Alex Petratos is a drummer, band leader and composer based in Hamburg, Germany. His wealth of experience in the fields of swing, bebop and avant garde music (as well as in punk, folk and even classical music) informs and inspires his vision as an improvising musician, with a unique creative vision. His current project "Strings and Lutes" combines the honest and soulful sonorities of his melodic disposition, along with elements of improvisation and interaction with his fellow musicians.

Studies

• since 2021 Dr Langner Jazz-Master, HfMT Hamburg (Jazz-Drums / Composition)
• 2021-2023 Scholarship Oscar und Vera Ritter-Stiftung
• 2015-2021 Bachelor, HfK Bremen (Jazz-Drums)
• 2015 Jugend jazzt 1. Place
• 2013-2015 Studienvorbereitende Ausbildung JMS HH (pre-study course)

Musical Experience

• Jazz, Bebop, big Band, Pop, Punk, Classical/Orchestra, Contemporary Music, Free, Avantgarde, Folk, Theatre
• Founder of concerts: Jazzpiration Bremen, Drunken Oyster Jazzclub Hamburg
• Touring for several weeks, Germany and international
• plays/played with: Gabriel Coburger, Patrick Farrant, Rudi Mahall, Tino Derado, Malte Schiller, Buggy Braune, and others.
• Took lessons with: Holger Nell, Doug Weiss, Julia Hülsmann, Bill Elgart, Fabian Ahrens, Eric Schäfer, Stefan Rapp, Jesse Davis, Jorge Rossy, etc.