Christian Lillinger

Christian Lillinger (Drummer, Composer, Producer and Founder of PLAIST) Born in 1984 in Lübben (Brandenburg, Germany), Christian started playing drums at the age of 13. In 2000, when he was 16, he was admitted to Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber. He studied there with Günter Baby Sommer, Sven Helbig and Michael Griener amongst others until 2004. Since 2003 he has been living and working in Berlin. 2000 Winner of the International Improvisation Competition in Leipzig 2001 – 2003 member of BuJazzO (official youth jazz orchestra of Germany) conducted by Peter Herbholzheimer. 2002 - 2008 collaboration with the Trio GGL (Gropper Graupe Lillinger) 2008 founding of Lillinger’s own Band GRUND, with whom he has realised his own compositions. Since 2011 he has been collaborating with th