Markus W. Kropp
Markus W. Kropp (born February 5, 1973 in Düsseldorf ) is a German pianist and composer .
Career
Kropp had been taking piano lessons since he was seven and gave his first concerts with works by Bach , Chatschaturjan , Mussorgsky and others at the age of 10.
After ten years of piano lessons and parallel to his studies, Markus W. Kropps wrote his first composition, the 9 small variations . During his studies in 1997 he won third prize in the nationwide competition in Chemnitz, majoring in piano. As a result, he gave a guest appearance in Nuremberg. A master class at the Russian School with Vitaly Margulis rounded off his training as a concert pianist.
Other piano concerts followed, including a. the performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra at the University of Cologne .
From 2001 to 2003 Kropp directed the event series The Piano Experience at ARTheater (Cologne) , during which he appeared as a composer and pianist with "classical piano music as a bar sound". The first piano works were published in 2009 by Verlag Neue Musik .
Kropp regularly gives solo concerts, among other things in the concert series "5 to 12" in Dormagen , Sunday music in St. Aposteln in Cologne and performances in other German cities.
Discographic notes
- Pianodawn - One (Musikverlag B36, 2017)
Web links
- http://www.markuswkropp.de - Website by Markus W. Kropp
- Literature by and about Markus W. Kropp in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kropp, Markus W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |