Christin Neddens
Christin Neddens (born October 13, 1986) is a German jazz and fusion drummer. Based in Hamburg, the musician works as a live drummer, studio drummer and composer. Education Neddens comes from a musical family and began playing the accordion in early childhood before switching to drums and piano at the age of seven. After graduating from high school, she studied with Heinz Lichius at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, with Ralph Peterson Jr. and Steve Altenberg at the Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen (Netherlands), at the University Of Southern California in Los Angeles (USA) with Peter Erskine (further with Jeff Hamilton) and later with Holger Nell at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre, where she still lives today. In 2016 she took part in the pop course and played in various large ensembles under the direction of Jiggs Whigham. Career Neddens has performed at international festivals in Scandinavia, the Middle East, Southern Europe, India, Africa, China and the USA as well as in Germany such as JazzBaltica, Elbjazz and the Leverkusener Jazztage. Her drumming is rooted in American jazz, and big band drumming and features a mixture of R'n'B, pop, soul and modern fusion elements. Her