. Engagements with numerous professional orchestras followed, and to this day he is a regular guest in the cello section of the Stuttgart Philharmonic. He also performs in many musical productions at Stuttgart's musical theatres and is currently cellist for the musical "Aladdin".

She studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts, followed by a year abroad at the Conservatoire in Paris. She completed her master's degree at the University of Music in Cologne. She has won prizes in numerous national and international competitions and has performed with various orchestras, including the Saarland State Theatre in Saarbruecken and the SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart. Since 2015 she has been associate principal oboe and English horn player at the Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck.

His concerts and engagements as a chamber musician and soloist regularly take him to France, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Mexico, Russia and Japan. His debut album "Violosophy Vol. One - Modern Music in Post Modern Times" was released in 2013. Alongside his work in classical music, he is equally at home in other styles. Since 2017 Johannes Krampen has been first concertmaster and soloist of the World Symphony.

During his studies he performed with the Philharmonie Merck, the Heidelberg Symphony, the Mannheim Chamber Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of Korea and the Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra Mannheim.

He began his career as a dancer in ballet and African styles, but dance alone was not enough: in Salvador de Bahia he started out as a percussionist. At the Oficina de Investigacao Musical, Dalma Lima discovered a musical world in which he quickly became one of the most sought-after musicians. Then love intervened: he came to Germany and performed with Joy Denalane, Marla Glen, Joe Whitney and the Weather Girls, Phil Collins and Marshall & Alexander, before finally finding a home with the World Symphony, where he can show all of his talents.

Born in Taiwan, Ms Chang has lived in Vienna since 2013 as a freelance musician and erhu teacher. She plays not only traditional music but also seeks to build a cultural bridge by combining Eastern and Western cultures musically. In 2008 she completed her master's degree at the Tainan National University of the Arts with a thesis on the indigenous Tsou people.

Born in Beijing, she plays the Chinese lute pipa and the fretless zither guqin. She performed as a member of the pipa orchestra at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. At the China Conservatory Lucy studied music performance (bachelor's degree) and joined orchestral tours to the USA, South Korea and numerous Chinese cities. She gave her graduation concert in summer 2015 at the Zhengyici Peking Opera Theatre. The following year Lucy moved to Europe and has since been active in various ensembles and orchestras such as KlangForum Heidelberg and Ensemble XX. Jahrhundert, and has also appeared in free improvisation sessions. As a soloist she gave concerts in 2018 and 2019 at venues including the Altes Rathaus and the Mozarthaus in Vienna.

Born in 1962, the multi-instrumentalist from Stuttgart trained at conservatory level in both jazz and classical music and works in a wide range of formations, including the crossover project "Trieau" with percussionist Michael Kiedaisch and trombonist Mike Svoboda, in various musical theatre orchestras and as a music educator. Tours with the band Andreas Vollenweider & Friends took him through Europe, Scandinavia, South America, Canada and the USA. He can be heard on the albums "Eolian Minstrel", "Kryptos", "The Magical Journeys of Andreas Vollenweider" (DVD), "Pavarotti & Friends 2" and "Andreas Vollenweider & Friends - Live 1982-1994". "I am delighted that the World Symphony is a project that brings together such a great diversity of musicians and sounds, with something new to discover every time."

Part of the World Symphony from the very first day. We shot our first video with him in 2009, together with his brother Markus Kerber and the enthusiastic support of the musical cows of the Allgaeu.

Born in 1976 and raised in the uniform grey of East Berlin, he was taught guitar, percussion, drum set, piano and voice from an early age. After finishing school and studying music in Berlin, by then part of the Federal Republic, he was fortunately able to travel far beyond narrow borders as a musician.
For 30 years his work has ranged freely from Baroque to rock, from a cappella to the large symphony orchestra, across many genres and many countries, for example with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and the Philharmonie de Monte Carlo, alongside fascinating people such as Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Elina Garanca, Montserrat Caballe and Placido Domingo.
In crossover concerts Alexander has played percussion with Metallica and the Scorpions, among others. He loves being creative: searching for percussion sounds, composing and working on audio and video productions.
Married since 2006 and father of two children, he left the pulsating multicultural life of Berlin to live close to nature in the Wetterau region.
For Alexander the World Symphony is an important ambassador and a very extraordinary ensemble. Few orchestras show more beautifully how wonderful it is when all cultures hold together and set the air vibrating with harmony and joy across every border.

She was a member of the Andechs ORFF Academy of the Munich Radio Orchestra and has appeared on major stages with German artists such as Fink & Steinbach and the World Symphony as well as international stars including Helene Fischer, David Garrett, Andreas Bourani, Jasmine Thompson, Michael Buble and KYGO, and in large musical productions such as Elisabeth, Mozart, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Dracula and West Side Story.

