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Compofactur is operated by Matthias Spindler (*1963). Since 1970 he is skilled with a constantly growing whitespread musical experience in theory and practice whether front-of-stage, onstage or backstage.
Vita Musica
- Elementary Musical Training (M. Willand)
- Piano Lessons (G. Loeffler, E. Lang†)
- Pianist in Youth Big Band (W. Emmenecker)
- Training Course in Improvisation (Stephan Wunderlich)
- Organist/Pianist/Marching Drummer (HMusKorps 10)
- Studies (Historical Musicology – Systematic Musicology – Philosophy) without a degree (University of Hamburg)
(Wolfgang Dömling, Constantin Floros, Hans Joachim Marx, Eberhard Müller-Arp, Peter Petersen – Andreas Beurmann†, Elisabeth Haselauer, Heinz-Josef Herbort†, Vladimír Karbusický†, Egmont Köhler†, Lutz Lesle, Vladimír Karbusický† & György Ligeti†, Hans-Peter Reinecke†, Helmut Rösing, Albrecht Schneider, Wolfgang Thies, Peter Niklas Wilson† – Christos Axelos†, Wolfgang Beßner, Wolfgang Detel, Gerd Graßhoff, Josef Meran, Klaus Oehler†, Herbert Schnädelbach†, John Stopford†) - Drum Lessons (Mark Nauseef)
- Drummer (e.g.: »Medien Märkte Meinungen« feat. Detlef Diederichsen, Hans Nieswandt, Christian Kellersmann, Christoph Bunke)
- Manager/Producer (»The Rockets« feat. Geff Harrison, Hannes Bauer, Bernd Schulz, Zappo Lüngen, Roy Dyke)
- Piano Player (solo & accompanist)
- DJ
- Arranger/Producer (e.g.: »minZer« w/ Uli Pahlke†)
- Session Musician (»The Plexitones«)
- Managing Editor/Editor (PianoMAG, PianoDepesche)
- Freelance Music Critic (e.g.: Hamburger Morgenpost)
- Author (e.g.: KdG, MGG/Personenteil, Berliner Festwochen)
- Lecturer in History of Music (Hamburger Mozarteum)
- Vice President & Webeditor »B.F.P. Bundesverband Freischaffender Pianisten e.V. (Deutscher Pianistenverband)«
- Judge (DRMV, Steinway Förderpreis Klassik, Steinway Klavierspiel-Wettbewerb)
- Recording CoOrdinator/Executive Producer (Deutsche Grammophon/A&R)
- Compofactur