Jörg Wachsmuth

KV Prof. Jörg Wachsmuth comes from a family of musicians from Thuringia, grew up in Potsdam and studied tuba at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin in the class of KV Prof. Dietrich Unkrodt. Today, he is undisputedly one of the world's leading virtuosos on his instrument. His musical home is the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been solo tuba player there since 2000. His chamber music activities include “KultBlechDresden” - the brass ensemble of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and the renowned Melton Tuba Quartet. He has won prizes at various national and international competitions and is an internationally renowned soloist and orchestral tuba player. Concert tours have taken him to Europe, Asia, Scandinavia, South America and the USA. In addition to his many musical commitments, he began an equally successful teaching career very early on. He has been teaching at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden since 2002. Jörg Wachsmuth was appointed chamber musician in 2006 and chamber virtuoso in 2012. In 2009 he was appointed honorary professor for tuba. Today he teaches all over the world, holds masterclasses and is a popular juror for competitions. In addition to top musical performances, he demonstrates his comedic talent in the play “Ilse Bähnerts Tubamania”, which has also been published as an audio book. Numerous CD productions, radio and television appearances are part of his artistic work. One of his particular passions is the world's largest playable giant tuba from the music town of Markneukirchen, which was named “Ilse” in October 2015 and on which he set a world record of 52.96 seconds playing Rimski-Korsakov's “Hummelflug” on the MDR television program “Stefanie Hertel - Meine Stars” and improved this to 52.73 seconds on Stefan Raab's late night show “TV Total” (Pro7).

His favorite instrument is the B&S F-Tuba 3100 -IL “Ilschen”, named after Prof. Jörg Wachsmuth, which received its public naming ceremony in the music town of Markneukirchen in 2023.

The tuba was chosen as the instrument of the year 2024 by the state music councils.

The Saxon Music Council appointed Prof. Jörg Wachsmuth as patron for the Free State of Saxony.