Olaf Tzschoppe

Olaf Tzschoppe (2013)

Olaf Tzschoppe (born 1962 in Kiel) is a German percussionist and chamber musician.

Early life and education

Tzschoppe was born in 1962 in Kiel. He studied percussion at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg (Germany), with Bernhard Wulff and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (USA) with Michael Udow and was a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Career

Since 1992, Tzschoppe has been a member of the Soloist-Ensemble Percussions of Strasbourg[1] with which he has won numerous prizes and awards, and a founding member of Ensemble SurPlus and Trio SurPlus, Freiburg.[2] He is also a member of the Ensemble Experimental of Südwestrundfunk.[3] and has performed with ensembles including Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Musikfabrik.[4]

Tzschoppe specializes in repertoires for organ and percussion. There are a lot of works that have been written especially for him and Zsigmond Szathmáry. Some of those pieces have been released on "entgrenzt/unbounded".[5]

In addition to solo concerts, Tzschoppe also plays improvised music. He has cooperated with Turkish drummer Murat Coşkun [6] for a long time as well.

In 2004, Tzschoppe was appointed Professor for percussion and chamber music at the University of the Arts Bremen.[7]

Compositions

References

  1. "Musicians | Les Percussions de Strasbourg". Percussionsdestrasbourg.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  2. "Olaf Tzschoppe | il faut continuer". Ensemble-surplus.de. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  3. Kurtz, Wolfgang. "Campus Musick". www.campusmusick.org. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  4. "Olaf Tzschoppe, Zsigmond Szathmáry - entgrenzt unbounded (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  5. Murat Coskun. "Olaf Tzschoppe". Murat Coskun. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  6. "Profiles Olaf Tzschoppe". www.hfk-bremen.de. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

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