vita
education
| 1987 | higher school certificate at Gmynasium Hohenlimburg |
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| 1976 - 1987 | classic piano lessons at Musikschule Liebe/Hagen |
| 1986 - 1988 | jazz piano lessons under the direction of Stefan Bauer and Frank Wunsch |
| 1988 - 1993 | degree in jazz piano at the conservatorium voor de kunsten, Arnhem, Netherlands. Studied under Rob van den Broeck (jazzpiano), Jasper van't Hof (jazzpiano), Chris Seger (classical piano) with master classes of Lee Konitz, Richie Beirach, Philipp Caterine and John Taylor |
| 1992 - 1994 | pianist for the Bundesjazzorchester under the dirction of Peter Herbolzheimer |
marcus schinkel trio
| 1989 | foundation of the Marcus Schinkel Trio ( Wim de Vries-dr and Bas Rietmeijer-bs) |
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| 1996 | CD “First Of A Million Tones“ with guests Peter Weniger(sax)und Eric Vloeimans (tr) |
| 1999 | premiere of the first Classic meets Jazz project “Blues Over Beethoven“at the farewell celebration of the German goverment seat in Bonn |
| 2000 | Tour through vietnam at the invitation of the German Embassy in Hanoi |
| 2004 | CD "News From Beethoven" / bosrecords Berlin |
| 2004 -2005 | Cruisertour MS Deutschland with News From Beethoven in Helsinki, St.Petersburg and the Caribbean states |
| 2008 | TV- Feature News From Beethoven of the Deutsche Welle for 3sat |
| 2008 | Premiere des neuen Programms “9 Symphonies“ mit dem Indigo Streichquartett bei dem internationalen Beethovenfest Bonn |
| 2009 | CD “9 Symphonies“ feat.Indigo string quartet/GLM records |
| 2009 | Tour “9 Symphonies“, concerts at the congress of arts Kufstein/Austria, car fair Geneva, 24h-race Le Mans and Hahnenkamm-Race Kitzbühl/Austria |
| 2009 | CD-Release concert at Congress Of Arts Kufstein/A |
| 2010 | concert with Beethovenorchestra at the opera Bonn |
| 2011 | concert with Tel Aviv Conservatory String Ensemble & trio at Beethovenfestival |
| 2013 | concert for Porsche Salzburg/Austria |
| 2013 | Beethovenorchestra Goes Classic, Aftershowconcert, Beethovenhalle Bonn |
| 2014 | concerts with the jazz award winner Frederik Köster(tr) |
| 2015 | new program and CD “Crossover Beethoven“/bosrecords Berlin |
| 2015 | concert at the Porsche Arena Stuttgart for over 3500 listeners (2.Church Comedy Clu/German Evangelian Church Day) opening of the intern.Beethovenfest Bonn at the Kammermusiksaal Beethovenhaus |
| 2016 | new CD “Crossover Beethoven“, Tour in all main towns of Germany |
| 2016/17 | concerts with sax-legend Ernie Watts (2-time Grammy winner) at jazzfestival Bonn and jazzralley Duesseldorf |
| since 2016 | concerts with german gypsy-guitar star Joscho Stephan |
| 2017 | new program: “Pictures At An Exhibition“, Tribute To Keith Emerson with singer Johannes Kuchta and special keyboards like laserharp, rotary-keyboard and keytar |
| 2018 | concerts in Chengdu and Chongqing/China |
side projects
| 1995 | tour through Jordanien |
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| 1995 | guest concerts with Susan Weinert Band , Pete York(dr) and Charlie Mariano (sax) |
| since 2000 | pianist for the german singer and comedian Nessi Tausendschön |
| 1999 | “Crossover Carmen“(conception Klaus Mages), Sevilla/E |
| 1999 / 2000 | “Palais des Fous“(Regie Lutz Weber), Seefeld/A |
| 2003 | concert at the new philharmonie Essen with members of the cologne s Kölner Gürzenich-Orchesters |
| 2004 | Support-Act Lionel Richie with Sax In The City , Museumsmeile Bonn |
| 2005 | concerts on the cruiser “Seadream“, Corsica und Sardinia |
| 2005 | Ambassador of music for the german wine institut at the wine fair Bordeaux |
| 2006 | wedding of the german TV- presenter Günther Jauch, Schloss Sanssouci/Potsdam |
| 2007 | Opernball Dresdener Semperoper with german singer/pianist Paul Kuhn |
| 2007 | “Variations“-benefit concerts with audience guest Maestro Kurt Masur( conductor) |
| 2010-13 | Music coach for the german TV show Supertalent |
| 2013 | Tour for the persian singer Ebi Hamedi, among others World Congress Center Dubai/VE |
| 2018 | “Stockhausen Meets Schinkel“ , concert @ churchnight Bonn with Markus Stockhausen (trumpet) and Bodek Janke (drums, percussion, tabla) |
| 2019 | “MozArt“, duo -concerts in Rumania (opera Brasov, Bukarest,) with Saxophonist Nicolas Simon |
opera & theatra
| 1989 | “Adler Verpflichtet“, Werkhof Hagen, composition & piano |
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| 1990 | “Piano und Pantomime“, Werkhof Hagen, composition & piano |
| 1991 | “Klassenfahrt“-Rockkrimi, Werkhof Hagen, composition & piano |
| 1995 | “The mystery of Irma Vep“, Springmaus Bonn, mit Bill Mockridge , composition & piano |
| 1998 | “Brecht“ (Director Kalle Kubik) with Susanne Seidler, German Embassy Moscow, piano |
| 1998 | “Schweigen- Erzählter Wahnsinn“ stories of E.A.Poe, with Gerd.J.Pohl, composition & piano |
| 2002/03 | “Saturday Night Fever“ (Regie Alex Balga), Musicaldome Köln, Keyboard |
| 2003 | Rheinfelssaga St.Goar, (Regie Wolfgang Kolneder), piano |
| 2008 | “Sommernachtstraum“ (Regie Klaus Weise), Theater Bonn, piano |
| 2009 | “To All Tomorrow Parties“ (Regie Ivar van Urk), Theater Bonn, Keyboard |
| 2010 | “Schwester Mein“(Director Bärbel Stenzenberger), to the 200th birthday of Robert Schumann , Brotfabrik Bonn, composition and piano |
| 2010 | “Quelle“(Director Jens Kerbel) and “Songs For Drella“(Director Michael Barfuss), Theater Bonn, piano and keyboard |
| 2011 | “Zum wilden Hirschen“ (Regie Michael Barfuss), piano, Theater Bonn |
| 2011/12 | “Hair“- Musical (Regie Philipp Kochheim), keyboard, opera Bonn |
| 2011/12 | “Ein Volksfeind“ (Regie Lukas Langhoff), Theater Bonn, musical conductor |
| 2012/13 | “Black Rider“ (Regie Matthias Kaschig), pump organ, piano and keyboard, Theater Bonn |
| 2012/13 | “Die Rock’n Rollatorshow“ (Regie Michael Barfuss), keyboard, Theater Bonn |
| 2012 | “Bajazzo“ (Regie Peter Lotschak), Mecklenburger Staatskapelle , piano and band-MD, Schweriner Staatstheater |
| 2012 | “Minotaurus“, Tanzballade (Regie Bärbel Stenzenberger), Centré Dürrenmatt, Neuchatel/CH, composition, piano, bass & loops |
| 2013 | “Primavera“Classic Meets Circus, Münchener Symphoniker, Gasteig Philharmonie München, piano |
| 2013 | “A Night At The Opera“, Beethovenorchester Bonn, opera Bonn, piano |
| 2013 | “Eltern“ (Konzept und Idee Franz Wittenbrink), conductor and piano, Theater Bonn |
| 2013/14 | “Jesus Christ Superstar“ (Regie: Gil Mehmert), keyboard, opera Bonn |
| 2013/14 | “Peter Pan“, (Regie: Katja Wolff), piano, Schauspiel Bonn |
| 2013/14 | “Feuer und Eis“-Classic Meets Circus, Roncalli (Regie: Georg Pommer), piano, Musicaltheater Bremen |
| 2014 | “La Cage Aux Folles“ (Regie: John Dew), keyboard, opera Bonn |
| 2014 | “The Songs Of Tom Waits“ und “Lola- Ein Hurenabend“ (Regie Michael Barfuss), piano & keyboard, Pantheon Bonn |
| 2015 | “Diabelli oder Die 33 Variationen“ (Regie Frank Matthus), piano, Kleines Theater Godesberg |
| 2016 | “Der Schöne und das Biest“ (Regie: Michael Barfuss), Springmaus Bonn, Piano |
| 2016/17 | “In 80 days around the world“ (Regie: Leo Koppelmann/Peter Jordan), Schauspiel Düsseldorf, composition and keyboard |
| 2017/18 | “The Queens's Men“ (Regie:Leo Koppelmann/Peter Jordan), Schauspiel Düsseldorf, composition and keyboard |
| 2018 | “Lili Marleen -a song goes around the world“ (Stefan Krause, Regie: Joe Knipp), Kleines Theater Godesberg, Piano |
discografie
| 1996 | “First Of A Million Tones, , Marcus Schinkel Trio |
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| 1996 | “Listen To The Wind, Birgit June |
| 1997 | “Groovability To Swing“, Wim de Vries |
| 1998 | “Esprit“, Esprit |
| 2004 | “Live“, Nessi Tausendschön |
| 2004 | “You Don’t Know Me“, Faith Gibson |
| 2004 | “News From Beethoven, Marcus Schinkel Trio |
| 2007 | “Restwärme“, Nessi Tausendschön |
| 2009 | “Where Do We Go“, Regina Mester Quartett |
| 2013 | “Til you hear from me“, Aniko Kanthak |
| 2015 | “Crossover Beethoven“, Marcus Schinkel Trio |