Arne Kopfermann

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Arne Kopfermann

Arne Kopfermann (born August 1, 1967 in Erlangen ) is a German Christian songwriter , musician , music producer and non-fiction author.

Life

Kopfermann grew up in Hamburg as the son of pastor Wolfram Kopfermann . He studied sociology with a focus on media in Hamburg and Frankfurt as well as theology at the University of the Nations in Kona / Hawaii and at the Anskar-Kolleg in Hamburg. He also studied popular music at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater.

For many years Kopfermann was the musical director of the parish music work of the Anskar Church in Hamburg. He composed more than 600 songs, wrote them with and for Daniel Kallauch , Ijakka , Sharona , Albert Frey , Daniel Harter, Sammy Jersak, Sefora Nelson , Anja Lehmann , Samuel Harfst , Winnie Schweitzer and Wayne Morris and published various national project CDs.

Arne Kopfermann 2008 in Israel

From 1999 to 2002 he was head of the Christian music label Projektion J Music House in Asslar , from 2002 to 2010 he was responsible for the Pop and Praise & Worship departments at Gerth Medien Verlag in Asslar as A&R Director and Head of Distribution . Since 2008 he has been working mainly as a freelancer and is traveling to seminars, concert readings and concerts in German-speaking countries.

As a singer, guitarist, lyricist, composer, author, speaker and producer, he performs widely and has shared with Gregor Meyle, Michael W. Smith, Newsboys, Casting Crowns, Matt Redman, Martin Smith, Paul Colman, Larry Norman, Claas P. Jambor , Someday Jacob, Sara Lorenz, Sefora Nelson, Noel Richards, Brian Doerksen, Graham Kendrick of the Outbreak Band and many others took the stage. He published a large number of CDs under his own name in the field of “modern parish songs” as well as with concert music.

Kopfermann was the initiator of the Ichthys Worship Night in Frankfurt, which took place six times a year from 2002 to 2010. Together with Judy Bailey, he has been a music ambassador for the aid organization World Vision Germany since 2005 , and since 1999 lecturer at the Worship Academy in Altensteig . In the summer of 2006 he performed as a musician at the major event Calling All Nations in Berlin , initiated by Noel Richards .

Arne Kopfermann is married and has one son. In 2017, he processed the accidental death of his ten-year-old daughter, partly to blame, on a double CD and in the book Mitten aus dem Leben .

Publications

  • The ABC of worship. Foundations for a balanced worship practice , Asaph-Verlag, Lüdenscheid 1996, ISBN 978-3-931025-09-0 .
  • Kopfermann 1988-1998. 50 songs , Asaph-Verlag, Lüdenscheid 1998, ISBN 978-3-931025-54-0 .
  • Who is a god like you 52 devotions to well-known worship songs , projection J, Aßlar 2003, ISBN 978-3-89490-481-4 .
  • The secret of praise and worship. The manual for practice , projection J, Aßlar 2001, ISBN 978-3-89490-336-7 .
  • The Secret of Praise and Adoration (Revised and expanded new edition), C&P Verlag, Glashütten 2009, ISBN 978-3-86770-121-1 .
  • In the middle of life. When a storm turns your world off its hinges , Gerth Medien, Aßlar 2017, ISBN 978-3-95734-237-9 .

Discography (selection)

  • In the Shine of Your Holiness , Color Collection 1990
  • Voice of Unity , Color Collection 1992
  • Writing on the Wall , Pila Music 1996
  • With your eyes , Color Collection 1996
  • Full of longing , Asaph Music 1997
  • RMC feat. Gospelfloor , Pila Music 1997
  • He makes free , Gerth Medien 1998
  • Listen to me , Asaph Music 1998
  • The Singles , Asaph Music 1999
  • Changes , Gerth Music 1999; New edition as The Heart of Worship , Gerth Medien 2004
  • Awaken us , Gerth Medien 2000
  • Adoration & Awakening 2000 , Live with Albert Frey , Norm Strauss CAN, Gerth Medien 2000
  • In Love with Jesus Vol. 1 - Vol. 8 , Gerth Medien 2001-2008
  • There's a Place to Pray Vol. 1 , Live, Gerth Media 2002
  • Kopfermann Collection , Pop Songs Best Of, Gerth Medien 2002
  • 1000 reasons , Gerth Medien 2003
  • Song of Heaven (in English with Lothar Kosse, Albert Frey) Gerth Medien 2003
  • Arne Kopfermann - With all my heart , Praise Songs Best of 1994–2004, Gerth Medien 2004
  • There's a Place to Pray Vol. 2 , Live, Gerth Medien 2004
  • Arne Kopfermann - Never Forget It , Gerth Medien June 2005
  • There's a Place to Pray Vol. 3 , Live, Gerth Media 2007
  • Arne Kopfermann & Friends - Mysterious God , Gerth Medien 2008
  • Arne Kopfermann - Over the Sea , Gerth Medien 2009
  • Love song , Gerth Medien 7/2009
  • I will be quiet (For the year of silence), Gerth Medien 9/2009
  • In Love with Jesus - Eternally faithful God , Gerth Medien 9/2009
  • When the day comes, Sefora Nelson debut album , Gerth Media 3/2010
  • Arne Kopfermann - Stories , Gerth Medien 9/2010
  • God of our cities , Gerth Medien 1/2011
  • You are raised , Gerth Medien 1/2011
  • I will be silent Vol. 2 , Gerth Medien 7/2011
  • I am with you , Gerth Medien 9/2011
  • Your grace alone , Gerth Medien 1/2012
  • You alone save me , Gerth Medien 1/2013
  • Arne Kopfermann & Friends - If I only had words , Gerth Medien 9/2012
  • I am with you Vol. 2 , Gerth Medien 1/2013
  • The Lord is so great - your love remains , Gerth Medien, 1/2014
  • We adore (orange) , SCM Hänssler, 1/2014
  • Arne Kopfermann - Long Way , SCM Hänssler, 7/2014
  • This is how big the Lord is - In your house , Gerth Medien, 9/2014
  • Adoration for Christmas - You are love , Gerth Medien, 9/2014
  • We adore (green) , SCM Hänssler, 1/2015
  • Why my heart is so attached to you , Gerth Medien, 2/2015
  • Love without end , Gerth Medien, 9/2015
  • Celebrate Jesus - His Word, My Song , SCM Hänssler, 1/2016
  • You deserve the honor , Worship Classic, Gerth Medien, 1/2016
  • Celebrating Jesus - Duets of Adoration , SCM Hänssler, 9/2016
  • Grace invites me , SCM Hänssler, 9/2017
  • Arne Kopfermann - In the Middle of Life , SCM Hänssler, 9/2017
  • My praise belongs to you - worship classics, Gerth Medien, 1/2018

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ead.de/nachrichten/nachrichten/einzelansicht/article/judy-bailey-und-arne-kopfermann-gemeinsam-fuer-world-vision-auf-tournee.html
  2. ↑ http://worshipacademy.de/dozenten/
  3. ↑ On July 15, 2006, the major event Calling All Nations , attended by around 24,000 Christians, took place in the Berlin Olympic Stadium , christen-in-berlin.de, article from March 19, 2007.
  4. ↑ Written with tears . pro Christian Media Magazine 5/2017, pp. 52–53
personal data
SURNAME Kopfermann, Arne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Christian songwriter , musician and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH gain