Markus Stockhausen, (b. 1957) is one of the few trumpet soloists who can move effortlessly between contemporary, classical music and modern jazz. For about 25 years he collaborated closely with his father, the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, who has composed many works for him.
Markus’s approach to the creation of “Intuitive Music” is influenced by post-bop, free jazz, world music, electronica and ambient music, and takes advantage of his outstanding command of the instrument. He regularly tours internationally with his own projects, the Markus Stockhausen Group, Moving Sounds with Tara Bouman, Inside Out with jazz pianist Florian Weber, his septet Wild Life and more.
As a composer he has received commissions from, among others, the RIAS Chamber Choir, The London Sinfonietta, the Orchestra d‘Archi Italiana, the Winterthur Chamber Orchestra, the Cheltenham Music Festival, The 12 Cellists from the Berlin Philharmonic and the WDR Funkhausorchester. More than 90 CDs document his work. He recorded for ECM, EMI classics, Enja, ACT, Aktivraum Records and recently for SONY/OKeh.
Regularly he gives workshops on Intuitive Music and More and seminars in Singing and Silence. In 2005 he won the WDR Jazz price as best improviser, in 2018 he has been awarded the German Echo Jazz prize and in 2021 the German Jazz prize.