Wolfgang Köhler (October 15, 1960 in

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) is a German professor of

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and a jazz pianist.

Works and activities

As a pianist in the group "Just Friends", he made several tours in the German speaking countries from 1978 to 1991. In 1980, he started to study under Walter Norris and others at

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. Since then, he played with numerous well-known artists like Jiggs Whigham,

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and

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. From 1982 to 1986, he was a member of RIAS Dance Orchestra and later also a pianist in some of talk shows. Wolfgang Köhler has composed two revues in collaboration with the playwright Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg. He has composed also several film music including for the children's television series ''Karfunkel'' in ZDF. Since 1999, he has been a professor at the

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in Berlin. He has played with Tahsin İncirci since 2005. He has also performed as a member of ''Duo Divan''. Since 2000, he has been the bandleader of ''Allan Praskin Wolfgang Köhler quartet''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Köhler, Wolfgang German jazz pianists 1960 births Living people 21st-century German pianists Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin Berlin University of the Arts alumni