Iris Ahrens - Double Bass

Iris Ahrens was born in Bremen in 1967. She began her musical education at a very early age, specializing in piano and chamber music in Georg Espitalier’s folk music group. There she got to know the production work in the recording studio.

Her double bass lessons began at the age of 11. During her music studies, Iris Ahrens initially majored in piano and double bass. After a short time, she decided to deepen her double bass studies. At the age of just 20, she took up her first position in the Bremen State Orchestra. Iris Ahrens then studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin with Klaus Stoll. During her studies, the musician was an active member of the ensemble for new music “attacca berlin”.

This was followed by an internship at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and a one-year contract with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Iris Ahrens has been a member of the double bass section of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 1994.