Frederik Villmow
is a German jazz-drummer and composer, living in Trondheim/Norway. He was born in 1993 and grew up in Pulheim -close to Cologne. At an early age, he started playing the drums.

He studied jazz-drums at ​Codarts University of Arts, Rotterdam (2013-2015) and Jazzlinja NTNU, Trondheim (2015-now). Currently he's attending the master-program at Jazzlinja NTNU. ​

Between 2011-2015, Frederik was part of the Youth Jazz Orchestra of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was awarded by the WDR Jazz Award (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) in the category up-and-coming.

In 2014 he took part in the Metropole Orkest Academy in Hilversum, conducted by Jules Buckley and Vince Mendoza. In the same year, ​he recorded the music of Gabriel Pérez with The Soundtrip Orchestra featuring Chris Potter on saxophone. ​

In 2015 Frederik moved to Trondheim/Norway, to attend at the highly acknowledged jazz-department of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU.