Markus Stockhausen

Markus Stockhausen studied at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is trumpet performance and music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are jazz, world music and 20th-century classical music.

• Name — Markus Stockhausen • Born — 2 May 1957 • Birthplace — Cologne, Germany • Genre — Jazz, classical, avant-garde • Occupation — Musician, composer • Instrument — Trumpet • Years Active — 1990s–present • Label — ECM, Dark Companion Records, Aktivraum, ACT Music, Okeh Records, Enja Records, Intuition Records • Website — www.markusstockhausen.de

Born in Cologne, West Germany, he is the son of composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and the pianist and pedagogue Doris Stockhausen. At age four he appeared as "child at play" in his father's theatre piece Originale. He received his first piano lessons at age six, and at age twelve he began to play the trumpet. He attended the music secondary school in Cologne. Concerts and festival appearances, also for the Goethe Institute, have taken him around the world. In November 2008 he gave the first performance of Freedom Variations, a composition for trumpet and chamber ensemble written by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero. The Markus Stockhausen Group (with Jeroen van Vliet p, Christian Thomé dr, Jörg Brinkmann cello) released on 27 August 2021 the album Tales.

With Rainer Brüninghaus • Continuum (ECM, 1983) With Ralph Towner • City of Eyes (ECM, 1988) With Lebowski • Goodbye My Joy (Lebowski, 2013) With Gaspare Bernardi • Stranger at home (Incipit/Egea, 2018)

Markus Stockhausen is classed in the genre 20th-century classical music. Recorded with the occupation film score composer. Recorded with the occupation recording artist. Recorded with the occupation music educator. Recorded with the occupation jazz musician. Classed in the genre jazz. Recorded as composer, trumpeter, music educator, musician and bandleader.