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Olaf Tzschoppe (born 1962 in Kiel) is a German

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and

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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

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in Ann Arbor (USA) with Michael Udow and was a scholarship holder of the

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(DAAD)

Career

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

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. Tzschoppe specializes in repertoires for organ and percussion. There are a lot of works that have been written especially for him and

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. Some of those pieces have been released on "entgrenzt/unbounded". In addition to solo concerts, Tzschoppe also plays improvised music. He has cooperated with Turkish drummer Murat Coşkun for a long time as well. In 2004, Tzschoppe was appointed Professor for percussion and chamber music at the

University of the Arts Bremen The University of the Arts Bremen (German: Hochschule für Künste Bremen, HfK Bremen) is a public university in Bremen, Germany. It is one of the most successful arts institutions, and its origins date back to 1873. The University of the Arts Br ...

Compositions

* ''Pictures of an Exhibition'' Arr. for Organ and Percussion (2002) * ''Guro'' for Viola and Percussion (2006–07) * ''Kolongala'' for Solo percussion (2008) * ''Kolongala Kupanuliwa'' for spatialized percussion Quartett (2014) *''A Night on bald mountain'' Arr. for Organ and Percussion (2019)

References

External links

Official website

CD-Review from ''entgrenzt unbounded'' on klassik-heute.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tzschoppe, Olaf 1962 births German male musicians Living people Musicians from Kiel University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni Academic staff of the University of the Arts Bremen