Instrument: Piano Duet
Genre: Jazz, Blues, Latin
152 pages
Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel
Edition No: DV31047

Born in 1939, Manfred Schmitz began studing the piano with his father before entering the specialized primary school for music in Sondershausen and the "Franz Liszt" Hoch schule für Muzik in Weimmar (majoring in piano). He passed his state exams in 1962. He then becama a piano teacher at various music schools and from 1984 he has been a freelance pianist, composer, arranger, author and teacher and has undertken many touring in Germany and abroad. He has also made a nunber of TV apperances and taken parts in recording in addition to holding workshops with piano teachersnd children in Germany and abroad. Schmitz became a lecturer at the Berlin Köpenich Music school in 1993 and has benn Schmitz in 1993, and has been the deputy director there from 1995 up to 2004. With his "Manfred Schmitz Trio" he made many succesful apperances at concerts, competitipns and in production /In the 1960s and 70s). He accompanied the Brecht interpreter Gisela May at the piano, wrote children's musicals two piano concertos, countless instrumental works and songs and has produced many CDs and grammophone recordings.