Prof. Markus Leoson
Professor of Percussion
Director of the Department of Wind/Brass Instruments and Percussion
Hochschulzentrum am Horn
- Born in 1970 in Linköping, Sweden
- Began taking percussion lesson at the age of 9
- 1986-1991 Studies at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm
- 1990 Percussionist for the Royal Court Orchestra, Stockholm
- 1991-1992 Solo timpanist for the Danish Radio Orchestra, Copenhagen
- 1993-2008 Solo timpanist for the Royal Opera and Royal Court Orchestra, Stockholm
- 1. Prize, Swedish Soloist Prize; 2. Prize at the Nordic Soloist Competition / Reykjavík; 1. Prize at the EBU / IFYP in Bratislava; 2. Prize at the ARD-Competition
- 1996-1997 Artist-in-Residence for the Swedish Radio
- Concerts as a soloist with numerous orchestras in many parts of Europe and Asia
- Regular work with contemporary composers
- Master classes in Germany and abroad
- Since 2008, Professor of Percussion at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar