Markus Stockhausen

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Markus Stockhausen
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Markus Stockhausen at TFF Rudolstadt in 2009
Background information
Born (1957-05-02) May 2, 1957 (age 66)
Cologne, West Germany
Genres Jazz, classical, avant-garde
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Trumpet
Years active1990s–present
Labels ECM, Dark Companion Records, Aktivraum, ACT Music, Okeh Records, Enja Records, Intuition Records
Website www.markusstockhausen.de

Markus Stockhausen (born May 2, 1957) [1] is a German trumpeter and composer. His recordings and performances have typically alternated between jazz and chamber or opera music, the latter often in collaboration with his father, composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.

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Biography

Born in Cologne, West Germany, [1] he is the son of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen [2] and the pianist and pedagogue Doris Stockhausen. At age four he appeared as "child at play" in his father's theatre piece Originale . He received his first piano lessons at age six, and at age twelve he began to play the trumpet. He attended the music secondary school in Cologne.

Concerts and festival appearances, also for the Goethe Institute, have taken him around the world. In November 2008 he gave the first performance of Freedom Variations, a composition for trumpet and chamber ensemble written by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero. [3]

The Markus Stockhausen Group (with Jeroen van Vliet p, Christian Thomé dr, Jörg Brinkmann cello) released on 27 August 2021 the album Tales. [4]

Discography

As sideman

With Rainer Brüninghaus

With Ralph Towner

With Lebowski

With Gaspare Bernardi

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References

  1. 1 2 "Markus Stockhausen Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic . Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2392. ISBN   0-85112-939-0.
  3. "Evento: Sonata Islands—Jazz & Notation: 25.11.2008 Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine ", Teatro del Verme, Provincia de Milano website (Accessed 28 January 2011).
  4. ""Tales" von der Markus Stockhausen Group". Swr.de. 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  5. "Markus Stockhausen | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 December 2016.

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