Heidi Bayer

German trumpeter born in 1987. After successfully completing her bachelor's degree in "Art, Music and Media – Organisation and Mediation" at the Philips University of Marburg (2007-2010), she decided to pursue a career as a professional trumpeter. In 2010 she started her bachelor in "Jazz and Popular Music" at the University of Music Mainz with Axel Schlosser and Frank Wellert. After an associated one-semester exchange program (2014) at the University of Miami with Prof. Brian Lynch and Prof. Martin Bejerano, she successfully completed her studies in 2015 and has been living in her adopted home city of Cologne ever since. In April 2019, she accepted a permanent half-time position as an instructor of trumpet performance and conducting at the University of Oldenburg’s music department, where she also leads the university big band.