Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad (born 27 November 1962) is a German

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

publisher Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

music producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, a ...

Life

Born in

Schmölln Schmölln () is a town in Thuringia, Germany, landkreis of Altenburger Land. It lies on the river Sprotte. Geography Neighboring municipalities Municipalities in the district of Altenburger Land neighboring Schmölln include: Starkenberg, ...

, Kamprad grew up near the Thuringian town

Altenburg Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...

. From 1985 to 1990 he studied musicology at the

Leipzig University Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...

, followed by research studies at the

Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University The Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig () is a museum in Leipzig, Germany. It is located on Johannisplatz, near the city centre. The museum belongs to the University of Leipzig and is also part of the Grassi Museum, whose ...

from 1990 to 1993. In 1993 he founded the publishing house Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad and since then he has been publishing books on music and classical CDs on his querstand label. Kamprad is a distant relative of

Ingvar Kamprad Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish billionaire who founded IKEA in 1943 and grew into a multinational retail company that became the world's largest furniture seller in 2008. He moved to Switzerland w ...

, the founder of

IKEA IKEA ( , ) is a Multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in Sweden that designs and sells , household goods, and various related services. IKEA is owned and operated by a series of not-for-profit an ...

Publications

* Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad: Hörbuch ''Kurt Masur : Peter Tschaikowski: Sinfonie Nr. 6 h-Moll op. 74 ("Pathetique") / Ein Leben in Tönen - Hörbuch'', eine 70-minütige akustische Reise durch das Leben von Kurt Masur. querstand VKJK 0711 * Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad/Wilhelm Vogel: ''Von der Idee, sich selbst zu helfen 150 Jahre genossenschaftliches Bankwesen im Altenburger Land''. im Altenburger Land. E. Reinhold Verlag, Altenburg 2009, * ''Unmögliche Geschichte(n)? Kaiser Friedrich I. Barbarossa und die Reformation''. * ''Historische Straßenbahnfahrt durch Altenburg''.''Historische Straßenbahnfahrt durch Altenburg''
on WorldCat

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamprad, KlausJurgen 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists German record producers German music publishers (people) 1962 births Living people People from Schmölln Leipzig University alumni