Detlef Diederichsen

Detlef Diederichsen has been the head of the Department of Music and Performing Arts at Haus der Kulturen der Welt since 2006. He previously worked as a critic, journalist, editor and translator for media including Spex, die tageszeitung (taz), Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, brandeins and Die Woche. He was founder and managing director of the label Moll Tonträger for several years where he produced albums by artists such as FSK, JaKönigJa and Saal 2. He has issued a number of recordings with his own band Die Zimmermänner since 1980, most recently the album Ein Hund namens Arbeit (2014).

As of April 2021