About Louise
Louise Pollock is Professor of Trombone at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and Principal Trombone of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. From 2015 to 2023, she served as Principal Trombone of the Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, alongside teaching at the University of Gothenburg’s Academy of Music and Drama. Earlier in her career, she was a member of the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra.
An internationally respected performer and educator, Louise’s students have secured positions with leading orchestras across Europe, including the Royal Opera Copenhagen, Bergische Symphoniker and the Orchestra of Ciudad de Melilla. Many have also won academy positions, professional contracts and prizes at major international trombone and brass chamber music competitions.
Louise is the recipient of numerous national and international awards. She was a scholarship holder of the German Music Competition in 2014 and won both First Prize and the Audience Award at the International Aeolus Wind Competition in Düsseldorf in 2016.
As a soloist, she has performed with orchestras including the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Opera Orchestra, Duisburg Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Theater für Niedersachsen Philharmonie and Bjergsted Wind Ensemble.
A sought-after adjudicator, Louise regularly serves on competition juries worldwide, including the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen, the International Trombone Association Competition and the Jeju International Brass Competition in South Korea. She is also a frequent guest artist and tutor at leading international festivals and masterclasses across Europe, Asia and South America, including the International Trombone Festival, VeronaBones, Brassweek Samedan, Galaico Brass Festival and Tourbon Brass Festival.