Tom Götze
Tom Götze (born 1968 in Dresden) is a German bassist and professor at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden for double bass and electric bass jazz/rock/pop. Life. Götze's musical career began in Dresden. From 1984 to 1990, he studied tuba, bass guitar and double bass at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden Since his study visit to the USA (New York City and Los Angeles) in 1992/93, he has been active as a musician in the styles of jazz, rock, pop and classical as well as an actor  (among others Staatsschauspiel Dresden). Since 1989 Götze has been a member of the Dresden band "Dekadance", with whom several albums have been produced. He has worked with numerous well-known artists such as Mike Stern, Pet Shop Boys, Armin Mueller-Stahl, , Till Brönner, Adam Rogers, Manfred Krug, Richie Beirach, , Gitte Hænning, Uschi Brüning, Jiggs Whigham, Chester Thompson, , Günther "Baby" Sommer, , Sven Helbig and . With Arkady Shilkloper, Florian Mayer and John Wolf Brennan he forms the group "Pago Libre." With Stephan Bormann he worksin the "10string Orchestra". As a founding member of the , he is regularly involved in their projects, also  as a soloist. Tours. Guest performances and tours have taken him to Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Scandinavia, England, Spain, Italy, France, Austria, Russia, China and Switzerland. Professor. Since 2012 he has been teaching as a professor for double bass and bass guitar at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.