Biography
Thomas Sauerborn (born August 28, 1987 in Nürtingen) is a drummer and composer based in Cologne.
He studied from 2008 to 2010 at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and from 2010 to 2013 at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne with Prof. Jonas Burgwinkel, Prof. Michael Küttner, Prof. Henning Berg and Frank Gratkowski.
From 2014-2016, he completed his master's degree at the Rytmsik Music Conservatory in Copenhagen with Jakob Høyer, Hanne Boel, Kresten Osgood and Torben Snekkestad on a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
In recent years, concert tours have taken him to China, the Philippines, the island republic of Palau, Benin, South Korea, Vietnam, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Benin, Lithuania, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the USA.
In April 2021, his debut album as a bandleader and composer entitled KYIWI was released on Klaeng Records. He is also co-leader of the European quartet Mount Meander, as well as the trip music band Das Ende der Liebe.
In march 2024 he releases his first solo record album [zimbel] - music for a suspended cymbal - a project which includes a thesis on cymbal research, notation and film material.
In 2020 he founded the music label Anunaki Tabla together with his dear friends Andreas Völk and Kenn Hartwig.
In addition, Thomas Sauerborn is active as a sideman in the German music scene with the Subway Jazz Orchestra, Headless Society, Janning Trumann 4, Mengamo Trio, Sebastian Gramss 'States of Play' or the electro-hardcore outfit Monophonist and has performed at the Enjoy Jazz Festival, Moers Festival, Cologne AchtBrücken Festival, Euroblast Festival, Jazz Baltica, Jazz Ahead Bremen, Klavier Festival Ruhr, among others.