Claus is currently one of the most in demand drum coaches and clinicians; in addition to his teaching and playing activities he is also contributing articles and columns to the German drum magazine “drums & percussion”, Australia’s “Drumscene” and from Fall 2010 also for “Modern Drummer”. His first and long awaited educational book “Open Handed Playing Vol. I” (co-written with Dom Famularo and including a foreword by Billy Cobham) has been released worldwide with Alfred Publishing and earned international recognition. Fall of 2010 will see another release in Germany with “Daily Drumset Workout” while Volume II of “Open Handes Playing Vol. II” is likely to be released spring 2011. Other future book projects include taking care of Jim Chapin’s idea about collapsed rudiments and a rudimental playalong project with alternate versions of traditional fife and drum tunes.

Claus is currently one of the most in demand drum coaches and clinicians; in addition to his teaching and playing activities he is also contributing articles and columns to the German drum magazine “drums & percussion”, Australia’s “Drumscene” and from Fall 2010 also for “Modern Drummer”. His first and long awaited educational book “Open Handed Playing Vol. I” (co-written with Dom Famularo and including a foreword by Billy Cobham) has been released worldwide with Alfred Publishing and earned international recognition. Fall of 2010 will see another release in Germany with “Daily Drumset Workout” while Volume II of “Open Handes Playing Vol. II” is likely to be released spring 2011. Other future book projects include taking care of Jim Chapin’s idea about collapsed rudiments and a rudimental playalong project with alternate versions of traditional fife and drum tunes.Besides the wide stylistic range of his playing Claus’ unique and individual style of drumming comes as a mixture of his incredible technical skills, open handed playing and ostinato work that never gets into being “just drums”. He teaches at the University for Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt, the “Berufsfachschule für Musik” in Dinkelsbuehl and maintains a busy schedule of clinics and private teaching. As the first German respectively European drumset artist he also was invited to the „Drummer’s Collective“ (New York) and the University of Performing Arts / Ju Percussion Foundation in Taipei (Taiwan). His workshops and clinics are known for a very special mixture of education and his unique musical and drumistic qualities likewise. As a clinician he works exclusively with SABIAN cymbals, VIC FIRTH sticks. MAPEX drums and REMO drumheads.

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www.claushessler.de

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Sun, July 11th

Meeting Point at the Austrian Hospice at 5:00 pm

Musical walk through the Old City of Jerusalem and

Final concert at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at 6.30 pm

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Not only the soccer loving world is having a party this evening, music is also celebrating its triumph in a grand finale in the quarters of the Old City. What began as a “roof concert” a few years ago – as a vision on a higher level up in the air – has come down to earth again and mixes with the people, spreading colourful and diverse sounds through the narrow alleyways. Every one is invited to be a musician and to leave her/his musical marks. And at the great closing event in the courtyard of the Church of the Redeemer everyone is in the team of the world cup winner. Long live music!

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All years, the final concert of Sounding Jerusalem is transporting a special message. What began as the „roof concert“ – a vision of music connecting people up in the air, on top oft he roofs of Jerusalem’s Old City – has come down to the earth. This musical vision is no longer an untouchable cloud of sounds in the sky, but tries to mix with the people and become part of the life in the narrow alleyways.

The goal ist to abolish the limitations between active musician and passive spectator. Music is a common good and therefore should be experienced in common.  Everyone is invited to be a musician and to express himself/herself in a piece of percussion that is especially composed for this evening.

A festive group of people (this means you) will meet at the Austrian Hospice at 5.00 pm and from there start a sounding procession to the picturesque courtyard oft he Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Everyone will be provided with a little instrument of percussion and professionally instructed to actively be part of the musical orchestration that will sound through the streets oft he Old City.

After arriving in the Church of Redeemer, there will be a huge musical performance involving all levels of the beautiful courtyard. 30 percussionists from all over the world, the musicians performing the Sounding Jerusalem „Mélange Oriental“ programme as well as a renowned photographer artist from Europe, projecting his subtle and touching impressions of Jerusalem, will as a final highlight create a firework of rhythm, melodies and visual eye catchers.

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Percussion Improvisation, Sound Installation, Oriental Music
Visuals by Austrian Photographer Christian Jungwirth

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Erich Oskar Huetter – cello, Stefan Heckel – accordion, Paul Gulda – piano, Mahran Moreb – qanun, César Carcopino – percussion, Claus Hessler – percussion, Anika Nilles – percussion, Lucas Dillmann – percussion, Lennart Fleischer – percussion, Stefan Wandel – percussion, Toni Flores – percussion, Alberto Marquina – percussion, Rafael Mas – percussion, Pep Soler – percussion, Mª Angeles Murillo – percussion, Anna-Maria Hepberger – percussion, Florian Längle – percussion and several more musicians from Europe

STUDIO PERCUSSION graz: Günter Meinhart, Mamadou Diabate, Ismael Barrios, Bernhard Richter

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