Thomas Zaufke

Thomas Zaufke (born December 11, 1966 in Bremen ) is a German composer .

Life

Zaufke has in the 80 years of remedial courses " Youth composes " , the GEMA and VDMK visited and studied from 1987 at the University of Arts in Berlin . Since 1995 he has been active in the fields of musicals and incidental music. During his studies, Zaufke also took to the stage as a musical performer for various productions, such as Anything goes and Cabaret . Since 1995 Zaufke has dedicated himself to the areas of "musical" and "stage music". In collaboration with the author and director Peter Lund , he created the music for numerous pieces, such as Baby Talk (2000), Elternabend (2003) and Mein Avatar und Ich (2010), all of which premiered at the Neukölln Opera in Berlin.

Zaufke has already worked for many houses and productions: for example, he has composed for the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus ( Pünktchen and Anton and Ronja Räubert Daughter ), the Schauspielhaus Hannover (Ugly Ducklings) , the Schauspiel Kiel (Moby Dick) and the Berlin GRIPS Theater ( Rosa and The faxing thickness ). Zaufke also composed and arranged for the Leipzig Gewandhaus , the Renaissance Theater in Vienna , Gayle Tufts , Irmgard Knef , Tim Fischer , Isabel Weicken , Daniela Ziegler , Hartwig Rudolz and for Kein Pardon - Das Musical .

Zaufke also worked as a vocal dubbing voice for various Disney productions (including Die Schöne und das Biest II ).

Further commitment

Zaufke has been a member of the jury for the award of the German Musical Theater Prize since 2015 .

Works (selection)

• Baby Talk (2000), text: Peter Lund
• Cinderella does not fit (2000), text: Peter Lund
• Julius & the Ghosts (2002), directed by Panhans
• Can you whistle, Johanna? (2002), directed by Panhans
• Parents' evening (2003), text: Peter Lund
• The miraculous journey of the little toad (2003), directed by Panhans
• Going for a Bath (2003), directed by Steiof
• Konrad, the child from the rose (2004), directed by Mottl
• Letterland aka "Erwin Kannes - Consolation of Women" (2005), text: Peter Lund
• Die Faxen dicke (2005), directed by Panhans
• Held Müller (2006), text: Peter Lund
• Puss in Boots (2006), written / directed by Peter Lund
• Ugly Ducklings (2007), text: Peter Lund
• Buy yourself a child (2007), text: Peter Lund
• My Avatar and Me (2010), Text: Peter Lund
• Humboldt! a musical for Alexander von ... (2010), text: Ulrich Michael Heissig - Irmgard Knef
• Big Money (2011), text: Peter Lund
• Alice in Wonderland (2012), text: Henry Mason
• Three hazelnuts for Cinderella (2013), text book: Katrin Lange , lyrics: Edith Jeske
• Wagner's thing with the ring (2013), text: Ulrich Michael Heissig
• The last commune (2013), text: Peter Lund
• Sisters in the Spirit (2014), text: Peter Lund
• Grim! - The really true story of Little Red Riding Hood and her wolf (2014), text: Peter Lund
• Kopfkino (2017), text: Peter Lund

Web links

• Vita at Klassika Info .
• Report of the world about Peter Lund and Thomas Zaufke .
• Life dates at Mehr! Entertainment .
• GRIPS Theater Berlin.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Award procedure for the German Musical Theater Prize in the 2014/15 season In: deutschemusicalakademie.de. Retrieved September 20, 2015.