Björn Wilker,
Percussion

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Björn Wilker

Björn Wilker was born in Gelsenkirchen-Buer, Germany, in 1968.

He studied percussion at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin and at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg im Breisgau. The teachers instrumental in his development as a musician were Bernhard Wulff, Isao Nakamura and Robyn Schulkowsky.

After extensively performing as a free-lance percussionist in new music, he became a member of Klangforum Wien in 1993. From 1998 to 2000 he took a period of leave in order to study composition with Helmut Lachenmann at the Stuttgart College of Music.

Today, in addition to Klangforum Wien, he is active as a soloist and as a composer.

"When you stand in front of a really big drum like that and you hit it, waves go through you, your whole body starts vibrating."
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Björn Wilker