Ludwig Wandinger

Ludwig Wandinger is a drummer born 1995 in Weilheim (Bavaria)

Thanks to his musical family and their support he started at a very young age to play and listen to jazz and classical music. During his years in school he started playing in various bands, and did concerts and recordings. He has played in the First Bavarian Herd (Landesjugendjazzorchester Bayern) from 2012 until 2014.

At the age of 16 he started doing a pre-college at the Musikhochschule Munich under the guidance of Bastian Jütte. In 2014 he moved to Berlin and started studying at the Jazzinstitute Berlin with Prof. John Hollenbeck, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Greg Cohen and others. Quickly he became a part of the vivid Berlin jazz scene and performed with artists like Philipp Gropper, Otis Sandsjö, Geoffrey de Masure, Jim Black, Wanja Slavin, Uli Kempendorff, Marc Muellbauer, Peter Weniger, Nils Landgren and many more.

Despite his young age he has played concerts and festivals with various ensembles in Germany, Austria, Swiss, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Vietnam, France, Philippines, Poland, Indonesia.

He also developed his playing skills under great artists like Billy Hart, Jim Black, Branford Marsalis, Hilmar Jennsson, George Mraz, Robert Landfermann, Jochen Rückert, Richie Beirach, Nasheet Waits, Dave Liebman and many others.

In 2013 he has won the Walter Greffenius scholarship.

Since 2016 he is playing in the Bundesjugendjazzorchester (Bujazzo)

He is doing greasy electronic beats/songs under the name Alban G. Winter

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