Background
Tzschoppe was born 1962 in Kiel.
Tzschoppe was born 1962 in Kiel.
He studied percussion at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg (Germany), with Bernhard Wulff and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (United States of America) with Michael Udow and was a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (German Academic Exchange Service).
And has performed with ensembles including Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern and Ensemble musikFabrik. Tzschoppe specializes in repertoires for organ and percussion. There are a lot of works that have been written especially for him and Zsigmond Szathmárailway
Some of those pieces has been released on "entgrenzt/unbounded".
In addition to solo concerts, Tzschoppe also plays improvised music He has cooperated with Turkish drummer Murat Coşkun for a long time as well.
In 2004, Tzschoppe was appointed Professor for percussion and chamber music at the University of the Arts Bremen.
He is also a member of the Ensemble Experimental of Südwestrundfunk.
