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Henning Sieverts was born in Berlin, 6th in 1966 and began playing the cello instruments at the age of 5 years. Learning improvisation with Prof. Eckle who read a story and illustrate a group of students through free improvisation when he was 8 years old.

He won a scholarship at the Berlin Conservatory from 1977 until 1984 and studied cello, piano, harmony, Counterpoint, and ear training. In 1983 and 1984 Henning won the First Prize in National Competition “Students Compose”.

He also studied journalism while continuing to play and create songs. One was collaboration with actress and singer, composed the music for the lyrics of Tucholsky, Mühsam, Scheerbart, and others to radio and theater production.

Members of the “Bundesjazzorchester” (National Jazz Orchestra) under the direct Peter Herbolzheimer also often won numerous awards such as the Music Award of the City of Munich (1990), Jazz Competition at the convention of the “International Society of Bassists” (1991), Music Award of Bavaria (1994), and the last New Germany Jazz Award and the New Germany Jazz Soloist Award (2007).

Henning Sieverts now become a teacher and gives workshops at many city from New York, Sydney, Lisbon, Graz, Berlin, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Munich to Indonesia.

He was quite active in the production of records. His record traces seen in approximately 75 compact disc production, or CDs, in which ten of them as a bandleader. Some of his works were selected among others:

* Sieverts / Mahall / Elgart: Goldfischgesänge “with Rudi Mahall (bcl, cl, Turntables) and Bill Elgart (dr), With Bass and Cello (JazzHausMusik Cologne, JHM 76, 1995)
* “Sieverts / O’Mara / May: Too Early for this World” with Peter O’Mara (g) and Guido    May (dr)
(Edition Collage 504-2 EC, 1997)
* Sieverts / Enders / Salfellner: Brooklyn Blue together with Johannes Enders (ts, as) and Christian Salfellner (dr),
With Bass and Cello (Jazz4ever 4732, 1997)
* Henning Sieverts / Pietro Tonolo / Roberto Dani: Leoni e altri gatti with Pietro Tonolo (ts, ss) and Roberto Dani (dr), With Bass and Cello (03300th Luna Velut (Italien), 2000) * Triozone: Himmelsklänge with Hugo Siegmeth (ts, ss) and Gerhard Gschlössl (tb) With Bass and Cello

(Village Pond, 2004)
* Henning Sieverts: Hidden C with Maria Pia DeVito (VOC), Matthias Nadolny (ts), Peter O’Mara (git), Glauco Venier (p) and John Hollenbeck (dr) With Bass and Cello (3380 Intuition 2, 2004)
* Henning Sieverts: What’s New with Antonio Farao (p) and John Hollenbeck (dr) With Bass and Cello
(village pond records, 2005)
* Daerr / Sieverts / Jütte: Germany 12 Points along with Carsten Daerr (p) and Bastian Jütte (dr)
With Bass and Cello (ACT Music 9653-2, 2006)
* Henning Sieverts: Symmetry with Chris Speed (clar, ts), Johannes Lauer (tb), Achim Kaufmann (p) and John Hollenbeck (dr) Bass and Cello (Pirouet, PIT 3022, 2007)
* Henning Sieverts – Blauer Reiter with Johannes Enders (ts, ss, fl, bcl), Hugo Siegmeth (ts, ss, clar, bcl) and
Jütte Bastian (dr) Bass and Cello (Village Pond Records, 2008)

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