Thomas Klemm
Thomas Klemm (born September 21, 1961 ) is a German musician , composer and music producer .
Live and act
Klemm studied saxophone, flute and piano at the Cottbus Conservatory from 1968 to 1978 . From 1980 he completed his studies at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin (until 1984). As a jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , flute ), he was already a member of the Fusion group during his studies and switched to Axel Donner's band in 1984 . In 1986 he formed his own band, College . In the same year he founded the jazz wind quartet Fun Horns with Volker Schlott , Jörg Huke and Joachim Hesse , with which he was internationally successful. They undertook tours of the Goethe Institute through Africa, South America, Europe, Asia and the USA. He left the group in 1998. In the jazz area, he continued to be involved in recordings with Pascal von Wroblewsky , Cecil Taylor and Gebhard Ullmann . He was also involved in several JAKO-O albums .
Klemm worked as a lecturer at the Hanns Eisler Music Academy in Berlin from 1994 to 1997 and was on study trips to the USA, Brazil and Great Britain. He has been a composer and producer for years. This led to collaboration with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra , the Babelsberg Film Orchestra , the RIAS Big Band Berlin , the orchestra of the Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin and Mecklenburg Chamber Soloists (North German Philharmonic).
Klemm composed the music for over 300 film and television productions and produced more than 20 CDs for children. He is a member of the German Composers' Association and GEMA .
Klemm is married to the cellist Astrid Klemm and lives with her in Berlin ( Prenzlauer Berg ) and in the Uckermark . He has four children. His brothers are the singer and guitarist Hansi Klemm and the conductor Detlef Klemm.
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: The Liar
- 1995: The controller
- 2000: Bergwacht - Duel am Abgrund (TV movie)
- 2001: Tatort: Nothing left under control
- 2002: No man for a number (TV movie)
- 2002–2005: Edel & Starck (TV series, 52 episodes)
- 2003: Lotto ticket into luck (TV movie)
- 2004: You never have beautiful men to yourself (TV movie)
- 2004: Crime scene: death under the organ
- 2004–2005: My Boss and I (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2005–2006: Up to the Top (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2006: Typisch Sophie (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2007: Alone Among Farmers (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2007: kiss me comrade! (TV movie)
- 2008: 1: 0 for happiness (TV movie)
- 2008: Greetings to an angel (TV movie)
- 2008: Happiness is a Cat (TV movie)
- 2009: One for all - women can do better (TV series, 100 episodes)
- 2010: Through Africa in a wedding dress (TV movie)
- 2010-2014: The Last Bull (TV series, 60 episodes)
- 2010: Lying also needs to be learned (TV film)
- 2011: Stankowski's Millions (TV movie)
- 2011: Indian for Beginners (TV movie)
- 2012: Out of love for you (TV movie)
- 2012: Put through its paces (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2013: When my wife became my boss ... (Director: Matthias Steurer )
- 2013: Big man, very small! (TV movie)
- 2013: Frauenherzen (TV movie)
- 2013-2014: Cheerful to fatal: Capital District (TV series, 32 episodes)
- 2014: Siebenschön (TV movie)
- 2015: Polizeiruf 110: Ikarus (TV movie)
- 2015: Frauenherzen - The Series (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2016: Veterinarian Dr. Mertens (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2016: The fairy tale of the land of milk and honey (TV film)
- 2017: Six correct numbers and me (TV movie)
- 2018: The Savior - We Are Lawyers (TV series, 6 episodes)
Discographic notes
- Pascal von Wroblewsky Swinging Pool (1986)
- Fun Horns Surprise (1990)
- Wroblewsky-Donner-Klemm live (1990) with Axel Donner and Pascal von Wroblewsky
- Pascal von Wroblewsky So Easy (1992) with Axel Donner
- Billy Jenkins & Fun Horns Mayfest '94 (1994) with Hue Warren, Steve Watts, Martin France
- Karl Scharnweber / Thomas Klemm / Wolfgang Schmiedt ChoralConcert - Passion (1994) with Lauren Newton , Elisabeth Tuchmann, Oskar Mörth, Bertl Mütter
- Fun Horns The moon has risen (1996, quarterly award of the German Record Critics 1997)
- Karl Scharnweber / Thomas Klemm / Wolfgang Schmiedt ChoralConcert - Inspiration, Evolution (2008)
- Nola Note on a journey through time (2013) with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra
Awards
- Federal Film Prize 1998 - Eastern Landscape
- German Television Award 2001 - Edel & Starck
- German Television Award 2002 nomination - Edel & Starck
- Sony Music Award 2010 - The Last Bull
- Sony Music Award 2011 - The Last Bull
- German Television Award 2012 - The Last Bull
- German Comedy Prize 2012 - Stankowski's Millions
- German Television Award 2014 nomination - The Last Bull
- Soloist prizes in Belgium and Poland
literature
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 1: A – L (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16512). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16512-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Klemm in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Klemm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Thomas Klemm's website
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Klemm, Thomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film composer, music producer and jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1961 |