{"id":5106,"date":"2014-07-15T06:45:11","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T06:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zeyn.detheme.com\/?page_id=5106"},"modified":"2023-01-25T13:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:55:25","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.germanmasterclasses.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row expanded=&#8221;1&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1425511670068{margin-top: -75px !important;}&#8221; background_image=&#8221;10691&#8243;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;11382&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; el_class=&#8221;header-img&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1423668744158{margin-top: -20px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][section_header use_decoration=&#8221;1&#8243; layout_type=&#8221;section-heading-thin-border-top-bottom&#8221; main_heading=&#8221;About us&#8221; font_size=&#8221;small&#8221; separator_color=&#8221;#983631&#8243; after_heading=&#8221;Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper. 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He completed his studies at the Maastricht Academy of Music under Will Sanders and Willy Bessems. In addition, he had lessons with Professor Markus Maskunity in Hannover. During his studies, he was a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Following an internship with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, and a fixed-term contract with the Lower Rhine Symphony Orchestra of M\u00f6nchengladbach-Krefeld, he was awarded a tenured position as 2nd horn player in the Lower Saxony State Orchestra of Hannover. Since 2011 he is 2nd Horn player in the State Opera of Hamburg\/Philharmonic State Orchestra of Hamburg. He also teaches Horn at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik Theater und Medien in Hannover. 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