Dirko Juchem has made a name for himself as a saxophonist saxophone teacher and specialist author on both a national and international level for many years.His saxophone sound and wide range of styles are well in demand: He has played with well-known German and international artists such as Rolf Zuckowski Barbara Dennerlein Thomas Anders Anne Haigis Harald Juhnke Pe Werner Sara K. as well as with musicians of Jethro Tull Jazz-Kantine or the Mike Oldfield Band. Apart from numerous concerts and productions with other artists and bands he performs again and again with his own programmes solo as a duo or with an entire band. Up to now he has performed in more than 100 CDand LP productions and his tours have taken him as far as Los Angeles and Taiwan.Having taught at various music schools as a saxophone teacher and held lectures at the Bundesakademie Remscheid as a guest lecturer he knows the problems of saxophonists from first-hand experience.In addition Dirko Juchem is the author of numerous textbooks and tune books for the saxophone as well as a specialist author of articles for musicians' journals ('Sonic' 'Sound Check' 'Fachblatt Musikmagazin').