Can Batman has been part of the World Symphony since day one.
From classical drum lessons at the Drum Department Stuttgart to a variety of bands and percussion ensembles, he is responsible for oriental percussion in the orchestra.
Alongside his work with the orchestra he is active as a DJ and producer well beyond Germany, working on his own productions as well as with national and international artists.

Can Demirel has been familiar with Turkish folk music since childhood. Born in Stuttgart, he has mastered a wide range of baglama techniques over the years, such as the selpe technique (tapping), playing without a plectrum. With Talip Ozkan he deepened his knowledge of traditional Turkish folk music. For a time he taught at the Stuttgart music school of his own teacher Kadir Kaya. Besides the baglama, Can Demirel also plays the davul, the large double-headed Turkish drum, and the single-headed frame drum bendir.

He studied electric bass and double bass at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. He is bassist at the Palladium Theatre Stuttgart and heads the popular music department at the School of Music, Theatre and Dance in Sindelfingen. He also works as a singer-songwriter and producer; his current album "Zweigold" has just been released.

The all-round musician, trumpeter, arranger and composer Valdis Bizuns comes from Latvia.
After several years as solo trumpeter with the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra and the Latvian National Symphony, he decided to complete his classical diploma in Cologne and Stuttgart. Even during his studies he played at the Stuttgart State Theatres, with the Stuttgart and Baden-Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestras, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and at the world-famous Salzburg Festival.
Improvised music has always fascinated him, so he pursued further training in jazz. This brought him into contact with various jazz and world music ensembles (Latin, Baltic and Balkan), including the World Symphony, the musical theatre at the SI-Centrum and the Metropol Orchestra.

Australian-born flautist Amanda Chominsky has lived in Germany since 1996. She studied for a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music at the University of Sydney, continued her artistic training at the Trossingen University of Music and completed a soloist diploma with Peter Rijkx at the Maastricht Conservatory in 1998.
Her many engagements include the Stuttgart State Theatre, the Wuerttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen, the Heidelberg Symphony, the Varianti Ensemble Stuttgart, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and various musicals and orchestras in Germany and abroad.

Born in Venezuela, she received her first violin lessons at the age of eight in the orchestras of El Sistema, with which she later toured the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Fabiola studied at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts and holds a permanent position with the Wuerttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen.
Thanks to the special support of El Sistema she played in the Simon Bolivar Orchestra. Tours with various orchestras took her to the Americas, Europe and Asia. She has taken part in many chamber music festivals and master classes and won several prizes with her string quartet.

Violinist Ge Liu was born in Tianjin, China, where she went to school and won numerous prizes in youth music competitions.
After studying music in Beijing, during which she took chamber music master classes with the Shanghai Quartet, the Tokyo String Quartet and the Fine Arts Quartet, she came to Germany in 2004 on a DAAD scholarship and completed her chamber music diploma in Karlsruhe. Postgraduate artistic studies in Mannheim and soloist training in Trossingen followed.
Ge Liu performed with the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mannheim National Theatre and the orchestra of the Baden State Theatre Karlsruhe before joining the first violin section of the Wuerttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen in 2010.

For only a few brief moments in 1996 he heard the warm, earthy tones of the didgeridoo on the kitchen radio during a documentary about Australia. He knew immediately: "I want to play the didgeridoo."
While studying sports science at the German Sport University Cologne and training as a Feldenkrais teacher in the USA, he taught himself to play. Drawing on his experience in various choirs and inspired by the many tone colours of the didgeridoo, Frank also sings the mystical Mongolian overtone styles, vocal techniques in which the voice appears to produce several notes at once.
He has appeared as a soloist with symphonic wind orchestras such as the Landesblasorchester LBO and the Robert Bosch works orchestra, and has been with the World Symphony since 2014. He has released five albums on his own label openroads.

He first studied trombone as his principal subject at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar, followed by artistic training at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim with a focus on chamber music and orchestral solo playing. After several years as a trombonist, including at the Mannheim National Theatre, the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart and as first solo trombonist with the Frankfurt Symphony (to this day), he trained as a conductor. In recent years he has successfully led several wind orchestras in the highest competition categories. His precise ideas about intonation and orchestral ensemble playing have brought him numerous teaching and conducting engagements.

