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Lars Karlin (Berlin)

Lars Karlin was born in 1983 in Borlänge, Sweden, and started playing the trombone at the age of twelve under Hans-Göran Olsson at the Borlänge Musikskola. Further studies were made under Prof. Sven-Erik Eriksson in Stockholm, Prof. Jonas Bylund in Hannover and Andreas Klein in Berlin.

Lars has performed as a trombone soloist with several Orchestras such as Dalecarlia Sinfonietta in Sweden, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, The Polish National Chamber Orchestra, the Russian Chamber Orchestra in Kursk and The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is also member of the Trombone Unit Hannover since the start of 2008. Lars is a prize-winner of several international music competitions such as the Lieksa International Trombone Competition 2008, The Aeolus International Competition for Winds in 2010 Düsseldorf and the Deutsche Musikwettbewerb 2011 Berlin.

From 2011 to 2013 Lars held the principal trombone position in the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in Denmark. He decided to leave his position for further studies in Berlin where he also released his debut album ”A Swedish Trombone Wilderness” on the label of Genuin. Since January 2015 Lars is solo trombonist of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. ​