Klaus Martin Kopitz


Klaus Martin Kopitz is a German composer and musicologist. He became known in particular with his album Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea. 20 songs for 2 pianos. In the US, it was 2018 on the annual "Want List" of the music magazine Fanfare.

Life

Kopitz studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" and at the Academy of Arts in Berlin, where he was a pupil of Georg Katzer. Later he worked at the theatre in Neustrelitz, at the Berlin University of the Arts and at the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig.

Music

His compositions are inspired from Classical music, Jazz, Pop and Minimal music, but can not be assigned to any specific style. In particular, his CD Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea was highly praised by the critics. For Dave Saemann it is "the most titillating CD I've come across in a long time". Huntley Dent calls it "unique among current and past releases". Oliver Buslau stated: "An ever-surprising panorama from classical to free tonal, from jazzy to minimalist".

Awards