Education
By 1978 Johannes had graduated from college with a degree in sound engineering and secured a job working on live theater performances at the prestigious Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer in Berlin.
By 1978 Johannes had graduated from college with a degree in sound engineering and secured a job working on live theater performances at the prestigious Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer in Berlin.
A classically trained musician, he began playing piano at the age of eight. By twelve he had begun playing the pipe organ and successfully mastered the instrument so well that he began to play professionally at various churches. He ended his stint with at the end of 1985 to pursue a solo career and has produced several solo albums as well as soundtrack music for numerous German television programs.
In 2000 he created his own record label Viktoriapark records.
After his successful audition, he was brought into the band as a replacement for Peter Baumann thus re-establishing the trio. His first album with was Tangram and he successfully performed with the band on many albums like Exit, White Eagle, Logos Live, Hyperborea, and Poland: The Warsaw Concert.
He was also a key performer during their prolific soundtrack years in the 1980s and has soundtracks to movies such as Thief, Risky Business, Firestarter and Legend to his cartulary-register In addition he performed several concerts with the band at various locations throughout the world.
After working with Jerome Froese on Froese"s record "Far side of the face", Johannes Schmoelling joined him and Robert Waters for the project
So far they have released two European Parliament"s, titled "100 001" and "200 002", one album called "The Tree Hates the Forest", and performed at East-Live in Oirschot, Netherlands on 15 October 2011 and in Budapest in 2012.
He was a member of the prolific electronic music group from 1979 to 1985.