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Dirk Steinsträter
born in düsseldorf, germany in 1970
first music lessons on drums
by the age of fifteen he switches to bass and takes lessons with Frank Michaelis and Norbert Hotz
1994 he wins a first price in the german competition "Jugend Jazzt"
Lessons/workshops with Gunnar Plümmer, Wayne Krantz, Zach Danziger, Martin Engelin, Manfred Bründel and Kai Eckhardt
1995 Dirk takes part at the "Esphino Music Festival" in Portugal
1996 first place in the comptetion "Lieder für den Sektor" from one of germanies leading radiostations EinsLive with the pop group "Suppe"
Appearences: Düsseldorfer Jazz Rally, Hildener Jazztage, Cologne Music Factory and the Brandenburger Jazzfestival
Several projects that include cd-productions and appearences in television and radio
2003 - 2005 teacher at the Corpus-Guitar Musicschool
2004 - 2007 instructor for electric bass at the Volkshochschule Düsseldorf
since 2004 private teaching at his homestudio in Düsseldorf
2009 moving in a new studio in Düsseldorf