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Trumpeter and composer Markus Stockhausen is one of the most versatile musicians of our time. He studied initially at the Cologne Musikhochschule and is as much at home in jazz as in contemporary and classical music. For about 25 years he collaborated closely with his father, the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, who wrote many works for him. As soloist, improviser and composer Markus Stockhausen is in international
demand. He has played in and led various jazz ensembles and plays contemporary and intuitive music in the duo Moving Sounds with clarinetist Tara Bouman, as well as with the percussionist Mark Nauseef and others. He has realised several major music projects in
close collaboration with his brother Simon and also regularly creates projects in different environments, bringing together guest musicians from different cultures, like Arild Andersen on bass, Dhafer Youssef voice and oud, Angelo Comisso on piano and Ferenc Snétberger on guitar. Works recently dedicated to him include Peter Eötvös' trumpet concerto Jet Stream and his own recent compositions include Portrait for Tara for basset horn and ensemble premiered in 2004 by Tara Bouman and the London Sinfonietta and Any Way composed for the Festival Players at the 2005 Cheltenham Music Festival. He also composes for film. Stockhausen has released more than 50 CDs to date.
www.markusstockhausen.com