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Klaus Martin Kopitz

Klaus Martin Kopitz (born January 29, 1955, Stendal) is a German composer and musicologist. He became known in particular with his album Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea. 20 songs for 2 pianos. In the US, it was 2018 on the annual "Want List" of the music magazine Fanfare.

Life

Kopitz studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" (1975–1980) and at the Academy of Arts, Berlin (1985–1987), where he was a pupil of Georg Katzer. Later he worked at the theatre in Neustrelitz, at the Berlin University of the Arts (since 2002) and at the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig (since 2012).

Music

His compositions are inspired from Classical music, Jazz, Pop and Minimal music, but can not be assigned to any specific style. In particular, his CD Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea was highly praised by the critics. For Dave Saemann it is "the most titillating CD I've come across in a long time". Huntley Dent calls it "unique among current and past releases". Oliver Buslau stated: "An ever-surprising panorama from classical to free tonal, from jazzy to minimalist".

Awards

Selected discography

  • 2018: Mia Brentano’s Hidden Sea: 20 Songs for 2 Pianos; with Benyamin Nuss & Max Nyberg (piano) – Mons Records
  • When it Rained, Christina's World, Early Birds, Miss Ada, Misty Morning, Along the River, Slapstick, A Silent Place, Children, My Huckleberry Friend, A Storm is Coming, Canajoharie, Wherever You Are, On the Train to Maine, Footprints, Mama Mia’s Moonshine Bar, Remembering Stella, Summernight Tales, Wake up, 4 o’clock a.m.
  • 2019: Mia Brentano’s River of Memories: A Mystery Trip; with Benyamin Nuss (piano), Andy Miles (clarinet), Johannes Ernst (saxophone), Hans Dekker (drums), Klaus Martin Kopitz (electronics) et al. – Mons Records
  • Blue Moon, Under the Surface, Les Champs magnétiques, Floating, Der Besucher, Wide Open Landscape, Silver Rain, Die Stille des verlassenen Raumes, Over the City of Glass, Angry Mia, Septemberland, Lily of the Valley, Ghosts (for Paul Auster), Dancing in Twilight, Brahms Is Sleeping
  • 2021: Mia Brentano’s Summerhouse: New Music for 2 Pianos; with Benyamin Nuss & Billy Test (piano); produced by WDR Köln – Mons Records
  • The Letter, Roads into Dusk, Cat in the Window, Before Sunrise, I Was Seventeen, Unsung Song, Desert Island, Birds Leaving the Earth, Strange Little Boy, Dreaming Mathilda, Sleepy Landscape, Funky Fox, Angel in the Rain, Nightlounge, She Needs the Wind, Alone at the Lakeside, It’s Dripping on My Roof, Red Shoes, Drifting, Walking in Starlight
  • 2023 – Mia Brentano’s American Diary; Benyamin Nuss (piano), Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Christian Köhler (conducting) – Mons Records
  • A Cabin in the Rockies, Good Morning, Good Fairy, Both of Us, Mad Dog in the Fog, Our God Is the Moon Over Alaska, Wie ein Vogel zu fliegen (Wolfgang Richter, arr. by Mia Brentano), The Secret Garden, Midnight in Paradise, Wild Neighbors, Laurel Canyon, I Thought About You (Jimmy Van Heusen, arr. by Mia Brentano), Not All Who Wander Are Lost, Talking with Trees, Me and the Wizard, A Bridge Across the Ocean, Flying Lights, Flying Colors, Eisler in Hollywood, Last Evening in Carmel, For Whom the Bell Tolls, No Time to Stop, Sandpiper’s Grave, Let It Rain, Burning Bodega (A Nightmare), Sandman’s Lullaby (Wolfgang Richter, arr. by Benyamin Nuss)

Selected bibliography

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