Louise Pollock is Professor of Trombone at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and currently Principal Trombone with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Louise is “International Visiting Tutor” at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester/UK. 2015-2023, she was Principal Trombone with the Gothenburg Opera/Sweden and taught at the Gothenburg Academy of Music and Drama, after working three years with the Stuttgart Philharmonic. Louise won numerous prizes at national and international competitions, including 1st Prize and Audience Prize at the 2016 Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments. She’s been a jury member of the Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition, International Trombone Association (ITA) Competition or Jeju International Competition. In 2023, she became president of the Internationale Posaunenvereinigung and member of ITA’s Board of Advisors. She completed her Bachelor with Prof. Branimir Slokar in Freiburg and continued her Masters studies with Prof. Henning Wiegräbe in Stuttgart. As a Conn Artist she plays a Conn 88H from 1964.
