Zhi Tong Xu
Настоящее имя: Zhi Tong Xu
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Chinese-German jazz drummer. Currently he plays in the “State Youth Jazz Orchestra Brandenburg” and the “U.M.P.A. Jazz Orchestra”, Munich. Xu has worked, amongst others, with Antonio Hart, Yannick Rieu, Enrica Bacchia, Rafal Sarnecki, Jia Xia and Nathaniel Gao. Born in 1994 in Harbin, China, he and his brother, came into contact with the world of Jazz at the age of 15. He was taught by the well-known Chinese Jazz musician Yongheng Wu (Bei Bei). At the age of 17, Xu began to study Jazz drums with Prof. Bill Elgart and Bastian Jütte at the “Hochschule für Musik Würzburg”, where he received his Bachelor's degree. He then continued his Jazz studies in Munich, at the “Hochschule für Musik und Theater München”. There he was instructed by Bastian Jütte and Michael Keul and received 2017 his Master's degree. At the moment he is enrolled in the “Master Class program” (German: “Meisterklasse”) for Jazz drums at the “Hochschule für Musik und Theater München”, where he is coached by Bastian Jütte.


