Leonhard Koppelmann

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Leonhard Koppelmann (2005)

Leonhard Koppelmann (* 1970 in Aachen ) is a German radio play and theater director .

Life

After graduating from high school, Leonhard Koppelmann was assistant director at WDR and NDR from 1989 to 1995 . From 1991 to 1995 he studied theater directing at the University of Hamburg , a. a. with Jürgen Flimm and then worked as an assistant director at Thalia-Theater Hamburg , a. a. with Jürgen Flimm, Jürgen Gosch and Sven-Eric Bechtolf . In 1997 he received the Gertrud Eysoldt Prize for the best young director for the production of Lessing's Die Juden at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. Further productions followed, including a. “Attacks on Anne” by Martin Crimp and “Andy Warhol - Cleaning in American”. Most recently he staged “The Queen's Men” and “Schwejk” together with Peter Jordan at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and “Märchen im Grand-Hotel” at the Mainz State Theater. In 2018, together with Daniel Hope (violinist) , he realized a new text version (Peter Jordan) of Igor Stravinsky's “ Story of the Soldier ” for the Philharmonie Essen.

After assisting radio play directors Heinz von Cramer , Walter Adler and Norbert Schaeffer , he also began writing as a radio author in 1993: features, radio plays for children and young people and crime novels. He is best known as a radio play director.

In addition to the major literary adaptations by Thomas Mann , Wolfgang Köppen or Max Frisch , his “documentary-dramatic” works, which are often created in close collaboration with renowned journalists (e.g. “Rommel”, “You don't play with beasts” or “ Klaus Barbie - Encounter with Evil ”) live radio plays occupy a special place in his work. So in this intermediate area between theater and radio play a. a. So far, live adaptations of “ Fantômas ” with the WDR, the musical “Billy Bishop Rises” at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Jurek Becker's “We are also just a people” at the Dresden State Theater or, together with Bastian Pastewka, a homage to the street sweepers of the 50s Years with Francis Durbridge's Paul Temple and the Gregory Case. Most recently together with Bela B and Rainer Brandt (actors) “Sartana - Still warm and sand on it!”, By Jan Weiler “Included society”, by Jan Wagner (writer) “Gold. Revue ”at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and“ Frankenstein ”based on Mary Shelley with the WDR Funkhausorchester.

Leonhard Koppelmann (2019)

In 2004 his production of the play For a Better World ... by Roland Schimmelpfennig was named Radio Play of the Year . In 2013 he was awarded the German Audio Book Prize for the radio play adaptation of "The Hundred Years Old Who Got Out of the Window" . In 2016, his radio play "Manhattan Transfer" (6 CDs, audio book Hamburg / SWR2, DLF) was named "Audio Book of the Year 2016" on the hr2 audio book best list . In 2017 he received the German Audiobook Prize in the category "Best Radio Play" for Frank Witzel's "The Invention of the Red Army Fraction by a manic-depressive teenager in the summer of 1969". In 2019 the WDR audience award for “Death under tinsel” by Kai Magnus Sting .

Works (selection)

Leonhard Koppelmann has directed over 250 radio plays and has also worked as an author or editor in almost 100 productions. (BEA, R) Adaptation and direction (CD) as CD and / or MC in trade (Co-AUT) Original author in participation (only BEA) only adaptation (only CO-AUT) only co-authorship (R) direction With a price Excellent productions are marked with an asterisk * (radio play of the month, audio book of the month and Prix Marculic).

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personal data
SURNAME Koppelmann, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German radio play and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen