
As a leader or as sideman, guitarist Joachim Schönecker has worked with many renown musicians like Patti Austin, Paquito D ́Rivera, Peter Erskine, Rich Perry, Jan Delay, Don Braden, John Riley, Jeff Hamilton, "Toots" Thielemans, Dick Oatts, John Marshall, Michael Abene, Peter Weniger, Richie Beirach, the WDR Bigband and the WDR Sinfony Orchestra.
He has been teaching jazz guitar and ensemble classes at the 'Hochschule für Musik und Theater' in Leipzig, at the 'Hochschule für Musik Saar' in Saarbrücken and the 'Hochschule für Musik ‘Theater und Medien Hannover' and the 'Institut für Musik der Hochschule Osnabrück'. Since 2016 he is teaching at the 'Maastricht Conservatory '.