Artist Info: Thomas Koppel

Thomas Koppel (April 27, 1944 – February 25, 2006) was a versatile Danish composer and musician. His father, Herman D. Koppel (1908-1998), a composer and pianist of Jewish origin, fled the Nazis with his family in 1943. Thomas was born in a refugee camp in Sweden. The family moved to Denmark and Thomas studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with his father who was professor of piano.

Like his father, Thomas Koppel became a classical pianist and composer. [read more...]