Uwe Buschkötter Explained

Uwe Buschkötter (born 21 September 1939) is a German composer, music publisher, and owner of various companies, such as UBM Records,[1] UBM Media, Largo Records, and the company Klangvision.[2]

Musical career

After doing a commercial apprenticeship followed by studies in music & business administration, Buschkötter first worked as a music producer and publisher. He began his percussionist career in the early 1960s in Cologne, founding, in 1964, the "Buschkötter Players" who played for numerous studio productions of Roy Black, Chris Roberts, and soloists from the music productions of Hans Bertram.

In 1968, he became a producer for West German Radio (WDR) where he produced a CD with the multi Grammy award-winner and jazz pianist Bill Evans from New York, among other projects.

In 1969, he took over the management of the Kurt Edelhagen Big Band in Cologne. In 1972, he and Kurt Edelhagen produced the music for the opening ceremony of the XX Olympic Games in Munich.

In 1974, he was nominated for membership of the prestigious Art Directors Club (ADC) of Germany owing to his artistic achievements in the field of advertising music. Buschkötter composed the jingles "Maggi – Immer eine gute Suppe" ("Maggi – always a good soup") and "Die Sinalco schmeckt, die Sinalco schmeckt" ("Sinalco tastes delicious").

As well as jingles, he has also received music commissions from radio and television companies such as ARD and ZDF since 1980. His arrangement of the trio from the Scherzo of Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata for the political program "Bonn direkt" was used by the ZDF channel from 1989 to 1999 and is particularly well known, as is his signature tune to the joint morning program of channels ARD and ZDF which was used from 1992 to 2001.

In the following years, Buschkötter concentrated on the production of records and CDs. He received the German Schallplattenkritik prize twice for his recordings of works by composer Berthold Goldschmidt performed by the Mandelring Quartet: "Letzte Kapitel" ("Final Chapters") and "Früher und Später" ("Earlier and Later").

His classic labels "LARGO" (the company expired in 2005) and "Klangvision"[2] have published recordings by soloists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ensemble Modern[3] (Frankfurt), whereby he collaborated with composers Berthold Goldschmidt, Igor Markevitch, and others.

He founded the label "Klangvision"[2] in 2010. In 1968, Buschkötter founded the music publisher UBM.[4] [5] As publisher and owner, he also established a new UBM Records website with an innovative search machine in 2011. In doing so he created a new database in the context of the "music production library", which makes it possible to discover and use functional music for all kinds of music scores in the Movie and television sector.

Buschkötter has not only produced for UBM Records but also created music himself, particularly for television. In doing so he has worked with German composers such as Anselm Kreuzer, Sebastian Halbe, Reinhard Schaub, Daniel Backes, Peter Moslener, and Chris Walden as well as with the "Klangraum" music production studio.

Other outstanding musical projects have included the CD production Midnight (2015) with Till Brönner, the American tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, pianist George Whitty, E-bass player Anthony Jackson, guitarist Dean Brown, and American percussionist Dennis Chambers.

Buschkötter emigrated temporarily to the USA between 2018 and 2020, where he once again worked intensively on music productions for Movie and television. Now back in Germany, he works and lives in Berlin.

Awards

Prize of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik for the Largo Records productions Letzte Kapitel (Final Chapters) and Früher und Später (Earlier and Later) with London-based emigre composer Berthold Goldschmidt.

Discography (selection)

Largo Records releases

Albums/singles

CDs

UBM Records

Advertising jingles (selection)

Soundtracks (selection)

Radioplay music

References

  1. Web site: Production Music Library UBM MEDIA.
  2. Web site: KLANGVISION.
  3. Web site: Ensemble Modern.
  4. Web site: UBM-Records . www.InstantLicensing.com . 11 November 2013 . de . 14 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Heimlich . Rüdiger . Mit Ohrwürmern für Maggie fing es an . . 24 July 2002 . de . 14 September 2021.

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