Drumset is instrument of the year 2022

According to the announcement by the German State Music Councils, it is the first percussion instrument to be declared Instrument of the Year. Instrument of the Year 2021 was the organ. The first drum set was launched on the market in 1918 by the Ludwig Drum Company from Chicago and revolutionized music production.

The state music councils have jointly chosen an Instrument of the Year every year since 2008. Each federal state appoints its own patrons and has its own approach in order to achieve the transnational goal of attracting curiosity and attention to the many facets, the literature and the fascination that the drumset has to offer.

Ambassador of the Instrument of the Year in Baden-Württemberg will be drummer, composer, solo musician and music lecturer Anika Nilles, who took over the drums department at the Popakademie Mannheim this year.