Thomas Was Born And Raised In Lüdenscheid/Germany And Had His First Guitar Lessons At The Age Of 15. Later On He Switched To Bass And Began To Study This Instrument As An Autodidact. At The Same Time He Became Interested In Jazz Music And In 1988 He Moved To Stuttgart/Germany To Study Electric Bass At The High School For Music With Prof. Bernd Konrad And Thomas Heidepriem. Since That Time He Began To Work As A Professional Musician Involved In Different Styles And Projects Just To Mention A Few 1992 Finalist Of The „European Jazz Competition“ In Leverkusen With Rade Soric Trio 1992 Shows At The Olympic Games In Barcelona With Südpool Quintett And Maria Joao 1993 Invitation To The „Europ´ Jazz Contest Belgium“ With Rade Soric Trio 1994 Winner Of The First International Folk-Crossover Competition In Plauen With Anne Wylie Band 2000 Two Compositions By Thomas Rotter Among The " Top Ten Jazz" At Sibeliusmusic 2000 Jazz Time Festival 2000 Rijeka Croatia With Daniel Messina Band 2002 17. International Theaterhaus Jazzfestival In Stuttgart Germany With Daniel Messina Band 2003 18. International Theaterhaus Jazzfestival In Stuttgart With Daniel Messina Band 2004 "Sommerfestival Der Kulturen" In Stuttgart With Daniel Messina Trio "Jazznights Baden Baden" As An Opener For Jimmy Smith 2005 "Crossdrumming" Festival In Warschau Poland With Daniel Messina Trio "Festival De La Percussion" In Buenos Aires Argentina With Daniel Messina Trio "Festijazz La Paz" Bolivia With Daniel Messina Trio "Festival Internacional De La Cultura" In Sucre Bolivia With Daniel Messina Trio 2007 Tour With Cléber Alves Quarteto Brazil 2008 Tour With Cléber Alves Quarteto Brazil 2009 Tour With Cléber Alves Quarteto Brazil As A Sideman He Played Concerts With Musicians Like Maria Joao Portugal Gerd Dudek European Jazz Ensemble Bernd Konrad Joe Viera Herbert Joos Hannes Zerbe Daniel Messina Ex-Drummer With Babara Dennerlein Steve McKenna Australia Joe McKenna Ireland Dany Martinez Cuba Bob Degen USA Wolfgang Lackerschmid Martin Schrack Marcelo Kitay Argentina Roxana Amed Argentina Cléber Alves Brazil André Queiroz Brazil Ricardo Fiuza Brazil And Many Other Fine Musicians. Selected Discography 2009 CD "Traumzeit" Thomas Rotter Quartet 2004 CD "Buenos Aires Affairs" Daniel Messina Trio 2002 CD "El Sol Sale“ Daniel Messina Trio 1999 CD "plathandsplay" Plathandsplay 1998 CD "Imagenes" Daniel Messina Band 1995 CD „Mixturiosities“ Rade Soric Trio 1992 CD „Nahend“ Rade Soric Trio