Kim Märkl

Kim Märkl

Kim Märkl (born July 22, 1961 in Cleveland , Ohio, USA) is an American writer, composer and clarinetist .

biography

education

Kim Märkl was born in Cleveland, Ohio and began her musical training with Angelo Fortini, who, together with her father, a drummer, gave her the first musical inspiration. She received her Bachelor of Music in Clarinet from Indiana University Bloomington and her Master of Music from Northwestern University , Chicago, where she studied with Robert Marcellus. Further studies with Larry Combs had a great influence on her musical development. In 1985 she received a Fulbright scholarship to study at the Musikhochschule Freiburg, Germany, from which she graduated with a soloist diploma.

life and work

Today Kim Märkl is a sought-after chamber musician , soloist, orchestral musician and teacher. She performed at the Spoleto , Tanglewood and Aspen festivals and played in various orchestras in Germany and Switzerland. In 2002 she founded the Atlantic Crossing recording studio with her husband Key-Thomas Märkl , son of concert master Josef Märkl and violinist with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , where she works as a producer, composer and author. She is particularly interested in combining stories with music, with her work being performed throughout Germany and published by several publishers in Germany, Switzerland and the USA. Her works have been performed and recorded by well-known actors and musicians, including a. Sky du Mont , Hélène Grimaud , Ingolf Turban , Dietlinde Turban , Christian Tramitz , Sunnyi Melles , Steven Isserlis , Alex Dorow and August Zirner .

Awards

Jazz dreams in Cleveland

Solun's legacy

Mozart's Magic Night in Nymphenburg

Leopold

• The story of the Ring of the Nibelung (Zimmermann Verlag Frankfurt)
• 2011: Lied des Torero (Monarda Publishing House) - nominated
• 2013: Jazz dreams in Cleveland (Monarda Publishing House) - nominated

Discography (selection)

Musical fairy tales about classical musical instruments

published by Monarda Publishing House:

• Stradivari's gift for narrator ( Christian Tramitz ), violin ( Key-Thomas Märkl ) and string orchestra
• The snake charmer for narrator ( Sky du Mont ), clarinet (Kim Märkl), guitar ( Christian Gruber ) and tabla (Tobias Ott)
• Jazz dreams in Cleveland for narrators ( August Zirner ) and jazz quartet (Fourscore)
• The King's Daughter for narrator (Gabriele Lehner) and flute (Natalie Schwaaber)
• Song of the torero for narrator ( Alex Dorow ) and guitar ( Gruber & Maklar )
• Pearls of the opera for narrators ( Sunnyi Melles ) and soprano ( Maria Callas )
• Mozart's Magic Night in Nymphenburg for narrator ( Stefan Wilkening ) and piano ( Hélène Grimaud )
• Solun's legacy for narrators ( Christian Tramitz ) and drums (Christian Pilz)

More shots

• The mysterious box for narrator, violin and string orchestra (Zimmermann Verlag Frankfurt)
• In the land of the midnight sun for narrator and violoncello (Zimmermann Verlag Frankfurt)
• Sleep well little bear (Zimmermann Verlag Frankfurt)

• Daydreams at French chimneys (Mitteldeutscher Verlag)

Compositions

• Love, theft and woodworms - confessions of a violin dealer for actors and a violinist
• The violinist for actors, violinists and piano
• Kreuzwege for clarinet and string quartet
• Sea Magic - Ballet
• String song for violin and piano
• Street scene for clarinet and drums

literature

• The mysterious box , picture book with CD (Zimmermann Verlag Frankfurt)
• In the land of the midnight sun , picture book with CD (Zimmermann Verlag Frankfurt)
• The snake charmer , picture book with CD (Bohem Press)

Web links

• Works by and about Kim Märkl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Monarda Publishing House
• Leopold Prize
• Atlantic Crossing Recording & Music