“The magic begins when all fear fades –
when the ego’s sensitivities dissolve, and all that’s left is music.”

The 12-year-old standing in his parents’ living room, utterly mesmerized by the cassette with a recording of Weather Report, is Till Sahm. The outrageous creative vivid energy from artists, who bring something unique to life together, will never lose its grip on him. To this very day, playing live remains the great love of this experienced musician, who has been traveling international venues as a pianist, keyboarder, and musical director since the 90s.

Till takes the classic path: musical family, piano lessons at the age of seven, double bass at sixteen – in between guitar, drums, and anything else he can lay his hands on – Jazz Institute sponsorship, piano studies at the Munich Conservatory, postgraduate diploma, and subsequent studies as a master student of jazz legend Leonid Chizhik at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar. The mentor detects and forms the true musical soul of Sahm, whose alias ‘Sjan’ is the childhood version of his middle name ‘Kristian.’ He trains him in all genres and teaches him to feel entirely free within his music. Apart from professionalism, Till Sahm is one thing, first and foremost: a gentle revolutionary who was never satisfied with imitating someone else’s music. “For me, happiness is when my own music mixes with a decent ratio of empathy and starts to grow in to a unique musical language.”

REFERENCES (SELECTION)

LIVE / MUSICAL DIRECTION:

Bilal (USA), Poets of Rhythm (D/USA), Omar (GB), Dieter Meier (Yello, CH), Silbermond (D), Mark Forster (D), Sarah Connor (D)

COMPOSITION / PRODUCTION:

Soundtracks: „Hannibal – Marsch auf Rom“ (TV-Doku Arte, 2018), „Vorzeit“ (Kino-Doku, 2019), „Tilli Klapperzahn“ (Kinderfilm, 2019)

Studio-Alben Rotz ’n’ Roll Radio  (Musik für Kinder): „Rotz ‘n‘ Roll Radio 1“ (2014), „Partypiepel“ (2015),

„Jubel, Trubel, Heiserkeit“ (2017)

BANDS / PROJECTS:

Sharrie Williams (USA), Cosmo Klein (D), Klangschlacht (D)