Portrait of Philipp Westermann

Artist

Philipp Westermann

Philipp Westermann studied tuba with Michael Lind in Stockholm, Sweden, and with Walter Hilgers in Weimar, Germany.

Since 2015 he is the sousaphone player with MEUTE, a brassband from Hamburg, Germany. With MEUTE he recorded five albums and played countless club shows and festivals around the globe. For the band's latest album "Empor"Westermann also worked as a writer and arranger.

With MEUTE he is part of the fourth season of TV Series "Babylon Berlin".

Westermann became patron for the campaign "Instrument of the Year 2024 - the Tuba"for the federal state of Hamburg.

Westermann plays on a Conn 20K Sousaphone.