11 Facts About Claus Hessler

Claus Hessler is a clinician who specializes in Open-handed drumming and rudimental drumming, especially Basel Drumming and Moeller method.

Claus Hessler was born in Laufach, Bavaria, Germany in 1969 and started playing the drums in 1973 at the age of 4.

Claus Hessler studied the Moeller Method with Jim Chapin starting in 1990 and developed an Open-Handed playing technique.

Claus Hessler published his first book with Dom Famularo in 2008, Open-Handed Playing Vol.

In 2011, Hessler worked with Dom Famularo again to publish Open-Handed Playing Vol.

Claus Hessler received his second nomination for "Best Educational Book" in Modern Drummer magazine for his Camp Duty Update published in 2014 in German and 2017 in English, which explained, interpreted, and modernized the classic military rudimental camp duty calls.

In 2018 Claus Hessler published Taladiddle, a book comparing konnakol and rudiments.

Claus Hessler has his own organ trio called Flux which released the CD "On Fire" in 2016.

Claus Hessler has been president of the organization Percussion Creativ since 2015.

Claus Hessler teaches at Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt and other higher education institutions.

Claus Hessler is a member of the Modern Drummer Education Team, a contributor to Drumscene Magazine and Drums and Percussion, and an endorser of Ahead products, Sabian Cymbals, Mapex Drums and Cooperman Drums, and Promark sticks where he has a signature stick.