He has taught children with great dedication in various social projects and has been a guest with the Chilean Chamber Orchestra. He regularly supports a range of orchestras such as the Wuerttemberg Philharmonic Reutlingen and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Ulm. He is part of several ensembles with performances in Germany and South America, including in Valdivia, Santiago, La Serena, Berlin, Weimar and Darmstadt.

He began his bachelor's studies in 2017 with Professor Christian Sikorski at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts and currently studies with Professor Christine Busch in Stuttgart. As a young musician he was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and Simon Rattle.

Originally from Transylvania, he studied trumpet as his principal subject in Cluj. Even during his studies he played as solo trumpeter at the Cluj State Opera and later with the State Philharmonic there. After moving to West Germany he spent many years at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern and in 1990 became first flugelhorn player with Ernst Mosch and the Egerlaender Musikanten. Further highlights include concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York and appearances at the Castellanza Festival in Italy. Since 1990 he has taught trumpet and flugelhorn at the Pforzheim music school and conducts its symphonic wind orchestra.

A multiple prizewinner at the German youth competition Jugend musiziert, she studied at the Mannheim University of Music followed by postgraduate studies at the Karlsruhe University of Music, graduating in 2000. Numerous master classes completed her training. Since 1993 she has been principal of the second violins and alternating concertmaster of the Mannheim Mozart Orchestra and the Heidelberg Symphony, with extensive touring and recording experience with both ensembles, including a Grammy nomination with the Mannheim Mozart Orchestra. She regularly deputises in the first violins of the South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, and since 2014 as a deputy and since 2018 permanently in various musical productions in Stuttgart as well as studio recordings with the GPO and various chamber music formations.

Collaborations include Duran Duran, Ray Wilson and many more. Enjoy this fantastic guitarist, who can also be heard on our new project "A World Symphony".

Guitar studies 1988-1990 in Munich and Graz
Countless national and international recordings and tours

Collaborations include:
- Lou Bega
- Randy Crawford
- Duran Duran
- Sarah Brightman (World Tour 2004)
- Turntablerocker
- Martin Kesici (Angel of Berlin)
- Thomas Godoj
- Katja Ebstein (Tour 2005)
- 2005 to 2011 in the live band of the TV show DSDS
- Since 2006 recordings and tours with Ray Wilson/Stiltskin
- Member of the Anne Wylie Band since 2008
- Marshall & Alexander since 2005
- 2012 tour with Peter Kraus
- In Peter Schilling's band since 2013
- May 2014 live band for the talent show "Keep Your Light Shining" on Pro 7
- Guitarist with Anyone's Daughter since 2015
- Johannes Krampen Trio (film music) since 2015
- 2017 tour with Andrea Berg
- World Symphony since 2018

He also plays in many local bands such as NCognito, The Marvels and the Eva Letitia Acoustic Trio.

Born near Hamburg in 1980. Through his parents, who come from eastern Anatolia, he came into contact with Kurdish and Alevi music from the region at an early age.

Starting with the saz (baglama), instruments such as the mey, zurna and duduk woodwinds followed over time.

He has played the traditional zurna for 20 years in many bands at weddings and concerts.

From 1999 to today he has played his 3,000-year-old instruments on more than 100 albums as well as audio and film productions.

From 2008 to 2016 he was a musician in the opera "Gegen die Wand" (Fatih Akin / Ludger Vollmer), where he was discovered by Adrian Werum.

Since 2010 he has performed with the World Symphony under the direction of Adrian Werum.

In 2014 and 2016 he played solo duduk in Karl Jenkins' Stabat Mater.

Jazz trumpeter and instrumental teacher, active in the southern German jazz scene since the 1990s.

Awards for his musical work:
1994 Prize of the City of Ludwigsburg
1996 Baden-Wuerttemberg cabaret and small-stage award

Mornhinweg has since contributed to more than 50 album, radio and film music productions. With the band Un Poco Loco an album was recorded in Prague in 1995, presented there at The Jazz of Prague and distributed throughout Europe.

Born in Tarnowskie Gory in 1991, he received his first horn lessons at the age of 11 from Adrian Ticman and from 2007 studied with Miroslaw Kuchlewski. Since 2011 he has studied at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Professor Markus Maskuniitty. During his studies Piotr Nowara gained experience with the symphony orchestra of the Theater fuer Niedersachsen in Hildesheim, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and, in 2014, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. In the 2014/2015 season he was an intern with the Stuttgart Philharmonic. In 2015 he deputised on horn with the Dresden Philharmonic, in 2016 played low horn in the orchestra of the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern and from February 2017 with the Philharmonic at the Theater Heidelberg. Since the start of the 2017 season Piotr Nowara has played low horn with the Stuttgart Philharmonic.