A different Approach to Music

My musical approach differs from that of many others, because in the depth of my hearing it refers to the color movement of sounds. I don't write melodies and paint them with whatsoever appropriate colours (as it often happens with instrumentation). On the contrary, I try to write a moving timbre, which itself appears to be a melody. This refers to classical music's tradition of ‘New Music‘, as it was first developed by Stravinsky, Debussy and Schönberg, and was continued later on in the second half of the 20th century in the music of Boulez, Nono, Stockhausen – and later also in the music of my composition teacher Wolfgang Rihm.

I haven't written much ‘New Music‘ myself. I'm too deeply rooted in Jazz and Pop. But ‘New Music‘ has left its mark on me. It is a different approach to sound and melody that resonates in every musician who has dealt with this fascinating tradition.

Michel Ackermann
pianist in classical music and jazz, songwriter, lyricist
Studied composition with Wolfgang Rihm at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe and piano with Elisa Agudiez. Since 1997 he lives in Berlin, founded a small music school, produced a dog Christmas CD and his own song albums. Wrote film and theatre music. TV actor in soaps.
Debuts 2015 as a poet in Chili-Verlag with the volume "Stimmwirbel - Glaub' der Wirklichkeit nicht alles"

 Michel Ackermann

Pianist in Klassik und Jazz, Songwriter, Texter

Studierte an der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe bei Wolfgang Rihm Komposition und bei Elisa Agudiez Klavier. Seit 1997 lebt er in Berlin, gründete eine kleine Musikschule, produzierte eine Hunde-Weihnachts-CD, eigene Song-Alben. Schrieb Film- und Theatermusik. War TV-Darsteller in Soaps.

Debütiert 2015 als Lyriker im Chili-Verlag mit dem Band “Stimmwirbel - Glaub' der Wirklichkeit nicht alles“