Simon Stockhausen

After graduating from the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule Gymnasium Rösrath [de] in 1986, Stockhausen gave concerts worldwide with his father's ensemble and was involved in the production and composition of electronic music for two operas from the cycle Licht.

Together with Jo Thönes, they formed the jazz trio Aparis, which gave international concerts and published two CDs at ECM.

[2] In 1999 he founded the group MIR with Manos Tsangaris – for whom he also realised various theatre music as co-composer – in which the Cologne percussionist Jaki Liebezeit was also involved.

He has also performed in a wide variety of formations as a keyboardist, live electronic musician and soprano saxophonist, including with Vince Mendoza, Peter Erskine, Michael Riessler, Péter Eötvös, the WDR Big Band, the Sharoun Ensemble and the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Stockhausen and an ensemble of musicians put together for the 47th Grimme-Preis on 1 April 2011, designed the musical supporting programme for the award ceremony.

[3] In the 2012/2013 concert season, Stockhausen was an artist in residence with the Hamburg Symphony and premiered a total of five new works, including a major orchestral piece entitled "Doktrin der Ruhe".