Olaf TZSCHOPPE

Olaf Tzschoppe was born in 1962 in Kiel, Germany. He obtained the Diploma from the Breiburg-in-Breisgau School of Music and was DAAD bursary student at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor - USA). He is member of "Sur Plus" (contemporary music ensemble) in Freiburg and gives solo recitals in Germany and elsewhere. He is percussionist with various ensembles (Ensemble Modern, Musik Fabrik Ensemble). He was teacher of Percussion at the Freiburg School of Music from 1991 to 1995 and since 2005, he is teacher at the Hochschule fur Kunste de Bremen in Germany.