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Volker Bertelmann Biography

Volker Bertelmann (born 1966) is a German pianist and composer who mainly performs and records under the name Hauschka. He is best known for his compositions for prepared piano.

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My music is also one part of my inner process, and people also seem to connect with me on that - especially the ones who have the same questions for their own lives.

Connect, Music Is, Ones, People, Process

I still visit my village quite often, as my parents and one of my sisters live there, but also I feel the village is more of an isolated, unreal part of me.

Isolated, My Sister, Parent, Quite, Village

I am still happy to be close to the city, [to be] connected to the intellectual source in Ferndorf. In this area, [I feel] connected with nature and unimportant in a postitive way.

Cities, Close, Ferndorf, Happy, Intellectual, Way

In a way, I pick out the films that have a same attitude as music that I like.

Attitude, Film, Music, Same, Way

The opportunity to use a computer is great when it is used as one component, or when someone is working on his or her own sounds and approaches. I think it actually has the same restrictions as using the piano or any other instrument in [a traditional] way.

Opportunity, Piano, Same, Thinking, Traditional

I always felt strongly connected to the region where I was born. But after leaving school, the only clear thought I had about my life was to leave this provincial area and go to places where real life was happening.

Area, Felt, Leaving, Life, Real, School

I am inspired by the films of Pedro Almodóvar, as they are funny, sad, and extremely weird.

Film, Funny, Inspired, Pedro, Weird

I was always interested in finding the elegance of each style and understanding why it influences so many people.

Finding, Influences, People, Style, Understanding

I am surprising myself [at] each show, and the delivered piano often surprises me. Sometimes the piano is so old that I don't have to prepare it, and sometimes I have a concert grand!

Old, Piano, Sometimes, Surprise, Surprises, Surprising

I think for me, fusion is a word that describes a positive, collaborative combination of different styles. Every kind of new music was created by a fusion of different styles because to move on and find something new you have to allow all the influences within yourself a voice.

Allow, Created, Different, Moving, Style, Thinking

I can't say that electronic gear is restrictive. I think it is a challenge to play with electronic gear, and I regularly [perform] concerts with guys who are processing sound.

Guy, Guys, Play, Regularly, Say, Thinking

Memories were in my mind during nearly all the concerts I've done, and I realized the deep connection to my childhood, when I went out in the morning and the only thing my mom said was, "Come back before dark. " What trust and what freedom!

Back, Dark, Memories, Mind, Mom, Morning

I also remember riding home from a wonderful day with only my bathing shorts, losing the chain of my bicycle, having no hand breaks, and slipping high speed on a street covered with stones. I had to go to the hospital.

Breaks, Day, Hands, High, Home, Slipping

I like the influence of pictures on music and the other way around.

Influence, Like, Pictures, Way

When I read a script, I am already in the movie with my music, and I can dive into a world that I haven't seen before.

Already, Havens, Music, Script, Scripts, World

I can't really say that film music inspired me; it is more the films themselves, in connection with the music.

Connection, Connections, Film Music, Films, Inspired

I had a record deal with Sony in the beginning of the 90s, and I was rapping and singing in my band.

Band, Beginning, Rap, Singing

I think there is a big question in how much music a film needs - a lot of films are overloaded for my taste, so that the story can't carry its own weight.

Carry, Film, Needs, Stories, Story, Thinking

I was bored to death and thinking more about the minibar and the after-show party than the performance.

Bored, Death, Party, Performance, Thinking

During Christmas time, on German television they show films with three or four episodes, and I quite like the feeling of waiting for the next episode.

Feelings, Films, Four, German, Three, Waiting

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