Hans Wolf, born May 31, 1958 in Braunschweig, is a German physician, concert pianist, and multimedia artist. From 1977 to 1985, he studied medicine and worked as a medical officer. He performed numerous cabaret shows at holistic medicine conferences in Bad Herrenalb.
He completed classical piano studies with Prof. Edith Picht-Axenfeld in Freiburg, receiving his diploma.
- Premieres of his own compositions at the Munich Festivals for Contemporary Music/Art by the MGNM (Munich Society for New Music) and the Echtzeithalle group.
- Member of well-known ensembles: Haggard: Medieval metal with classical influences, founded in 1993; tours across Europe and to Mexico (2001). Three CDs, one DVD
- Trio Superstrada, founded in 1995 (here, in addition to piano, he also plays accordion, guitar, and djembe): polystylistic musical theater with Stephan Lanius (double bass) and Michaela Götz (vocals, flute). One CD, one demo video.
- A brief member of the PHREN Music Theater in Munich.
- Ensembles for free improvisation from Munich’s avant-garde and jazz circles: With the well-known group N.I.E. (New Improvisors Ensemble), founded in 1993 and disbanded after a year, Wolf performed in concerts in public squares and at the Unterfahrt Jazz Club, among others. N.I.E. is partially continued in the following groups to which Wolf belongs:
- Trio Animali (founded in 1994, performances at Club 2 and the Munich Jazz Festival 1995, among others) with G. Geisse (g) and L. Hahn (from left), group ECHT (founded in 2000, performances at the Long Night of Music ’01, scoring computer-animated images at “Echtzeit 2001”, group Asyl-Art (founded in 2000, including poetry and image scoring at the Asylart Festivals ’00 and ’01).
- Founding member of the jazz big band “Forum 2” (since 1993), Munich Olympic Village Cultural Association.
- Duos: Duo Capriccioso with Andreas Suttner (cello), founded in 1999: Music “from entertaining to serious.”
- Duo with Anne Greve (mezzo-soprano), founded in 2001: A swinging kind of music.
- Live silent film scoring in a trio (founded in 1998) with Thomas Hüter (percussion, fl) and Stephan Lanius (bass): “Metropolis,” “Nosferatu,” and “Dr. Caligari.”
- Collaboration with directors Javier Andrade and Martina Veh (Munich) since 1995, and with Alexander Schilling (Nuremberg) since 2001, as a composer and pianist in music theater and multimedia projects.
- Collaboration with Dieter Trüstedt since 1999: Several lectures at the “Monday Talks” he organized, including on his own compositions; jointly creating the music for the performance “Genesis.”
- Commissions for theater music, big bands, fashion shows, and musical settings for art and literature.
- Commissions as a studio musician, especially for piano music in television films.
- Performances as a versatile party pianist at all kinds of celebrations; regular pianist in bars and cafes, e.g., at the Cafe am Beethovenplatz and Cafe Giesing in Munich.
- Engagements as an accompanist and keyboardist for touring musical productions.
- Teaching activities: Piano teacher with new creativity-oriented concepts, piano technique based on the Langenhan-Serkin school, classical instruction, including preparation for the entrance exams to music colleges, including theory and ear training. Lessons in rock, pop, and jazz piano, as well as other piano improvisation; development and teaching of improvisation and composition courses, e.g., with the title “Discover Your Own Music.” Since 1995, instructor at the Grafing Adult Education Center; organization of student concerts for the Munich Pianists’ Club.
- Active memberships: Society for New Music and Music Education Darmstadt, International Summer Courses for New Music Darmstadt, Bavarian Association of Musicians, Pianists’ Club, MGNM (Munich Society for New Music), Echtzeithalle e.V.
