Ralf Stemmann (21 June 1958 - 7 August 2017) was a German-born

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

, composer, remixer, keyboards player, and synthesizer programmer. Global record sales of productions he has been involved in as a composer, producer and arranger exceed 150 million units. He earned

Latin Grammy The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been ...

nominations for his work with

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(“Yo No Soy Esa Mujer”, Best Music Video, as a composer) and Luz Rios (“Aire”, Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Album, as producer). He also won the 20th Annual USA Songwriting Competition in the Latin category with the song "Enamorados" with Luz Rios in 2014. He died on 7 August 2017 in Malibu, California.

Biography

Personal life

Ralf Stemmann was born in Germany. He received a broad classical piano instruction from 1965 to 1981. With time he gained experience and developed his talent through hundreds of live appearances and by writing vocal and instrumental parts for Top-40 bands. Later he learned comprehensive studio techniques in engineering, arranging, synthesizer programming and sound design at Studio 33 (formerly Star Studio) together with Spanish producer Luis Rodriguez. He also instructed adults and children in piano, organ and harmony theory at the private music school of Frank Valdor. His musical art was sought after by artists from all over the world, which made him travel extensively. He lived and worked in Hamburg, Berlin, London, Miami and since more than 20 years now in Los Angeles, allowing him to collaborate with a diverse array of artists and earning many awards. On 7 August 2017, he died at age of 59.

Professional career

He started his music career in the early 80s with Schampus, with the project "Phantom In Rom" for the label Night’n’Day Records where he collaborated with Mike Mareen. In the mid 80s Ralf worked as a studio engineer and sound designer at Studio 33 with

Modern Talking Modern Talking was a German pop music duo consisting of arranger, songwriter and producer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders. They have been referred to as Germany's most successful pop duo, and have had a number of hit singles, reaching ...

being co-arranger together with Luis Rodríguez.Se
German magazine BRAVO, Oct.1986
/ref> His credits as a producer, composer, arranger and keyboard player include collaborations with:

, Chris Norman, C.C. Catch,

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, London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,

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, Paul Bennett,

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, Smokie,

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and many others. Ralf also composed, produced and arranged music for films, TV and videos including ''

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'' and several episodes of the TV crime-show ''

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'', '' The Old Fox'' and TV series such as ''

Rivalen der Rennbahn ''Rivalen Der Rennbahn'' is a German television series that aired in 1989, with a total of eleven episodes. It was directed by Stefan Bartmann. Plot Successful jockey Christian Adler mysteriously falls off his horse and is injured so badly that ...

'', videos for ''

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'', themes for the PBS Kids series '' The Huggabug Club'', themes for the ''Buscando Estrellas'' series from 1992-1993 as well as ''Supermodels of the World'', ''International Auto-Show Detroit'' and others. He worked on the scores for the animated TV series ''History of Mexico'' and for the movies ''The Pearl'' and '. After moving to USA, he worked as composer, producer, arranger of Latin stars, some of them are

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, Marta Sanchez, Luz Rios,

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, Martin Nievera, Cusco,

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, Pablo Ruiz, besides others. He got to win the Latin grammy for his productions and is considered one of the best music producers of this music market.

Awards

, - ! ! ! ! Credits ! , - , rowspan=1, 1989 , rowspan=1, "Rivalen der Rennbahn" (soundtrack album) , rowspan=1, BMG Ariola / Hansa (Germany) Gold Album , rowspan=1, Arranger , , - , rowspan=1, 1990 , rowspan=1, "Twilight" - Blue System , rowspan=1, BMG Ariola / Hansa (Germany) Gold Album , rowspan=1, Arranger , , - , rowspan=1, 1994 , rowspan=1, "Mujer" - Marta Sanchez , rowspan=1, Polygram Iberica (Spain) Gold Album , rowspan=1, Arranger, producer, composer , , - , rowspan=1, 1994 , rowspan=1, "Love Is The Answer" - Teri Ann Linn , rowspan=1, Fazer Music / Warner (Philippines) Gold Album , rowspan=1, Arranger, producer, composer , , - , rowspan=1, 1995-2000 , rowspan=1, "The Huggabug Club" (educational TV series for kids) , rowspan=1, The Parents Choice Award, The Dove Foundation Award, The Kids First! Award, The Media Access Award , rowspan=1, Arranger, producer, composer , , - , rowspan=1, 2003 , rowspan=1, "Yo No Soy Esa Mujer" - Paulina Rubio , rowspan=1, BMI Latin Award , rowspan=1, Composer , , - , rowspan=1, 2006 , rowspan=1, "Becoming" - Sarah Geronimo , rowspan=1, ASAP (Philippines) Pop Viewer's Choice Awards: Pop Album of the Year , rowspan=1, Arranger, composer , , - , rowspan=1, 2006 , rowspan=1, "I Still Believe In Loving You" - Sarah Geronimo , rowspan=1, ASAP (Philippines) Pop Viewer's Choice Awards: Pop Song of the Year , rowspan=1, Arranger, composer , , - , rowspan=1, 2007 , rowspan=1, "Dream On" - Mark Bautista , rowspan=1, VIVA Entertainment (Philippines) Gold Album , rowspan=1, Arranger, composer , , - , rowspan=1, 2007 , rowspan=1, "Becoming" - Sarah Geronimo , rowspan=1, VIVA Entertainment(Philippines) Platinum Album , rowspan=1, Arranger, composer , , - , rowspan=1, 2009 , rowspan=1, "Music And Me" - Sarah Geronimo , rowspan=1, VIVA Entertainment(Philippines) Platinum Album , rowspan=1, Arranger , , - , rowspan=1, 2009 , rowspan=1, "I'll Be The One" - Mark Bautista , rowspan=1, VIVA Entertainment(Philippines) Platinum Album , rowspan=1, Arranger, composer , , - , rowspan=1, 2009 , rowspan=1, "Your Christmas Girl" - Sarah Geronimo , rowspan=1, VIVA Entertainment(Philippines) Platinum Album , rowspan=1, Arranger , , - , rowspan=1, 2014 , rowspan=1, "Enamorados" - Luz Rios , rowspan=1, 20th Annual USA Songwriting Competition , rowspan=1, Arranger, producer, composer ,

References

External links

Page in MySpace

Nominations to Latin Grammy

Winner composers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stemmann, Ralf German record producers German composers Latin music musicians 1958 births 2017 deaths