Jürgen Kupke
Jürgen Kupke (* 1960 in Vogtland ) is a German clarinetist .
Live and act
Kupke studied clarinet from 1977 to 1981 at the “Hanns Eisler” University of Music in Berlin , then until 1987 he was solo clarinetist at the Theater der Stadt Brandenburg and from 1987–1991 saxophonist and clarinetist at the small stage Das Ei at Berlin's Friedrichstadtpalast . Since 1992 he has worked as a freelance studio and theater musician, u. a. for the Deutsches Theater Berlin , Berliner Ensemble and the Maxim-Gorki-Theater . In 1989 he was a member of the Günter Heinz Quartet , in 1994 he was a guest musician in the band Animato around Bernhard Kegel . Since 1995 he has been playing in a duo with the pianistHannes Zerbe . He was also the band Frigg by Bert Wrede on, with he recorded several albums. In 1998 the album The Clarinet Trio ( Leo Records ) was created, with Kupke (clarinet), Gebhard Ullmann and Theo Nabicht (bass clarinet). He has been a member of the Hermann Keller Quartet since the mid-2000s ; since 2011 he has been a member of Hannes Zerbes Jazzorchester Berlin. He also worked on Ullmann's various Ta Lam band projects, such as the tribute album to Charles Mingus (2011). He teaches at the Berlin-Kreuzberg Music School.
Discographic notes
- Tá Lam Eight: Moritat (99 Records, 1994)
- Frigg: Doenerfressing Woman (99 Records, 1995, with Bert Wrede, Sebastian Hilken, Horst Nonnenmacher , Boris Bell)
- Frigg: Dust Diary (99 Records, 1997, with Bert Wrede, Sebastian Hilken, Horst Nonnenmacher, Boris Bell, and David Tronzo , Elliott Sharp )
- Frigg: Brecht ( Knitting Factory Records, 1999, with Bert Wrede, Sebastian Hilken, Horst Nonnenmacher, Boris Bell, as well as Phil Minton , Meira Asher, Theo Nabicht, Michael Groß, Elliott Sharp)
- Stereo Lisa: Anno Onno Monno (Jazzwerkstatt, 2008), with Gebhard Ullmann, Benjamin Weidekamp , Aki Sebastian Ruhl , Almut Kühne , Richard Koch , Ibadet Ramadani, Matthias Müller , Simon Harrer , Michael Haves, Christian Marien
- Ta Lam 11: Mingus! (Jazzwerkstatt, 2011), with Volker Schlott , Gebhard Ullmann
- The Clarinet Trio: Jürgen Kupke, Gebhard Ullmann, Michael Thieke 4 ( Leo Records 2012)
- Double Trio de Clarinettes Itinéraire Bis ( Between the Lines 2013, with Armand Angster , Michael Thielke, Gebhard Ullmann, Jean-Marc Foltz , Sylvain Kassap )
- The Clarinet Trio plus Alexey Kruglov: Live in Moscow (Leo, 2017), with Gebhard Ullmann, Michael Thieke, Alexej Kruglov
Web links
- Web presence
- Jürgen Kupke at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kupke, Jürgen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German jazz and theater musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vogtland |