# Thilo Berg
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{{short description|German drummer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
thumb|Thilo Berg
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Thilo Berg
| image =
| caption =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|4|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Dortmund](/source/Dortmund), Germany
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician, record producer, label owner
| instrument = Drums
| years_active =1981–present
| label =Mons
}}
'''Thilo Berg''' (born 23 April 1959) is a German drummer who led a big band in the 1980s. He has produced more than 700 jazz, classical, R&B, and soul events.[Jazzzeitung 2005/09, [http://www.jazzzeitung.de/jazz/2005/09/portrait-mons.shtml] (accessed 2010-03-09)] Besides his own productions, he worked on concerts, meetings, and social events. He founded Mons Records.
== Career ==
Thilo Berg completed studies as a classical percussionist with Herrmann Gschwendtner and was a solo timpanist and percussionist in the ''[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra](/source/Southwest_German_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra)'' between 1981 and 2007. He also held the same position at the German ''Radio Philharmonic Orchestra'' until 2008. In addition to this, Berg worked in various bands. In 1986 he formed his big band and worked with guest soloists such as [Barbara Dennerlein](/source/Barbara_Dennerlein), [Ack van Rooyen](/source/Ack_van_Rooyen), [Jiggs Whigham](/source/Jiggs_Whigham), [Barbara Morrison](/source/Barbara_Morrison), [Silvia Droste](/source/Silvia_Droste), [Jim Snidero](/source/Jim_Snidero), [Slide Hampton](/source/Slide_Hampton), [Bob Mintzer](/source/Bob_Mintzer), [Art Farmer](/source/Art_Farmer) and [Bill Ramsey](/source/Bill_Ramsey_(singer)).