Jan Schlichte originally played the piano. Because he could read music well, the music teacher at his school asked him to play the drums in the youth orchestra. In 1991, Jan Schlichte went to Frankfurt am Main to study, and later to the Trossingen University of Music. There he was taught by Franz Lang and Rainer Seegers, timpanist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Alongside Franz Schindlbeck, Seegers was also his teacher at the Philharmonic Orchestra Academy.
Before Jan Schlichte became a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker, he gained extensive orchestral experience in the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the Südwestfunk radio orchestra, among others. He is particularly committed to contemporary piano and percussion chamber music. Jan Schlichte is also one of the founding members of the KlangArt Berlin ensemble and plays in the Chamber Ensemble for New Music Berlin and the Scharoun Ensemble. He recently took part in a music education project in Venezuela as a lecturer.
(Source: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
