"Bohn's double bass radiates (...) a calmness that gives the music a timeless beauty"
Jazzthetik 04/05 2021
“a string artist (...) who mastered all facets of the instrument and could produce a sound that filled the room”
Rhein-Sieg Anzeiger June 12 2023
I live as a freelance double bass player in Bremen and am active in various line-ups and genres. I have already had the great pleasure of playing with artists such as Verneri Pohjola, Thomas Rückert, Frederik Köster, Uli Beckerhoff, Bertram Lehmann, Matthias Nadolny, Charlotte Greve, Martin Classen, Wolfgang Bleibel, Ed Kröger and the Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra and have been able to visit large parts of Europe as well as Cameroon and Madagascar on various musical concert tours. I studied the double bass in both jazz and classical music at the University of the Arts Bremen and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Detlev Beier, Stefan Adelmann, Ville Herrala and Antti Lötjönen. I have also enjoyed private lessons with great musicians such as Larry Grenadier, Marc Muellbauer, Ruud Ouwehand, Jussi Kannaste, Sebastian Gramss and many others.
Bands
Theater
Here is a compilation of productions, in which I took part as a musician on stage
EST-CE UN HUMAIN / IST DAS EIN MENSCH PART 2
Director: kainkollektiv /Compagnie Zora Snake / Njara Rasolomanana
October 2019
Antananarivo (Madagascar)
RICHARD O'BRIEN'S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Director: Robert Gerloff
Premiere: 21st June 2019
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater
EST-CE UN HUMAIN / IST DAS EIN MENSCH PART 1
Director: kainkollektiv /Compagnie Zora Snake / Njara Rasolomanana
November 2018
Yaoundé (Cameroon)
WESTERN DREAMS AND EASTERN PRMOISES
Director: kainkollektiv & sputnic
Premiere: 30th June 2018
Schauspielhaus Bochum
ALICE IM WUNDERLAND: L-S-DREAMLAND
Director: Robert Gerloff
Premiere: 19th May 2018
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater
OF COMING TALES
Director: kainkollektiv
Premiere: 14th April 2018
Theater Bremen
MICHAEL KOHLHAAS
Director: Karsten Dahlem
Premier: 7th September 2017
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater
Video
RODT // BOHN
Jan-Olaf Rodt - guitar
Michael Bohn - bass
But Beautiful (Jimmy Van Heusen)
Jonas Lasse Teichmann - audio & video
recorded in Bremen January 2024
But Beautiful (Jimmy Van Heusen)
Jonas Lasse Teichmann - audio & video
recorded in Bremen January 2024
GOLDEN GREEN
Kristīne Cīrule - vocals
Michael Bohn - bass/composition
No One Will Go (Michael Bohn)
Nils Vogt, Manuel Ernst - Camera
Hieronymus Rönneper - Camera & Editing
Jonas Lasse Teichmann - Mix & Master
recorded in Cologne July 2022
Michael Bohn - bass/composition
No One Will Go (Michael Bohn)
Nils Vogt, Manuel Ernst - Camera
Hieronymus Rönneper - Camera & Editing
Jonas Lasse Teichmann - Mix & Master
recorded in Cologne July 2022
Inner Landscapes
Costumes: Alexandra Tivig
Music: Michael Bohn
Performance: Marie Siekmann, Marie Tödtemann, Michael Bohn
Video: Hieronymus Rönneper, Julius Jacoby
TRACES
Tsubassa
Agata Ciurkot - Piano
Stefan Schneider - Drums
Michael Bohn - Double bass
Sound: Jonas Lasse Teichmann
Video: Hieronymus Rönneper / Julius Jacoby
GOLDEN GREEN
Exit Music (radiohead)
Kristine Cīrule - Vocals
Michael Bohn - Double bass
Recorded at the 15th December 2018 in Sibelius Academy Helsinki
Sound: Flavio Cangialosi
Video: Jonas Teichmann
Arrangement: Liede/Bohn
FYRM
Rogers, the romper suit (Agata Ciurkot)
Agata Ciurkot - Piano
Stefan Vidal Schneider - Drums
Michael Bohn - Double bass
SIMON WALLACH TRIO
Lethargie (Simon Wallach)
Simon Wallach - Guitar
Christian Klein - Drums
Michael Bohn - Double bass
LES 4 FRÈRES
Armandas Rhumba (Chick Corea)
Matthias Entrup - Vibraphon
Michael Bohn - Double bass
Arrangement - Les 4 frères
CONRAD SCHWENKE QUARTETT
Gecko | Nr7 | For Your Ears (Conrad Schwenke)
Conrad Schwenke - Piano
Simon Wallach - Guitar
Julian Nicolaus - Drums
Michael Bohn - Double bass
Contact
Michael Bohn
mail@michaelbohn.eu
+49 177 6053688