Born 1959 in Hannover, Germany, Uwe Dierksen studied trombone in Hannover, Hamburg and London. He is member of the reknown "Ensemble Modern", a collective focussin on New Classical Music. Uwe Dierksen also performs with a.o. Arditti Quartet, Niederländisches Rundfunkorchester (Dutch Radio Orchestra), Konzertorchester Lissabon (Portugal), Bayrisches Rundfunksinfonieorchester. Moreover he composes music for movies. "Blue Rock Thrush" is his first work in Popular Music.