Berlin
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) is a German composer.
Marc Schubring was born in Berlin, studied composition with
Theo Brandmüller
Theo Brandmüller (* 2 February 1948 in Mainz; † 26 November 2012 in Saarbrücken) was a German composer of Contemporary Music, organist and university teacher.University of the Saarland, was Head of Theatrical Music at the
Theater Saarbrücken
Theater Saarbrücken, officially Saarländisches Staatstheater since 1971, is the state theatre of Saarland in its capital Saarbrücken, Germany. It has several divisions (opera, drama, dance, concert) and offers annually around 30 new productions ...
from 1994 to 1999 and is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, New York and the
Dramatists Guild of America
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Membership as an Associate Member is open to any person having written at least one stage play. Active Mem ...
.
He has been associated with the author Wolfgang Adenberg since 1990 in a productive collaboration which has given birth to two of the most frequently produced German-language musicals: ''Fletsch – Saturday Bite Fever'' (1993, book: Holger Hauer) and ''
Emil und die Detektive
''Emil and the Detectives'' () is a 1929 novel set mainly in Berlin, by the German writer Erich Kästner and illustrated by Walter Trier. It was Kästner's first major success and the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship. The ...
'', which was premiered at the Theater am Potsdamer Platz in Berlin in 2001. The partnership also created ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1995, revised 2009), ''Moulin Rouge Story'' (2008), ''Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war'' (2009), ''Tell'' (2012, book: Hans Dieter Schreeb) and ''Zum Sterben schön'' (2013). Most recently, the latest Schubring-Adenberg musical, »Pünktchen und Anton« after
Erich Kästner
Emil Erich Kästner (; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including '' Emil and the Detectives''. He received ...
, was given its first performance at the Junges Theater Bonn in September 2014.
In 2000 Marc Schubring wrote the
chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas such as Pergoles ...
''nimmerlandmensch'' based on texts by Birger Sellin, and in 2003 he adapted the music of ''Das Feuerwerk'' by
Paul Burkhard
Paul Burkhard (21 December 1911, Zürich – 6 September 1977, Zell) was a Swiss composer. He primarily wrote oratorios, musicals and operettas. The contemporaneous and similarly named Swiss composer Willy Burkhard was no relation to him.
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for the Burgtheater in
Vienna
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, for which he also created the arrangements. For the
Friedrichstadt-Palast
The Friedrichstadt-Palast, also shortened to Palast Berlin, is a revue in the Berlin district of Mitte (district center). The term Friedrichstadt-Palast designates both the building itself, and the revue theater as a body with his ensemble. The p ...
in Berlin, he produced compositions for the review ''Rhythmus Berlin'' (2003) and the score for the children's review ''Der Zauberer von Camelot'' (2007, book/lyrics: Lutz Hübner). He wrote additional songs for the musical ''Friedrich – Mythos und Tragödie'' (2012) and for ''Kolpings Traum'' (2013). For the Koblenz Theatre, he created the music for the family musicals ''Das Dschungelbuch'' (2012) and ''Jim Knopf'' (2013). The Hanau Brothers Grimm Festival commissioned him to write the musical ''Aschenputtel'' (2014).
In addition, Marc Schubring regularly writes film music for feature films and documentaries for television stations such as ZDF, KiKa, WDR and arte. In 2015 he wrote musicals such as "Gefährliche Liebschaften (Dangerous Liaisons) for the
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
The Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz (''State Theatre at Gärtnerplatz''), commonly called the Gärtnerplatztheater, is an opera house and opera company in Munich. (The "Gärtnerplatz" is an urban square in the borough Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt.) ...
in Munich, ''Der gestiefelte Kater (Puss in Boots)'' for Hanau and ''Double Trouble'' based on Kästner's ''Das doppelte Lottchen'' for
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